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I've had problems uploading a new avatar, too. It has been very...

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:46:13 PST

I've had problems uploading a new avatar, too. It has been very frustrating, but I'm going to keep trying. I'm very computer savvy, but I cannot figure out why it isn't working. It is a JPEG.

I haven't had a problem with my icon, but I'm still having trouble with...

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:58:52 PST

I haven't had a problem with my icon, but I'm still having trouble with my answers' being erased when the dictionary pops up! Sometimes it happens two or three times in the same answer. I just give up.

Has anyone else had a problem changing their picture on their profile? ...

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:24:29 PST

Has anyone else had a problem changing their picture on their profile? I tried and tried a few weeks ago, and finally, Scott had to change it for me. I kept getting an error message, saying that the file needed to be jpeg, jpg, or gif, and I was actually trying to put in a jpeg.I don't think we ever figured out what the bug was - I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem.

If you go to "Groups Area", look for the tab that says...

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:19:23 PST

If you go to "Groups Area", look for the tab that says "Question and Answer". You will see a search bar that says "Showing" that has a drop down menu... click on that and then click "Unanswered"... ta da! As of right this moment, there are 591 unanswered questions.

There is already a way to isolate the unanswered and partially answered...

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:17:05 PST

There is already a way to isolate the unanswered and partially answered questions. You need to be on the Q&A home page, however. Here's the link:http://www.enotes.com/q-and-aThere's are two drop-down boxes, looking something like:showing ....... in .....If you'll click on the down arrow in the "showing" box and then choose "unanswered," and then click GO, only the unanswered questions will appear. One quirk I've...

AMEN!!!

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:50:20 PST

AMEN!!!

Unanswered Questions

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:48 PST

Having read the Enotes suggestions to Editors that stated that there are some 500 unanswered questions, I was wondering if there was any way to isolate the unanswered questions on a separate page.

Could a category be assigned to unanswered questions. I am not a techie, so if I sound dumb, it is because I know nothing about programming or website management.

It would be easier to access these unanswered questions without...

Thanks so much for these suggestions, we're having some of the tech...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:14:44 PST

Thanks so much for these suggestions, we're having some of the tech people look into the problems described above. Also, please keep the suggestions coming. #4, we are planning a group like that which will be part of an overall attempt to make the Groups area more central to the site in general. I think that group will be a big hit! We'll need to be very careful to delete the "write my essay" type questions etc. but I think it would make a...

The same thing happens to me! I thought I was doing something wrong, but...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:35:55 PST

The same thing happens to me! I thought I was doing something wrong, but I'm relieved to hear that somebody else is having problems with the screen blanking out. I've noticed that it happens most often when I type really fast, so I thought I must be hitting the wrong keys by mistake. It's a mystery.

I get frustrated sometimes when I am typing away answering a question...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:49:13 PST

I get frustrated sometimes when I am typing away answering a question and the enotes pop-up (dictionary, term definer) comes up and blanks out the screen. At first I tried to back up and continue my answer, but the answer is always gone. Maybe this is my server, but after this happens once or twice, I am more likely to go do the dishes than to retype it all for a third of fourth time. Does this happen to others?I agree with Reply #4, as...

I think it would be great to add a section specifically for writing...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:53:45 PST

I think it would be great to add a section specifically for writing assistance. Some way to provide tips for using MLA format, writing a thesis, organizing an argument, etc.. We get some questions in the literature section, but a section that was specifically for writing - whether associated with a particular text or not - would probably be well received.

Thanks! that's exactly the kind of feedback we need to hear.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:26:43 PST

Thanks! that's exactly the kind of feedback we need to hear.

Before I say this, I just have to assure you all that I do understand...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:36:55 PST

Before I say this, I just have to assure you all that I do understand why advertising is necessary - the Google ads probably bring revenue to eNotes, and I appreciate getting paid to be an editor, so I do understand!The one thing, though, that bothers me is that sometimes ads for CliffsNotes and SparkNotes will come up on different pages, and it's frustrating to think that we might lose students to these "cheat sites."Overall, I...

General Site Suggestions

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:56:58 PST

Hi guys, please post things you think we could do better on the site. Feel free to post anything that bugs you or you think could be improved! Thanks.

I think when it comes to something like climax, however, we have to...

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:18:24 PST

I think when it comes to something like climax, however, we have to agree that there can be more than one answer. It depends on what a reader identifies as the central conflict. For instance, is the internal or external conflict central to the story? For many stories, the climax of each one happens at a different point, and so many guides will have many different answers.

Clane, you and I discussed "The Lady or the Tiger," and I...

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:13:39 PST

Clane, you and I discussed "The Lady or the Tiger," and I definitely benefited from the exchange of ideas. I try to teach my freshmen (the level where we teach short stories as a genre) to look for an inciting incident that begins the complication (or rising action) and ends the exposition. They can usually find that point. Climax is harder to teach, I agree. I contend there are two types of climaxes: technical (the point of no...

I've run into the same questions myself and I too have discussed, I...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:21:26 PST

I've run into the same questions myself and I too have discussed, I can't remember who it was (probably one of you) climax and resolution in The Lady or the Tiger. I found that I totally disagreed with the eNotes explanation and through my discussion with this other teacher have begun teaching both perspectives and having class discussion based on each interpretation. I feel like some stories simply do not have one concrete answer. This is...

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who gets stuck. I wonder how many...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:17:13 PST

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who gets stuck. I wonder how many authors actually think about where to put the rising action and falling action--and gotta stick in that denouement. I wish we could teach fiction and poetry without having to "deconstruct" it. I think we'd have a lot more young people who enjoy reading if we did!

I often second guess myself and check guides only to find out I was...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:12:47 PST

I often second guess myself and check guides only to find out I was wrong (although, I'd argue that some of the guides' answers are highly debatable.) My rule of thumb is to identify the climax first; that is, I ask myself, at what point was the tension the highest? Where, as a reader, did I say "Holy &%$!" or some such other refrain. Another tricky question for my students is the point where exposition ends and rising action...

I hate to admit this--especially since all of you fantastic teachers are...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:47:07 PST

I hate to admit this--especially since all of you fantastic teachers are going to see it--but I have a hard time figuring out rising action, falling action, climax, denouement, etc. myself. Most times when I think I know what the climax of a story is, I'll check a teacher's guide and find out I'm completely wrong. I need something that puts all this stuff into simple terms that I can figure out easily enough so that I can help my students...