Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
Comments
You know,...
I rarely even look at the main page anyway, so I never noticed. I usually go right to recent posts, or my recent posts, so I can see new messages on my posts, those of my friends, or follow up on replies on posts I've replied to myself.
So I wouldn't worry about it!
"Om Tare Tutare Ture Mama Ayurpunye Jnana Putin Kuru Svaha"
~Sita Tara Mantra
Write in paragraphs
The front page will show roughly the first paragraph of your blog entry. If the first paragraph is short it may choose to show the second paragraph as well. If you don't use paragraphs it doesn't know where to stop showing your content and therefore it can end up showing most, if not all, of your blog entry.
If you use paragraphs when typing your blog entry it will never show the entire entry on the page.
Oh- good idea.
I think it helps to read and understand the longer posts too.
And while we're at it....
Can we request people use punctuation (at least periods?) I tried to read some posts in the past that had no periods, and my brain just couldn't make sense of what they were posting. Just a suggestion if someone does that and doesn't get many responses, it may be that we couldn't make it out.
"Om Tare Tutare Ture Mama Ayurpunye Jnana Putin Kuru Svaha"
~Sita Tara Mantra
RE:
I know exactly what you mean! If I'm trying to read something and it's too difficult for me to discern what is being said, I just stop reading.
*~So sayeth Nymh~*
Personally I love proper punctuation,
capitalization, spelling etc... in posts.
I understand sometimes we get emotionally overwrought and when I surf this (and it's not as often as it used to be) I try to read as many posts as possible because it often is a crisis situation that begs for help. But it's harder to give it when it's hard to read.