Love that they switched completely to Substack. I’d be a paying subscriber to more newsletters if they switched from Patreon etc to Substack. It’s too much of a hassle to have different accounts/profiles. I love getting all of my media from one place.
I did the same. Had multiple sites and a Patreon and even a podcast. Came here to read an article recommended, had a fantastic READER experience,....and never left.
I migrated everything over and closed everything down but my WorldAnvil site...which supports my substack.
I mean, this is nice for people and I’m sure there are people who will use it. I may do some changes but I have generally stuck with the basic format.
Mainly because if people need something flashy in order to attract subscribers, it feels to me like you’re trying to distract from the quality of your content. Some people will interact with the main page, but the important thing is the content itself.
Reading it in an email means not seeing the main page. Unless I can customize the email or the individual post more with these options, there isn’t much use for them.
I'd actually really like some extra stats pages to show how many clicks one is getting through to the homepage. Makes me wonder how much tweaking the homepage actually does.
Having said that, I much prefer the simpler layouts. If I go to a new Substack page and am assaulted with lots of boxes and a strip of different categories then I generally find it too overwhelming.
Yes, ideally that's what we should want on some level. I can see some benefit to it. For example, one of my Substacks is a comic book. There are probably ways I could change it to make people like the comic more. But for my main Substack, probably not.
Probably for me the thing I'd love to do for my comic book is give people the option to pay for a single post. For instance, I could offer a full comic in the post and they buy it for a single time without having to buy a yearly or monthly subscription.
The whole "get a single paid post for free" option is a step in the right direction.
You make a valid point! Flashy designs can often distract from the core message. Prioritizing quality content is essential for maintaining subscriber interest. If changes don’t improve the actual content, they might not be worth it. Simplicity can often lead to better engagement!
This will only work and Substack will be taken seriously if it’s executive don’t screw up. A lot of useless features are being implemented but support is non-existent. It’s been months since I have been chasing support and the CEO to import my mailing list but no response. I hope this won’t become another MySpace.
Would be awesome to have the same customisability that the ‘Sections’ pages now have, on ‘Tags’ pages too - for those of us who use tags to host various different series/themes. Thanks!
Substack should stop making "improvements" — you've got a good thing going, and it's getting more complicated by the second. WTF does "We also recently shipped advanced homepage layouts, which allow you to highlight your publication’s different content streams by adding a customizable subscribe banner, blocks for your tags/sections, or a sidebar module featuring your contributors or podcasts" actually mean? (I wanted to put "actually mean" in italics or bold face, but can't — now THAT would be an improvement I could understand. .May I suggest that whoever wrote your original post checks into Wikipedia and look up the term "FOG index"? PS: Is "customizable" actually a word?
the tool for converting WP blog posts into Substack posts doesn't seem very reliable. It really hasn't worked well for me. Is there any support for that? I can't see bringing over much content if I have to do alot of manual work to make it happen.
Please be more specific about the details of the new features... and expand less on other substack accounts and how interesting they are. 👉 I'm subscribed to this newsletter to get updates about new substack features. Please explain them to me with some more depth.
Yes, but when you release new features, you have to explain them in detail... I didn't learn anything from this article, except that I need to dig into the settings to see what has changed...
Just tried the search fonction with the term "Dry fasting" (without quotes) in posts. Did not find my last one about it but a lot of unrelated posts lol.
Some very helpful new features. Thank you, Substack team, for making it easier to improve our sites, especially for people like me who are not totally up-to-date whith the latest technologies. I just can't keep up. 😉
Great! Much appreciated, bit more control over the visual interface -- the pin options, could they be ordered somehow? Pin 1, 2, 3 etc instead of having to pin/unpin to get the order the way one wants using the most recent as top?
But, if not, great as is, still the most helpful platform I've tried, very user friendly, thanks again Substack!
I continue to appreciate Substack's user-friendliness and non-censorship.
I hope this is never successfully attacked.
There are a lot of us here in the "free speech zone".
There are certainly attempts to make it happen. But yes, that is one of the best aspects of the platform.
Who rules your heart, is always a really good question. You already know, for their actions tells its story.
I still haven’t learnt how to drive Silubstack yet. I have to just click from the email I receive. I’m an old woman. It’s not their fault it’s mine.
Could not agree more, John.
Love that they switched completely to Substack. I’d be a paying subscriber to more newsletters if they switched from Patreon etc to Substack. It’s too much of a hassle to have different accounts/profiles. I love getting all of my media from one place.
I did the same. Had multiple sites and a Patreon and even a podcast. Came here to read an article recommended, had a fantastic READER experience,....and never left.
I migrated everything over and closed everything down but my WorldAnvil site...which supports my substack.
Never been so happy!
I mean, this is nice for people and I’m sure there are people who will use it. I may do some changes but I have generally stuck with the basic format.
Mainly because if people need something flashy in order to attract subscribers, it feels to me like you’re trying to distract from the quality of your content. Some people will interact with the main page, but the important thing is the content itself.
Reading it in an email means not seeing the main page. Unless I can customize the email or the individual post more with these options, there isn’t much use for them.
At least that’s my take.
I'd actually really like some extra stats pages to show how many clicks one is getting through to the homepage. Makes me wonder how much tweaking the homepage actually does.
Having said that, I much prefer the simpler layouts. If I go to a new Substack page and am assaulted with lots of boxes and a strip of different categories then I generally find it too overwhelming.
Absolutely, there are stats things which I would definitely like more of.
I get that. Don't disagree, either.
I'm just hoping these tools will augment the quality content I strive to share.
If it draws your attention to the front page AND you snag them with quality, well heyyyy, win-win, right?
Yes, ideally that's what we should want on some level. I can see some benefit to it. For example, one of my Substacks is a comic book. There are probably ways I could change it to make people like the comic more. But for my main Substack, probably not.
Same, have a comic book also. But I'd love to figure a way to display books or speed drawings...
Time to play and see if we can improve,... or just work with what we have.
For me, either way works 💪
Probably for me the thing I'd love to do for my comic book is give people the option to pay for a single post. For instance, I could offer a full comic in the post and they buy it for a single time without having to buy a yearly or monthly subscription.
The whole "get a single paid post for free" option is a step in the right direction.
Totally agree. That's also a great idea.
You make a valid point! Flashy designs can often distract from the core message. Prioritizing quality content is essential for maintaining subscriber interest. If changes don’t improve the actual content, they might not be worth it. Simplicity can often lead to better engagement!
https://hero-clicker.com/
This will only work and Substack will be taken seriously if it’s executive don’t screw up. A lot of useless features are being implemented but support is non-existent. It’s been months since I have been chasing support and the CEO to import my mailing list but no response. I hope this won’t become another MySpace.
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Thanks for the update! Will there be a time we can use actual custom fonts?
Would be awesome to have the same customisability that the ‘Sections’ pages now have, on ‘Tags’ pages too - for those of us who use tags to host various different series/themes. Thanks!
I came here for an answer about that - I didn't realize tags sections were treated differently. Bummer!
🥳 Thank you!
Substack should stop making "improvements" — you've got a good thing going, and it's getting more complicated by the second. WTF does "We also recently shipped advanced homepage layouts, which allow you to highlight your publication’s different content streams by adding a customizable subscribe banner, blocks for your tags/sections, or a sidebar module featuring your contributors or podcasts" actually mean? (I wanted to put "actually mean" in italics or bold face, but can't — now THAT would be an improvement I could understand. .May I suggest that whoever wrote your original post checks into Wikipedia and look up the term "FOG index"? PS: Is "customizable" actually a word?
valid pointy point
💯
Please, add Russian language
Tell it to HiTlary Clinton she's got inside connections w/ Russian lobby
the tool for converting WP blog posts into Substack posts doesn't seem very reliable. It really hasn't worked well for me. Is there any support for that? I can't see bringing over much content if I have to do alot of manual work to make it happen.
Please be more specific about the details of the new features... and expand less on other substack accounts and how interesting they are. 👉 I'm subscribed to this newsletter to get updates about new substack features. Please explain them to me with some more depth.
I'm pretty sure this is to provide examples for us to behold. At least that was what I got from this...and I'm grateful to make comparisons. 🙏🏽
Yes, but when you release new features, you have to explain them in detail... I didn't learn anything from this article, except that I need to dig into the settings to see what has changed...
Automatic traduction and spelling mistakes/grammar check (for authors) by LLM should be a priority.
Also, am I the only one wanting to be able to justify the text of a post?
Nope! I would love to be able to justify the text of my posts, too!
Just tried the search fonction with the term "Dry fasting" (without quotes) in posts. Did not find my last one about it but a lot of unrelated posts lol.
The new search function is complete junk. Big step backward.
Some very helpful new features. Thank you, Substack team, for making it easier to improve our sites, especially for people like me who are not totally up-to-date whith the latest technologies. I just can't keep up. 😉
Lol, so I'm not the ONLY one? [fist bump]
Great! Much appreciated, bit more control over the visual interface -- the pin options, could they be ordered somehow? Pin 1, 2, 3 etc instead of having to pin/unpin to get the order the way one wants using the most recent as top?
But, if not, great as is, still the most helpful platform I've tried, very user friendly, thanks again Substack!
Please!
Looking forward to experimenting with the new themes!
I can't wait to look at all the new layouts! Thanks 🙏🥰
Finally, new things I can mess with instead of getting my writing done!
u kno it buddie
Ok done! That didn’t last long enough. Time to change the fonts some more