How to connect your social media accounts and blog to bookpo.st

How to connect your social media accounts and blog to bookpo.st

   December 17, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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Press the Profile icon and scroll to the bottom of the page, where you will find the three social media icons. One each for Instagram, Goodreads, and a blog you might have.

Pressing any of these icons takes you to the edit social media accounts screen. We only need to know the part that's different for each person, so for Instagram you just enter your name, the part in the URL that comes after "https://www.instagram.com/" when you are looking at your profile.

For Goodreads navigate to your profile page and enter the text that comes after "https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/", it's usually some numbers and a dash followed by your nickname.

If you have a blog enter the full URL including the “https://” part.

You don't have to complete them all, you can just enter one of them if you want.

If you aren't sure it's correct, use the “Test” button inside the text box. It will launch that site using the details you entered in a new browser window.

Once you're happy, press "Update my socials" and you're done.

The icons you entered details for will now be pink instead of grey. If someone clicks on them, or you click on the icons on another member's profile you'll be magically transported to their Instagram, Goodreads or blog. Note that on your profile page the icons always open the link editor, for everyone else they act as buttons taking them to your social media accounts.

We will be updating this functionality in future to link fully with the accounts, so your latest post could be displayed, or your to-be-read list of books imported.

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New feature — upload your photo as your avatar

New feature — upload your photo as your avatar

   December 05, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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We aim to please, a few of you asked if you could use a photograph as your avatar image. So yes, you can.

We're launching a new social based feature soon, and a nice profile pic will sit very well in it.

Stay tuned. Don't turn the page. What ever the correct metaphor is.

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New feature — completed swaps

New feature — completed swaps

   November 14, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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Simple and obvious. When making an app or social media platform there is a balance between the feature set and just plain old getting it out.

So we launched without seeing completed swaps, well, because they weren't any. But now we're up and running we thought it was about time to add it. So we did.

See those you have swapped books with previously, including the ones you or they declined. Handy if you didn't follow someone and you want to message them, or see their current selection of books.

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Enhanced feature — The books in ‘I'm this list’ can now have descriptive text.

Enhanced feature — The books in ‘I'm this list’ can now have descriptive text.

   November 14, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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I'm this list is your chance to describe your personality in ten books. If you want. Or perhaps ten favourites authors. Or ten really really cool covers.

It's an introduction to yourself. 

It has a useful purpose as well. Bookpo.st uses this as part of its matching pattern, as well as the books you post to swap.

If you haven't filled it in, give it a go, it can connect you to even more readers with similar taste, offering better recommendations.

Just in case you didn’t realise, the books that come up when you view ‘Shared tastes’ on the home page are recommendations generated from this list and the books you offer up for exchange.

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New feature — Notifications

New feature — Notifications

   October 31, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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We had a few requests for this one, and should be a great help to those of you who aren't married to your email — essential messages like swap offers, and needing to post a book now show as notification alerts on the home page.

Click the notification and get taken to the relevant page. Simple.

P.S. They're sticky. If you click the alert but don't carry out the action, picking a book to swap for instance, the alert will pop back back again next time you visit.

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New feature — filter books from only people you follow

New feature — filter books from only people you follow

   October 30, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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Today's release of bookpo.st version 1.4 adds five enhancements. 

You can filter books by people you follow. 

You could already filter by shared taste (their books match your books in some way), popularity, newly added, those in your country, and now members you follow (whether your tastes match or not).

That about covers all that needs to said on the subject. But if you want more detail, here's the intricate workings. Follow your friends, or people you've swapped books with, or members who have just the best possible taste. Then use the 'I'm following' option when filtering books to swap.

New feature — emails when someone you swapped with adds a book.

This is the feature you wanted in our last what-shall-we-do-next vote. So we did it. When a member you have already swapped books with adds a new title, we send you an email telling you what they've posted. Because you're bound to like it.

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We are bookpo.st

We are bookpo.st

   September 19, 2020       The bookpo.st blog

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We are bookpo.st. Hello.

We are a book swapping service, our site — https://bookpo.st — allows you to swap books with readers.
What's that we hear you say? There are already other sites that do that? That's true, but we do things a little differently.

First of all we're free.

Secondly you swap book with directly other readers. Just the two of you. You send them one of your books, and they send you one of theirs. You pick first of course.

We have always found those "if you liked this then you'll like..." lists rather underwhelming. Lots of the same author you just brought. Like. Der.

What we are all really looking for is that next great unexpected book. The one we wouldn't have thought of picking for ourselves. But when a friend recommended it, we went with it, and are so glad we did.

That is what we want bookpo.st to be like.

If you and another member like, or have swapped the same author, we link your lists together. What you receive is a hand curated list. They are recommending their selection.

bookpo.st is a place where you can meet like-minded readers, develop friendships, and discover great new reads.

That address again?

https://bookpo.st

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