I have an update for y'all.
It was brought to my attention that some of you would like to charge for access to your posted content.
Here is how it works.
You are effectively creating a Blog, which is hosted on the cre8aplace website. From your blog management, you write your articles, post videos, etc., just as you would on any other site such as Patreon, Only Fans, or other creator marketplaces.
You must have a Stripe account.
You connect your stripe account to the cre8aplace website via "Stripe Connect".
When a member pays for your premium content, the payment is processed as a direct charge on your stripe account. The funds (minus stripe fees) go straight to your stripe account -- cre8aplace is not involved in your financial transactions. Disputes, refunds, and liability are your responsibility only.
Cre8aplace will charge you a monthly membership in order to participate (amount to be determined).
From your Blog management console, you can select whether an article is free to access, or that it requires a payment. You can setup your stripe account to process monthly subscriptions for users to access your content, or specify a one-time-charge. Most often you will setup a subscription.
As always, if you have any questions, please post them in the comments and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Thank you, and may the good Lord bless you always.

I'll explain some of the changes you will see with the new website:

I'll begin with creating a new topic. Whether it is on your timeline, a friend's timeline, or a group you own, you begin creating a topic the same way as you do now, click "What's on your mind?".

The popup dialog box you will see on the new website will be different than the one you see on this version of the website. More specifically:

1. When entering text, you will have control over some formatting, such as 'bold' or 'italics'.

2. You will select to upload one or more images at one time, either by dragging and dropping, or selecting from your file system.

3. Each image you select to upload may be re-ordered in the order you want them to appear within your post.

4. You can also add a text description 'caption' and enter 'tags' for each image.

5. You will be able to select whether an individual post is private or public. This overrides your account privacy settings (more on this later).

6. You may also select from a list of categories to assign to your new post.

There have been times when I received notices about errors when trying to upload images. These errors are due to the size of the image, usually from your phone, which can produce very large files. This will no longer be the case. The system will automatically convert any image to JPG and scale down it's size.

How is a poll set up within a specific Group?

New website discussion
Please feel free to post any questions in the comments and I will do my best to answer them. In the meantime, I will offer some more information about why I'm doing this.

I started this 'social' site a little over 4 years ago. But as with all great intentions, real life reared it's ugly head. So this project was put on the far back burner until a few months ago.

What sparked it's resurrection were your comments and suggestions. The input I received from y'all so closely mirrored my original intention that I couldn't see wasting any more time programming this platform to essentially match what I started years ago.

I think you will find the new website much easier to navigate and accomplish what you want to do much more easily than this system. Don't get me wrong, this system has done it's job well and I am not unhappy with it. But it is time to move up.

It's been suggested that this group may be able to help...I'm not a technical person and recently bought a 'preloaded' laptop which is totally new to me...new system and had never had or used a laptop before. With MUCH very patient help I'm gaining:) There are several programs installed that I don't even know what they are and I'm wondering if it's safe to 'uninstall' them...Blanket, Eyedropper, Logseq and I've heard of Free CAD but have certainly never used it nor do I understand it:) Also any opinions on using pass keys or two factor authentication? I've heard pros and cons on both. Thanks for any and all suggestions/help.

Two Technocracy Evils – AI & Digital ID
https://slantedright2.blogspot.com/2025/11/two-technocracy-evils-ai-digital-id.html

SUMMARY: A few days ago I read Patrick Wood’s Substack post entitled, “The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America”. That post inspired me to strum through some acquired and viewed videos relating to Artificial Intelligence and Digital ID. … I am a Trump supporter. BUT that does not mean I blanket agree with all his stands. … President Trump is now supporting Big Tech advancement which I have no doubt will again lead to Dem-Marxist tyranny of some future sort unless checked. …MORE TO READ & WATCH!
#TechnocracyEvils

For those members who use gmail.
On October 10, 2025, Google Gemini AI was 'turned on' automatically whereby all incoming mail and attachments are scanned.
Instructions to disable this 'feature':
1. Open Gmail using your browser.
2. Click the Gear icon (upper right).
3. Select "See all settings".
- General tab is displayed by default
4. Scroll to "Smart features and personalization".
5. Uncheck the checkbox.
6. Scroll to "Google Workspace smart features".
7. Toggle off both features in Google Workspace and Google Products.
8. Click Save.

I would recommend that you create email accounts at protonmail.com.
There are other privacy oriented free email providers, but protonmail was one of the first and is well known.

Regardless of which email provider you use, do not participate in Two-Factor Authentication, sometime shown as 2FA.

I've heard of some new members having issues with the confirmation email when registering. I also see in the Admin, that others don't have any issues. I cannot troubleshoot an issue when I have no data to go on.

The application currently running cre8aplace.com was intended to be temporary while I completed work on my own version. Well, the latest batch of registration errors has prompted me to complete my original application, and ditch this one.

Don't worry, this will not happen overnight, nor will there be extended outages.

The general use of the site will always remain free. Some features, like scheduling posts in the future, are paid features because the application is geared toward companies rather than individuals. Other paid features include Movies, a Market place, and some games simply because of the bandwidth requirements.

Since my original project was a complete rewrite of facebook functionality -- Minus the censorship and overreach -- I am going to ask you, the members, to list in the comment section what features/functionality you want to have and I will do my best to make it happen. If you reference another website when listing a feature, please include a link to an example as I am not a member of many websites.

#image_resizing
Howdy folks!
Just a quick note about the upload limit of this server. I have tightened the max file size to 2MB a while back. For those of you that use a phone, chances are your photos are much larger than this size.
If you do encounter the error about exceeding the file size, simply go to any free image resizing websites, such as imageresizer.com, etc to generate a smaller copy of your image.
A good rule of thumb is, depending on the orientation (portrait or landscape), specify 1200 pixels for the longest side. This will ensure your image is now small enough to upload.
As always, God bless.
Rick

GerryB What seems to be the problem sending messages? I think I have the post reaction issue solved.

To embed a video (youtube, vimeo, etc.) you only need click the "What's on your mind" area. The dialog box will expand with other options. Just paste the url and click Post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g9yMGFGlM

Hi Duffner.is There a code to embed a YouTube video right inside our poat without leaving cre8aplace page. I need to hit back buttto to return 2 cre8aplace. Will you be adding a way to share videos on cre8aplace. Thank you. Delivery.