I recently added over 600 more words to the dictionary, and Suzy did the pronunciations.
I’ve been going over the dictionary and filling in areas where there should have been basic words but they weren’t there.
So if you searched for a basic words like and were surprised when you couldn’t find them, I’m working hard to fix that.
I have a long way to go, and should be finished with this “back to basics” exercise in the next week.
Thanks to everyone for feedback.
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Have ya seen it?
The new site is pretty hot, if I do say so myself. I designed it based on other things I had seen around the web, as well as a new fun bit.
Enjoy! Oh yeah, I still need to apply the style to the blog. Will soon, okay?
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The redesign is taking longer than I expected, but it’s almost done. I still have to finish the homepage and tour page, as well as styling up the blog to match. I may just push out the redesign and then style up the blog afterward as to not hold it up. In any case, should be soon!
Thanks for your patience.
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Let’s face it, zKorean is kind of an ugly site. Lots of orange and brown, kind of 70’s style and not in a good way. So I’m taking inspiration from modern design around the web and putting it together.
I’m also adding some fun elements. You’ll have to see.
I also need to restyle the blog with this new style, so the blog and the main site will now match.
I want to keep that “maximize space” button for people on small screens, and will keep the announcement box but make it look better.
One somewhat important thing I’m not doing is trying to make it look the same in Internet Explorer 6. The IE6 traffic has dropped below a certain percentage, so I’m phasing out support. There are some challenges in making IE6 look good nowadays. The site will still be usable in IE 6, but not as pretty as some other browsers. I’m also going full-out png support for alpha transparency. So in IE 6 you will see some ugly blocks that do not blend, but in newer browsers it will look very, very nice.
You should be seeing the new site in the next week!
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Just added a little tool so you can share your success on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Yahoo! Push that pretty button!
Have fun learning Korean!
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So I’ve been tracking all the words you’ve learned when using flashcards, and now you can see and edit the list.
Click the Study Tools tab, then Known Words.
The list is sortable (by default the newest are on top) and if you discover that you forgot a word, you have these options:
Thanks to Chuck Westbrook and Nick for suggesting this!
Enjoy!
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OK, so I’m not Willy Wonka and my confections aren’t nearly as magical. So what am I working on? Right now I’m finishing up the Known Words List, which will list all the words you’ve learned using the Flashcards. You know that little button in the Flashcards? Clicking that button removes the word from your flashcards and adds it to your known words list. So this new feature will allow you to see the list of these words, and gives the option to either remove a word from the list (meaning you forgot it), or move a word back to your flashcards so you can re-learn it.
I’m also fixing errors in the dictionary. Good old Quality Control. Don’t want you mis-learning something and getting embarrassed when you try to show off.
I’m making changes to the subscription system so that when you cancel, you will still be able to use the remainder of your subscription. Pretty basic stuff.
I’m planning to add the embedded audio player to the Appearance and Pronunciation pages. Also planning recordings of all the sentences in the grammar lessons.
Also planning a redesign of the site, as well as this blog.
So much planned, and some of it is secret and will have to stay behind the curtain. Can’t let Mr. Slugworth find out.
See ya soon!
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A couple of days ago I should’ve posted about the new feature I released. So here goes:
I added a count of your Flashcards in the Dictionary Search. As you add more words the count will increase. And even better, I added quick links into the flashcard areas: audio, Korean, English. Thanks to Zellie for the cool idea: http://disq.us/cioqd
Nerd Note: Due to the way the dictionary database is structured, the count may be slightly different from the flashcard counts shown in the individual flashcard areas: audio, Korean, English.
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I’m working on my secret list of zKorean goodies, but I want to know what you are looking to get out of zKorean.
What would you like to see at zKorean?
Comment below!
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We have 2 feeds now:
Please update your RSS readers so you don’t miss a thing!
More coming to the zKorean blog soon. Working on some projects and testing a new application for zKorean. It’s a secret…ssh.
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