Well, if you’re new to ikiKOYOMI, then you probably have a few questions. I’ll try to answer all of the main ones here, and if you have any others, just shoot me an e-mail. Off we go…
Q: Can I do item specific RSS feeds?
A: Absolutely. Here’s a set of links to each one.
Anime Releases
Manga Releases
Conventions
OVA Releases
Movie Releases
Figure ReleasesYou can do the same for any other (Adult… ahem) feeds. Just add the name to the end of the main RSS feed link.
Q: What does signing up do for me?
A: Signing up lets you added e-mail alerts for calendar events and also lets you have your sign-in saved for the blog. Additionally, any comments you make get sent past the spam filter. Hurray!
Q: What’s with fuzzy dates?
A: Fuzzy dates are for releases that aren’t set it stone, such as Figures, some manga, and far off anime announcements. Some of them will resolve into normal dates as time goes and information becomes available. Alerts cannot be added for fuzzy dates. The appear only on the Year View at the end of each month.
Q: Do Fuzzy items show up in RSS Feeds?
A: Yes, they do. Figures show up on the 15th of the month they appear in, and other items hit on the first.
Q: How do I get to the Adult items?
A: Well, to get at the Adult released on the normal views, you click the Show Adult Releases selection in the dropdown box. To get an Adult release RSS feed, just use this link.
Q: Can I add my own events?
Yessir, you sure can. Just click the Add Event link (must be logged in for it to appear) and it will drop you to a form that you can fill out, and shortly thereafter, I will approve it and it will show up on ikiKOYOMI.
Q: Do I get credit for things I’ve added?
You absolutely do. When you add something the event will have Submitted by and your username. Later on I have plans to use this for some interesting things like rankings and… well… that’s getting a bit ahead of ourselves, isn’t it?
Q: Why is there a “None” option for days?
The “None” option is there in case, like with figures and Seven Seas manga, the item does not have a specific release date set. For these releases just leave the day set to none.
Q: What should I do about things that doesn’t have a specific time, like manga?
I will be adding in things for this in the future, however, for the time being just leave the time area set to 00:00 (Midnight) since that is technically when they come out officially. Everything is done based on official times, rather than trying to decide when stores open. And if a place is open at midnight, they should have these things out there anyway. So it sort of does release at midnight.