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ACK! WIP! Ok, so it's not all that bad...
WIP has gotten a bad rap, but wait! It's not all bad. WIP, or Work In Progress, is a status that all lenses go through. It only becomes a booger when a lens stays in WIP due to a lack of love.
Read on to find out what WIP status means, how to get through it, and what to do when it just won't go away.
So...what is WIP?
A lens in WIP, or Work in Progress, is a lens that fits certain criteria:
1. It is new and has never been published.
2. It has been published but has less than three modules.
3. It has been published but has a LensRank below our cutoff threshold.
1. It is new and has never been published.
2. It has been published but has less than three modules.
3. It has been published but has a LensRank below our cutoff threshold.
What can't I do with a WIP lens?
Lenses in WIP mode are limited in several ways.
- You can't Lensroll them.
- You can't add them to a group.
- You won't find them in search. If your lens is new, it takes a few days to show up. If it's gone BACK into WIP, it will disappear from search.
- You can't add links using the Firefox extension.
The WIP icon on your dashboard
How do I get my new lens out of WIP?
If your lens is brand spanking new, or you've never published it, all you need to do is fill in at least three modules and publish it! Then wait.
Lenses don't come out of WIP immediately. This will take some time. Usually, we update our LensRank every morning. Once it rolls over, as we say, your lens should, if it meets all the criteria, climb up into the featured ranks.
If we're running special updates or running into glitches, this process may take two or three days. Sorry for the inconvenience! If your lens has been published, has more than three modules, AND has been in WIP for more than a week, please file a bug report and let us know. Be sure to give us the lens URL.
Lenses don't come out of WIP immediately. This will take some time. Usually, we update our LensRank every morning. Once it rolls over, as we say, your lens should, if it meets all the criteria, climb up into the featured ranks.
If we're running special updates or running into glitches, this process may take two or three days. Sorry for the inconvenience! If your lens has been published, has more than three modules, AND has been in WIP for more than a week, please file a bug report and let us know. Be sure to give us the lens URL.
Featured (out of WIP) lenses look like this!
Help! My once featured lens went BACK into WIP!
Lately, a lot of lensmasters have noticed that some of their lenses have gone from fully published back into WIP. This usually happens when they haven't been updated lately (read: in a looooong time!) and are getting stale, or they aren't being promoted so they have no visitors, which can affect LensRank.
How can you help your lenses get back into "green" land?
How can you help your lenses get back into "green" land?
- Find something new to add, even if it's just one of our funky new modules! (Read this for some ideas)
- Email it to a friend, add the link to your blog, have it critiqued in the forum, etc. Spread the word.
- Publish it. People are more likely to return to lenses that are published frequently.
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