Version 3 Launch

Intra­venous has launched ver­sion 3 of the site today — a mas­sive redesign. Almost all of the visual aes­thet­ics have been improved as well as func­tion­al­ity adjustments.

If you had an account on the old site, sim­ply reg­is­ter on the new site and all your exist­ing arti­cles and com­ments will be moved to your account within a day. Please do not reg­is­ter an account nor­mally AND do Face­book Con­nect — this will cre­ate two accounts. Use one or the other depend­ing on how you pre­fer to login.

• The front page dis­plays a slideshow of fea­tured arti­cles at the top, and below, the most recent arti­cle from 3 dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories is dis­played. At the bot­tom is a list­ing of the most recent arti­cles sitewide.

• You can now reg­is­ter an account and login by sim­ply con­nect­ing your exist­ing Face­book account. Just click the blue con­nect but­ton below the login form.

• Every arti­cle now has an asso­ci­ated image. You may choose a spe­cific photo for your own arti­cles or allow us to choose one for you. The arti­cle sub­mis­sion form is much eas­ier to use. In addi­tion, if you are are not logged in, you are reminded to login, to cre­ate an account, or to sub­mit as a guest

• At the end of every arti­cle is a list­ing of recent arti­cles from the same author

• Pro­files are now linked to author names. Pro­file pic­tures can be uploaded as well as other fea­tures such as friend requests, groups, and messaging.

• A mobile inter­face is now acces­si­ble when brows­ing the site on a sup­ported device.

We hope you will explore the site and con­tinue to pub­lish your writ­ing. Because we are a rel­a­tively young endeavor, we require inces­sant pro­mo­tion to be suc­cess­ful. The future of Intra­venous depends on your enthusiasm.

We will soon release a packet of instruc­tion for pro­mo­tion to School Rep­re­sen­ta­tives at var­i­ous high schools and col­leges. If you are inter­ested in becom­ing your school’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive, please con­tact William John­ston at williamjohnston@ivwriting.com.

We can­not thank you enough for your con­tri­bu­tion to Intra­venous. If you have any ques­tions, com­ments, or feed­back, please con­tact us.