Yet another (better!) navigation bar

Keeping it simple: the new navigation bar has even fewer buttons, and they take up less space. Now you can tell where you are, and more easily get to where you are going. If you belong to more than one family, you stay with that family when clicking on Home.

I made the change because I learned that users didn't fully understand how to get around. It was clearly a bit too complicated. I think this should be better. Let me know what you think!

More requests: Managing your update frequency and keeping your place

You asked to make it easier to switch the frequency of update emails - you got it. Now at the bottom of every alert email is a single-click option to change the frequency of emails from "As things happen" to "occasionally" (no more than once a week) to "never".

Also, based on a user request, when you rotate, delete or comment on a photo in an entry, you don't lose your place. The page returns you to the photo you were viewing before (or the previous photo in the case of delete).

Please keep your requests coming. I look forward to making Wee Web better and better!

Responding to your requests

I've been trying to live by the rule that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I love squeaky wheels!

This week I've updated the iPhone app because of a "meh" review in which one of our Wee Web users said that s/he needed the ability to write loger stories. So when Apple approves it in a week or so, the iPhone app will have the ability to add a title and a story. Just like a post on the site.

Another user asked for the ability to see thumbnails when uploading. OK. It can be done. And it is done! If you use a modern browser (Chrome, Firefox or even IE 10), you will see thumbnails when you drag and drop files into the upload box.

Keep on giving me comments and feedback so I can keep on making the site serve you better.

A simpler uploader

Posting a new entry is now even easier. When you go to "Post" a new entry, you'll see that the drop box accepts both photos or a video. Now creating a post takes fewer clicks and there are fewer buttons to worry about!

Please let me know if you like the new uploader or if you have any problems or questions.

Sorry About The Downtime

It seems that the hacker group Anonymous attacked the company that provides Wee Web's domain name service. See the story.

Wee Web was never compromised in any way; the problem was that, while our servers continued to operate, the Internet service that converts the name "wee-web.com" into the address of our servers was not working. So you couldn't reach us unless you knew the correct address code!

Anyway, it appears that we, along with millions of other sites, are back in operation after about 3 or 4 hours of downtime.

The milestone albums are back

It took a fundamental rewriting of the system software and database and lots and lots of migrations, but the themed albums are back and better than ever.

For each of your kids, you can create photo albums for your bump, your kid's growth at various ages, and some key milestones.

If you were already using your milestone albums, they are still there. You may notice that the display and layout is a bit nicer.

In the future, I will add the ability to create your own custom milestones, and hopefully add a drag-and-drop capability so you can copy photos you've already uploaded into the milestones directly.

The New iPhone App Is Here!

The new iPhone app is ready and available in the app store. I think you're going to love it. 

You can slide through all of the entries from each family you follow, flip through the photos and watch the videos. It also has the new photo uploader/camera functionality that makes creating new posts a breeze.

I want to give special thanks to Igor Dutra, a "super fan of Wee Web and very active user" who helped me with the design and kept pushing me to make it better.

To download the app, click here.