We've worked hard for some time to bring you this new magazine. It is still a little rough around the edges but it's early days yet.

Please do give us your feedback on Frock here. When you've read it, please tell us what you think - what you liked and what you think could be improved along with any other ideas you have for future issues.
I can already tell you that there will be a personals section from the next issue onwards, which will be taken from the personals area on this site so if you would like your personal ad to be included, please submit it now by going here...

http://gendersociety.com/[...]993.cgi

Thanks and hugs,

Katie x

Thanks for your feedback so far girls. We do already provide a free newsletter and heaps and heaps of free information for our Basic members but in order to survive, we need to persuade more of our girls to take up Full Membership. We can only do that by providing extra services like Frock magazine. I hope you’ll all understand that without an income Trannyweb would close down very quickly so it’s imperative that we continue our campaign to encourage more Full Membership by constantly adding new features and benefits for our Full Members to enjoy.

I think the problems that Rae and Karen have encountered are really down to me not explaining how to use the software properly. Maybe you just need to use it a few times and it will be easy after that.

The trouble is that most computer screens are the wrong shape and size to display a page from a magazine properly so we compromise by showing you the magazine's pages a bit smaller than they would normally be. However, at that scale you would have trouble reading them so you have the ability to zoom in on any page either by using the zoom button (bottom left) or by clicking on the page. Once you have zoomed in you can move around the page using your mouse (you don't even have to keep your finger on the mouse button).

If you don't move the mouse, then the page will stay perfectly still.

Then either click the page again or click the zoom button again to zoom out. You can navigate through the pages one at a time back or forth by clicking on the arrow icons on either side of the pages or you can go to a specific page by using the page thumbnails which appear when you press the thumbnails button (bottom left).

One problem which we have discovered and which we will rectify in the next issue, is that where a full page advert contains a link to an advertiser's web site, clicking the page take you there rather than zooming in. You can still zoom in and out using the zoom button (bottom left) but this does introduce some confusion into the system so we will ensure that this does not happen in future issues.

I think you already know that Meredith Newton was Co-Editor on this first issue, but thanks must also go to Cerys Conner who was our Art Director.

Please keep the feedback and ideas coming.

Thanks and hugs,

Katie x

Glad everyone's kissed and made up.

Let's draw a line under that bit...

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Thanks too for all the feedback on our first issue. Now we need to get to work on the next one and we also need to persuade Basic members that it's worth converting to Full Membership for (along with all the other benefits of Full Membership that is).

Remember, the purpose of Frock (apart from providing you with a good read) is to save Trannyweb.

Hugs,

Katie x

My honest thought, If you can do better, put your name forward, if not don't criticise. Perhaps Natalie woule like to offer her artistic talents. We all have stories, mine is known by a few, sad and shameful in many aspects. I was asked to contribute,
to be an example of somthing to aspire to. I don't need people to volounteer my servies, or hold me up as an example of the way to do things. Believe me I should not be held up to be somones asperation. And a thought, that iregarless of who is out and who is not, does not make for a story, I am sure there are people who are still not out that could tell a very interesting story in
what its like to live in the closet, for varying reasons. the regret, pressure, thinking of others first like SO's, children etc. Everyone
is entitled to go there own way, God I realy get fed up with the bloody experts, telling everyone the way they did it is right. When will people realise we are not all clones of idealism. People mess up, If other sites are so good,? why come to TW. I love trannyweb. Constructive critism is one thing, but one needs to put themselves forward, no good saying but i'm a lousy writer, I am sure Meredith could help ghost anyones piece if they have somthing interesting to write.

Its not the way its written that is of paramount importance its what is written that counts. .

Cristine xxx

Thanks Steph.

Samantha, I think you have the wrong end of the stick, so to speak. $109 is the price for TW Full Membership and everything else that includes, not just the magazine.

We also included a half price link with the first issue so it would actually cost you less than $55 for a year.

Is that better?

Hugs,

Katie x

Thanks for the feedback Rae. I think we did leave out a contact email address but twas probably because the mag is still within the Trannyweb site and there's a live help button and also a 'contact us' link at the bottom of the page.

Initially Frodck was going to be for Full Members only but it's gone down so well that I think we might make it available to anyone else who wants it by subscription. As usual, I'll need to talk to Eric about how we can do this.

And what kind of price would be acceptable? The downloadable version of Transliving magazine costs £7.99 and Reparteee's download costs £5.00. Would you buy it for say £4.50 per issue?

Thanks and hugs,

Katie x

Just reread my post, thinking it was a bit ambiguous, so just to clarify, I was not refering to Meredeith or Katie when I was whinging about people holding me up as an example, In fact I was touched that Meredith thought I had an interesting story, and was flattered by Katies request to contribute another item, which I won't go into for various reason. The reason I was annoyed is, I did not like the way I was named in another posting, to be held up as an example of coming out and the way it was intimated thats the right way to do things. Perhaps Meredith, should for example, get a story on how it affected SO's and family, when people come out. How people approached coming out to them and how they handled it. I will be upgrading my membership shortly to gain the maximum benefeits of TW and show my support. Which then, I think will entitle me to comment more, but for the time being, well done to Katie and Meredith and all my love. Just remember that we are all individuals, what is right for one is so wrong for another, there is no rule book that I know of, for what to some is a very stressfull time and if they get it wrong has serious emotional repercussions all round.

xxXCristineXxx