84-465: Wattpad is a website for reading and publishing original written fiction and connecting with fellow writers and readers. Its most popular genres are romance , teen fiction , and fan fiction . As of November 2021, Wattpad has more than 90 million monthly users (the majority of whom are younger women) and there are over 665 million story uploads in total. Some of its stories have been transformed into mainstream novels and TV series and movies, such as
168-611: A Business Management Program at the Southville International School in BF International, Las Piñas . Gil started acting in 2008. He was 16 years old when his mother made him join My Talent summer workshops headed by Trumpets Playshop founder and STAGES president Audie Gemora, to overcome his shyness. They eventually pushed him to audition for Star Magic . Before being introduced to
252-407: A classic website , a five-page website or a brochure website are often static websites, because they present pre-defined, static information to the user. This may include information about a company and its products and services through text, photos, animations, audio/video, and navigation menus. Static websites may still use server side includes (SSI) as an editing convenience, such as sharing
336-589: A private network , such as a company's internal website for its employees. Users can access websites on a range of devices, including desktops , laptops , tablets , and smartphones . The app used on these devices is called a web browser . The World Wide Web (WWW) was created in 1989 by the British CERN computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee . On 30 April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to use for anyone, contributing to
420-421: A threat actor from an unknown source was responsible for the breach, along with the sourcing of over 278 million password credentials and email addresses, with breakdown analysis suggested that Gmail , Yahoo , and Outlook accounts were mostly affected. The Wattpad Corporation has since investigated and patched the issue. In January 2021, Wattpad announced that it was to be acquired by Naver Corporation in
504-543: A $ 600 million cash-and-stock deal. In an interview, Lau states "it’s also been very clear from Naver, and we agree, that we should operate as independently as possible." Wattpad will remain headquartered in Canada and under its current leadership. In April 2024, Wattpad announced that it would be removing a private messaging (PM) feature from the platform in response to a report on sexual grooming in PMs. Wattpad has stated that
588-466: A December 2019 interview with PEP.ph , Gil revealed that he has been into buying and selling of houses with his mother Barbara Anne Bacay. Gil dated his Good Vibes co-star Coleen Garcia from 2010 to 2011. In February 2019, he and his frequent on-screen partner Liza Soberano publicly confirmed they had been a couple since October 24, 2014. 1 Theme song for She's The One 2 Together with Sarah Geronimo and Apl.de.ap . The single
672-640: A Turkish court, the Ankara 10th Penal Court of Peace, ordered that access to Wattpad be blocked. As of July 18th, users within Turkey have been unable to access the site without use of a VPN. This makes Turkey the first country to officially restrict access to the site. As of September 2020: In 2018, nearly 300,000 writers from 35 countries take part in its yearly writing competition, The Watty Awards. Famous authors such as Margaret Atwood and R. L. Stine have also joined Wattpad. Atwood has posted poetry and judged
756-516: A University of Santo Tomas – Biology student and an avid fan of The Eraserheads turned doctor five years later. The film made the Top 10 List of highest-grossing Filipino films in 2019 . In 2020, Gil appeared with Soberano in Make It With You as Gabriel "Gabo" Villarica, a lost soul who finds himself in the small Eastern European country of Croatia . The show was later cancelled due to
840-559: A Wattpad account. During the summer of 2012, Wattpad in collaboration with Margaret Atwood , Canadian poet/novelist/literary critic, held the "Wattys": the first major poetry contest offering a chance to poets on Wattpad to compete against each other in one of two categories, either as an "Enthusiast" or a "Competitor". It has been going ever since, and now the contest is open to books of all genres. Wattpad has formed ties with publishing houses to try to help Wattpad authors to receive compensation for their works. A new branch, Wattpad Studios,
924-899: A common menu bar across many pages. As the site's behavior to the reader is still static, this is not considered a dynamic site. A dynamic website is one that changes or customizes itself frequently and automatically. Server-side dynamic pages are generated "on the fly" by computer code that produces the HTML (CSS are responsible for appearance and thus, are static files). There are a wide range of software systems, such as CGI , Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP), Active Server Pages and ColdFusion (CFML) that are available to generate dynamic Web systems and dynamic sites . Various Web application frameworks and Web template systems are available for general-use programming languages like Perl , PHP , Python and Ruby to make it faster and easier to create complex dynamic websites. A site can display
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#17328024142981008-402: A group of venture funds led by Khosla Ventures . In April 2014, Wattpad announced $ 46M in a Series C of funding led by OMERS ventures. In January 2018, Wattpad announced USD $ 51M in funding from Tencent Holdings Limited , BDC, Globe Telecom's Kickstart Ventures, Peterson Group, Canso, and existing investor Raine. In December 2011, Wattpad was selected as the hottest Digital Media company in
1092-574: A guest attempts to view replies to a comment, or wishes to give feedback themselves, they will be prompted to create an account or log in to do so. Early in its history, some large volumes of user-uploaded material hosted on Wattpad was copyrighted material created by authors who did not grant republication rights. In May 2009, an article in The New York Times noted, "Sites like Scribd and Wattpad, which invite users to upload documents like college theses and self-published novels, have been
1176-474: A large series of static pages. Early websites had only text, and soon after, images. Web browser plug-ins were then used to add audio, video, and interactivity (such as for a rich Web application that mirrors the complexity of a desktop application like a word processor). Examples of such plug-ins are Microsoft Silverlight , Adobe Flash Player , Adobe Shockwave Player , and Java SE . HTML 5 includes provisions for audio and video without plugins. JavaScript
1260-907: A milestone confirmed by Netcraft in its October 2014 Web Server Survey and that Internet Live Stats was the first to announce—as attested by this tweet from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself, Tim Berners-Lee—the number of websites in the world have subsequently declined, reverting to a level below 1 billion. This is due to the monthly fluctuations in the count of inactive websites. The number of websites continued growing to over 1 billion by March 2016 and has continued growing since. Netcraft Web Server Survey in January 2020 reported that there are 1,295,973,827 websites and in April 2021 reported that there are 1,212,139,815 sites across 10,939,637 web-facing computers, and 264,469,666 unique domains. An estimated 85 percent of all websites are inactive. A static website
1344-504: A mix of machine learning algorithims and human editors. The acquisitions team looks to Wattpad's large and existing digital library (over half a billion titles) in order to select notable material for publication. According to Wattpad Books leader Ashleigh Gardner, this is in an effort to combat bias inherent in human editors. Gardner says that this technology analyses the data behind each title, looking at story structure and word use in addition to levels of reader engagement per title. This data
1428-639: A number of new projects such as Muling Buksan ang Puso series, alongside Julia Montes and Enchong Dee . In October 2013, he starred in the film She's the One with Bea Alonzo and Dingdong Dantes , which earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination in the FAMAS Awards . Many considered this his breakthrough film as an actor. The film earned 12 million pesos on its first day and grossed 135 million pesos on its fifth week. Gil further gained attention for his dancing skills through his signature moves to
1512-477: A particular topic or purpose, such as news, education, commerce, entertainment, or social media . Hyperlinking between web pages guides the navigation of the site, which often starts with a home page . The most-visited sites are Google , YouTube , and Facebook . All publicly-accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web . There are also private websites that can only be accessed on
1596-595: A partnership with Anvil Publishing, Inc., one of the Philippines' leading publishers, to create Bliss Books, a YA imprint with Filipino Young Adult and romance fanatics as their target market. Netflix film The Kissing Booth was written in 2011 by author Beth Reekles . It originated as a story on Wattpad where it won a Watty Award for "Most Popular Teen Fiction" in Wattpad's annual writing contest. By 2012 it had amassed over 19 million reads on Wattpad and, in 2013,
1680-484: A poetry contest on the platform. Stine has used Wattpad to post chapters of his books and done interactive events with readers. Wattpad has increased in popularity among many fandoms , who take to the platform to craft their own fan fiction . One of the most notable stories on the platform is the After series by Anna Todd , which was originally published as a Harry Styles fan fiction. After its large popularity amongst
1764-610: A project organized by the Bakhita Canossa Foundation to sustain the construction of houses for the Yolanda victims at Brgy. But, Salcedo, Eastern Samar . In July 2021, Gil and Soberano held a virtual fan meet to raise funds for Save the Children , a non-profit organization that advocates for children's rights and provides support for children in need. Gil released his own fragrance line in collaboration with
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#17328024142981848-473: A stylized romanization of monogatari ( 物語 , 'story') . It is also a novel-centered social networking service about creative writing and illustrations founded in October 2017. Website A website (also written as a web site ) is one or more web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server . Websites are typically dedicated to
1932-400: A vehicle for user-generated e-book infringement) Wattpad announced an "Authors In Charge" program, designed to allow authors or their representatives to identify and directly remove infringing content from the site, but this program is designed specifically for "authors with published books for sale." Authors may begin their stories on Wattpad and then choose to publish their work. In most cases,
2016-501: Is Beautiful Publishing Company, launched Wattpad Presents , a series of Wattpad stories turned into TV dramas. Wattpad stories aired on the show are usually those that were published by LIB Publishing. ABS-CBN also made several adaptations of Wattpad stories such as "My App Boyfie" by Noreen Capili (noringai), starring James Reid and Nadine Lustre , and the coming-of-age series Bagito starring Nash Aguas , Alexa Ilacad and Ella Cruz . Pop Fiction's best-selling book, She's Dating
2100-597: Is a Filipino actor. Gil has appeared in various films and television shows such as Mula sa Puso , Budoy , Princess and I , Muling Buksan ang Puso and She's the One . He is best known for his role as Alexander "Xander" Grande III in the television series Forevermore in 2014–15, alongside Liza Soberano . Since then, he has starred in the films Just the Way You Are (2015), Everyday I Love You (2015), Dukot (2016), My Ex and Whys (2017), Seven Sundays (2017), and Alone/Together (2019); and
2184-878: Is a relative of actor Dingdong Dantes . Gil finished grade school at the Montessori De Manila in March 2004, a private institute inside the BF Executive Village in Las Piñas , and secondary school at the Manresa School in Parañaque in March 2008. He went to San Beda College Alabang to pursue a degree in Information Technology , but put his studies on hold to focus on his acting career. In 2016, he started attending
2268-492: Is also built into most modern web browsers, and allows for website creators to send code to the web browser that instructs it how to interactively modify page content and communicate with the web server if needed. The browser's internal representation of the content is known as the Document Object Model (DOM). WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a modern JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D graphics without
2352-639: Is based in Toronto , Ontario. In February 2007, Wattpad had announced the addition of over 17,000 e-books from Project Gutenberg , making them available to mobile users. According to a June 2009 Wattpad press release, the application had been downloaded over 5 million times. In March 2009, an iPhone version was released. This was followed by the launch on BlackBerry App World in April 2009, Google Android in June 2009 and Apple iPad in April 2010. In December 2015, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile Version
2436-516: Is generally non-interactive. This type of website usually displays the same information to all visitors. Similar to handing out a printed brochure to customers or clients, a static website will generally provide consistent, standard information for an extended period of time. Although the website owner may make updates periodically, it is a manual process to edit the text, photos, and other content and may require basic website design skills and software. Simple forms or marketing examples of websites, such as
2520-525: Is in a relationship with Tristan (Anderson). Both 2015 films were box office successes. On December 1, 2015, Gil received a star at the Philippine Walk of Fame at Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City. In February 2016, Gil and Soberano returned to prime time with the romantic drama Dolce Amore , in which he played the role of Simon Vicente "TenTen" Ibarra, a poor and hardworking Manila boy who will do anything for his family. In July 2016, Gil
2604-495: Is one that has Web pages stored on the server in the format that is sent to a client Web browser. It is primarily coded in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to control appearance beyond basic HTML. Images are commonly used to create the desired appearance and as part of the main content. Audio or video might also be considered "static" content if it plays automatically or
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2688-569: Is returning to the big screen after a three-year hiatus with I Am Not Big Bird . Co-produced by ANIMA Studios , Black Sheep , and the actor’s own production outfit Immerse Entertainment, the film also marked Gil’s first venture into film production. In 2013, Gil joined the PETA campaign "Free Mali " to transfer her from the Manila Zoo to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand. Mali
2772-528: Is the only captive elephant in the Philippines and has been in captivity for the majority of her life, alone, in a tiny enclosure, and in need of proper care. In the same year, Gil donated part of the proceeds of his King of the Gil concert to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan , also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda. In 2015, Gil alongside the cast of Forevermore participated in Hoops for Hope: A Charity Basketball Game ,
2856-451: Is the third-largest category on Wattpad, closely behind Romance and Teen Fiction, many of which are also fan fictions. Wattpad hosts a number of writing contests each year, including the annual Watty Awards, the largest writing competition in the world. In 2011, The Watty Awards introduced three entry levels (Popular, On The Rise, and Undiscovered) to allow greater chances of winning for every type of writer. Contests are open to anyone who has
2940-644: Is then compared to analyses of other books on Wattpad and in the public domain. Once all the data has been collected and engagement has been looked at, human staffers read the titles and create their list. All published titles are a combination of international hits and notable but known material from their digital library. These titles are distributed by Macmillan in the United States of America, Raincoast Books in Canada, and Penguin Random House in India and
3024-453: The After and The Kissing Booth series. In January 2019, Wattpad launched its own publishing division named Wattpad Books to ease the effort for its authors. In January 2021, Naver Corporation announced that it would be acquiring Wattpad and the deal was completed in May 2021. Wattpad was developed in 2006, as the result of a collaboration between Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen. The company
3108-558: The COVID-19 pandemic and the network's franchise renewal issues which marked the end of the loveteam pairing with Soberano. ABS-CBN Films head Kriz Gazmen stated that although they pitched several projects to the duo and were about to "shoot something" (that was later scrapped following COVID case surges in the country at that time), "the timing was never right" and they “wanted to do something different” in their lives. In 2023, Gil signed an exclusive contract with ABS-CBN. In 2024, Gil
3192-874: The Good Vibes press conference, that he was set to appear in the ABS-CBN's remake of María la del Barrio but had to turn down the role due to conflicting schedules. He replaced Albie Casiño in the Star Cinema film Way Back Home — the film debut of Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes . It was succeeded by his stint as Benjamin “BJ” Maniego in Budoy . He was featured in Zia Quizon 's music video debut entitled "Ako Na Lang". In 2012, he starred as Dasho Jao Rinpoche in Princess and I , which became one of
3276-452: The King of the Gil concert, Gil made his debut on radio drama Dear M.O.R. Special on My Only Radio (MOR) 101.9 For Life! and MOR TV. He portrayed Carlo, a hopeless romantic guy who gives everything to his liberated and dominant girlfriend Lois, played by FM radio's first-ever roving DJ and Darling ng Masa Eva Ronda. In 2014, he replaced Kiko Estrada in the fantasy series Mirabella —
3360-481: The One Direction fandom and the app's readers, the story became the most read book on Wattpad, having achieved just under 10 million unique readers on the platform and been read more than one billion times. The series went on to be published by Gallery Books and became a New York Times Best Seller . By crafting a spot for fanfiction alongside its other genres, Wattpad prioritizes its teen readers and gives
3444-556: The Web 2.0 community of sites and allow for interactivity between the site owner and site visitors or users. Static sites serve or capture information but do not allow engagement with the audience or users directly. Some websites are informational or produced by enthusiasts or for personal use or entertainment. Many websites do aim to make money using one or more business models, including: Enrique Gil Enrique Mari Bacay Gil V ( Tagalog: [ɛnˈɾikɛ ˈhil] ; born March 30, 1992)
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3528-449: The teleserye Rosalka , in which he played Andrew. He was originally set to appear in Kokey @ Ako , but his character was written off in favor of Jason Francisco . In October, he was given the role of Joco, the younger brother of Paolo Barredo ( Gerald Anderson ), in the film Till My Heartaches End . He got his first hosting stint in the ABS-CBN teen variety show Shoutout! . This
3612-706: The Filipino fragrance brand HKT Fragrances . A portion of the brand's sales went to Shop & Share , a non-profit organization which aims to help underprivileged Filipinos get tested for COVID-19 . In February 2021, Gil launched HKT Essentials with Soberano, and a portion of the brand's sales went to Save the Children , as well as to a relief program for barangay-level health workers. In January 2022, Gil shared on his Instagram story that he sold one of his house projects in BF Homes Parañaque through his real estate development business Gil Side Homes . In
3696-489: The Gangster , written by Bianca Bernardino (SGWannaB) as a Wattpad original, became the first Wattpad story adapted into a full-length motion picture starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla . The movie adaptation was produced by ABS-CBN's film production arm, Star Cinema. Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil also starred on the film Just The Way You Are , based on the Wattpad story "The Bet" by Ilurvbooks. "Chasing Red"
3780-609: The United Kingdom, with their Fall 2019 list available in leading North American retailers. Outside North America, Gardner has sold the rights to Hachette (France) for Deanna Cameron's What Happened Last Night. Additionally, Lauren Palphreyman's rights to Cupid's Match have been sold in French (Hachette) and German (S. Fischer Verlag). Wattpad's first list consisted of six young adult novels. The QB Bad Boy & Me by Tay Marley (28.8 million reads) will be their lead title and
3864-663: The chance to earn money through their work and to provide support for readers. Wattpad planned a fast-follow launch for Next in Spanish-speaking regions and to expand the program. The program was available in Latin America and Spain beginning May 27, 2019, before expanding worldwide on July 11 the same year. On September 17, 2019, the Wattpad Team announced the ending of the Next Beta program after results from
3948-724: The country at the Canadian Innovation Exchange. In the same year, co-founder and CEO Ivan Yuen was also recognized as a top Canadian entrepreneur at the Impact Infused Awards, sponsored by Deloitte . In March 2014, Wattpad signed a contract with Pop Fiction, an imprint of Summit Media , to print Filipino Wattpad stories in the Philippines. Other publishers from the Philippines also publish stories from Wattpad. Since then, some Wattpad stories have also been adapted into teleseryes . Filipino television network TV5 , in partnership with Wattpad and Life
4032-407: The current state of a dialogue between users, monitor a changing situation, or provide information in some way personalized to the requirements of the individual user. For example, when the front page of a news site is requested, the code running on the webserver might combine stored HTML fragments with news stories retrieved from a database or another website via RSS to produce a page that includes
4116-446: The debut project of Julia Barretto . On February 26, the wattpad author HaveYouSeenThisGirL admitted via Twitter that Gil was really supposed to be in the film adaptation of Diary ng Panget but refused to say why it didn't push through. On March 1, Gil launched his single "Do The Moves" with Sarah Geronimo and apl.de.ap . Its youth-oriented music video was released on March 8. On March 16, Gil confirmed that he would be part of
4200-486: The feature has "only been relevant to a small percentage of our user base" and removing it could foster "transparent dialogue." However, proponents of retaining private messaging have stated that private messaging allows for collaboration among other things. Access to Wattpad from within mainland China is restricted. Censorship in China covers topics such as LGBT+ content, which censors consider to be immoral. In July 2024,
4284-665: The film The Trial as Martin, the best friend of Ronald ( John Lloyd Cruz ). On May 18, Gil was named the "Most Promising Male Star of the Year" at the 45th Box Office Entertainment Awards . On June 25, Star Cinema announced that Gil alongside Liza Soberano would lead the film adaptation of Kimberly Joy Villanueva's novel The Bet . On August 21, Gil took part in ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra 's debut album Decades of OPM together with Abra , doing their version of "Totoy Bibo." In October 2014, he played
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#17328024142984368-523: The first few weeks after the launch. On July 28, 2017, Tap launched "Tap Originals", a series of original stories produced by writers every week, with some of these series working on an episode-by-episode basis. On November 13, 2018, Wattpad introduced "Next Beta" to a few select countries for early testing. The launch of the Next Beta featured over 50 stories that were to be paid for with Watt Coins, which could be earned by having readers spend coins to unlock participating Next Beta stories. This offered writers
4452-619: The immense growth of the Web. Before the introduction of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), other protocols such as File Transfer Protocol and the gopher protocol were used to retrieve individual files from a server. These protocols offer a simple directory structure in which the user navigates and where they choose files to download. Documents were most often presented as plain text files without formatting or were encoded in word processor formats. While "web site"
4536-515: The interactive margin commenting. Registered readers can add comments and feedback by individual lines and paragraphs as they are reading rather than after the chapter or story is finished. These comment sections are available to be viewed by all readers (guests and non-guests alike, so far as of 2021). Registered users can also use them for reacting to the chapter, offering feedback, or just for personal input, allowing readers to see what others are thinking and writers to see how readers are responding. If
4620-435: The latest information. Dynamic sites can be interactive by using HTML forms , storing and reading back browser cookies , or by creating a series of pages that reflect the previous history of clicks. Another example of dynamic content is when a retail website with a database of media products allows a user to input a search request, e.g. for the keyword Beatles . In response, the content of the Web page will spontaneously change
4704-413: The lead role as the rebellious hotel company heir Alexander "Xander" Grande III, who falls in love with Maria Agnes Calay, played by Soberano in the hit romantic comedy television series Forevermore , which marked a significant turning point in Gil's career. The series finale scored a 39.3 percent rating, the highest recorded national TV rating on Philippine television in 2015. In June 2015, following
4788-482: The media as a member of the Star Magic Circle Batch 16, he appeared in a series of TV commercials , including a Lewis and Pearl's advertisement, alongside Coleen Garcia . He landed his first television role in the action - drama series Pieta where he played the character Harold. Before Pieta , he had a cameo appearance in I Love Betty La Fea as one of the "Eco-models." In 2009, during
4872-729: The most popular shows on ABS-CBN . He was also cast in the film The Reunion , a Filipino teen romantic comedy film directed by Frasco Mortiz. He was included in Amorosa , his first horror film. Later in the year, he appeared in The Strangers , one of the official entries for the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival. This was his first MMFF film. In February 2013, he was featured in Myrtle Sarrosa 's "Mr. Kupido" music video. He also portrayed Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Maalaala Mo Kaya . Following this, he appeared in
4956-594: The most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world". The Kissing Booth was the fourth most-popular movie in IMDb 's popularity rankings in June 2018. Wattpad has also signed deals with Asian distribution partners, such as pan-Asian streaming platform Iflix to co-produce dozens of original movies based on Wattpad stories out of Indonesia, and Singapore's Mediacorp , to bring Wattpad stories to Mediacorp's FTA channels such as Channel 5 (with exception of CNA ) and its streaming service Toggle. On December 8, 2021, it
5040-414: The platform a twist. Deputy General Manager, Ashleigh Gardner, added the following about the genre: "What’s unique about Wattpad is that fanfic is treated like any other genre, living alongside other forms of fiction. This makes it more fluid for readers of an original fiction to discover a new fanfic, or inspire a fanfiction writer to start a new story and bring their audience along with them." Fan fiction
5124-595: The program showed that "Wattpadders are ready for a program that funds writers". The program was later rebranded to "Paid Stories". In June 2020, Wattpad suffered a huge data breach that exposed almost 270 million records. The data was initially sold before being published on a public hacking forum where it was widely circulated. The incident exposed extensive personal information including names and usernames, email and IP addresses , genders, birth dates and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes . Later that same year on July 14, researchers at Risk Based Security discovered that
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#17328024142985208-620: The romantic comedy television series Forevermore . The film was released in February 2017, grossing ₱31.5 million on its first day and won him the GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Award for Box Office King. The same year, he took the role Dex in the family comedy-drama film Seven Sundays alongside Aga Muhlach , Ronaldo Valdez , Cristine Reyes , and Dingdong Dantes . Both films made the Top 10 List of highest-grossing Filipino films in 2017 . In 2018, he
5292-652: The song " Teach Me How to Dougie " and " Gentleman ." He released a debut dance album under Star Records entitled King of the Gil which reached Gold status. Later in the year, Gil held his first headlining sold-out dance concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum with special guests Angel Locsin , Vice Ganda , Kim Chiu , Kathryn Bernardo , Vhong Navarro , Jhong Hilario , Arron Villaflor , Rayver Cruz , Martin del Rosario , Arjo Atayde , Ejay Falcon , gloc-9 , Young JV , G-force , The Streetboys, and Julia Montes . Before proving his dancing prowess in
5376-438: The stories are longer. In February 2015, Wattpad launched a second standalone app called "After Dark". The app focuses specifically on the romance genre and is intended for adult readers. On February 21, 2017, Wattpad launched a chat stories app called Tap , which offers stories in the form of text messages as if reading a private conversation on someone else's phone. The app was an early success, with over 240 million taps in
5460-604: The study aims to show how constructive criticism affects their writing process. Most participants prefer serious feedback over subtle critiquing, based on the results. Wattpad as well as similar online writing communities help young authors build and construct their self perception as writers, as well as establishes an audience and interact with readers. It acts as a gateway into the publishing realm and offers hands-on experience with digital writing. This type of experience helps writers develop personal authorship. Wattpad offers unique features that other writing platforms do not, such as
5544-545: The success of Forevermore and his tandem with actress Soberano, they starred in a movie based on the Wattpad book The Bet . The film adaptation, initially titled as the same name as its source material was renamed Just The Way You Are . Later that year, Gil starred in his follow-up movie with Soberano in the romantic film Everyday I Love You with Gerald Anderson , directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar . Gil plays Ethan, who falls in love with Bacolod lass Audrey (Soberano), who
5628-493: The taping of Pieta , his mother convinced him to audition for the sitcom George and Cecil . As soon as head writer and director Jose Javier Reyes saw Gil, he immediately cast him to be on the show. Later he was cast in the indie film Pitas as a brother of the lead character played by Kristel Moreno. In 2010, he co-starred in the indie war film Diego and His Brothers . He joined ASAP XV as one of Star Magic 's "Gigger Boys" in April, and in May, co-starred in
5712-495: The target of industry grumbling in recent weeks, as illegal reproductions of popular titles have turned up on them". The Wattpad website notes, "We do not welcome upload of material that violates its copyright terms," but also states "it is simply not possible to screen and verify all posted content." In response to industry criticism, in April 2009 (before the publication of the New York Times article that named Wattpad as
5796-483: The television series Dolce Amore (2016), Bagani (2018), and Make It With You (2020). Enrique Mari Bacay Gil V was born on March 30, 1992, in Cebu City , Philippines . He is the second son of Enrique Amadeo Gil III and Barbara Anne Bacay. He has an older brother named Enrique Javier IV and a younger sister named Diandra Frances. His parents used to work as flight crew for Philippine Airlines . Gil
5880-522: The use of plug-ins. It allows interactive content such as 3D animations, visualizations and video explainers to presented users in the most intuitive way. A 2010-era trend in websites called "responsive design" has given the best viewing experience as it provides a device-based layout for users. These websites change their layout according to the device or mobile platform, thus giving a rich user experience. Websites can be divided into two broad categories—static and interactive. Interactive sites are part of
5964-419: The way it looked before, and will then display a list of Beatles products like CDs, DVDs, and books. Dynamic HTML uses JavaScript code to instruct the Web browser how to interactively modify the page contents. One way to simulate a certain type of dynamic website while avoiding the performance loss of initiating the dynamic engine on a per-user or per-connection basis is to periodically automatically regenerate
6048-426: The website to serve as a springboard into the more traditional publishing industry. Author Anna Todd , whose work After has received over a billion reads on the site, was given a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster to turn her online work into a multiple-book published saga. A film version starring Josephine Langford , Hero Fiennes Tiffin , Selma Blair, Jennifer Beals, Peter Gallagher, and Shane Paul McGhie
6132-402: The work on Wattpad is only a sample to ensure funds going to them in regard to their writing. Bookmate and the long-established and popular sites FanFiction.Net and Fiction Press (a spin-off site for original fiction) also serve as hubs for online prose. An alternative site which is free and open source is Archive of Our Own , or AO3. Monogatary.com [ ja ] is named after
6216-409: Was announced that ViacomCBS would be partnering with Wattpad to produce some of its original stories. Wattpad, with AwesomenessTV , produces Hulu 's popular Light as a Feather . According to a study, online writing communities like Wattpad help young writers learn and grow their craft from constructive feedback and criticism. Composed of students and their experiences on online writing platforms,
6300-399: Was cast in the role of Lakas, a warrior in the television drama and fantasy series Bagani . The show debuted at number 1 in its time slot, and consistently ranked ahead of its competition during its five-month run. In 2019, Gil and Soberano starred in the romantic drama film, Alone/Together , written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone . In the film, Gil played Rafael "Raf" Toledo,
6384-404: Was developed to connect popular writers to both the publishing and film industries. Wattpad has, in the past, teamed up with publishing groups such as Sourcebooks to help Wattpad authors receive book deals, and get their work into hard copies. More traditional publishing houses such as Random House and HarperCollins have approached popular Wattpad writers to negotiate publishing deals, allowing
6468-406: Was published by Penguin Random House . In an interview with Forbes , Reekles explains what drew her to Wattpad: "I loved the feeling of community on the site, and when I began to share, I liked the anonymity of it because I was so self-conscious about my writing and hadn't shared it with anyone before." Since The Kissing Booth premiered on Netflix on May 11, 2018, Ted Sarandos called it "one of
6552-410: Was published by isabelleronin, a Filipino-Canadian writer which got more than 200 million views. In 2021, He's Into Her , a novel written by Maxinejiji (Maxine Lat Calibuso), will premiere on iWant TFC , starring Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan . GMA Network has also started making adaptations of Wattpad stories via Luv Is , a series of stories turned into dramas similar to that of TV5 but
6636-417: Was released by Aviron Pictured on April 12, 2019. On January 24, 2019, Wattpad launched publishing division Wattpad Books led by Wattpad Studios' Publishing Deputy Manager Ashleigh Gardner, with operations managed by Wattpad Studios' Publishing Director Deanna McFadden. According to CEO Allen Lau, this project was in an effort to take the "guesswork" out of publishing. The Wattpad Books acquisitions team uses
6720-517: Was released. Currently, Wattpad has more than 90 million users who collectively spend 15 billion minutes each month using Wattpad. As of 2018, there are more than 400 million fanfiction uploads on Wattpad. As of January 2018, Wattpad had received almost USD $ 117.8M in funding from investors. In 2011, Wattpad announced that it received $ 3.5M in total funding from its current investors, and from W Media Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, and Union Square Ventures . Then in June 2012, Wattpad raised $ 17.3M from
6804-472: Was revamped and renamed to Shoutout!: Level Up , but the show was eventually cancelled due to poor ratings. In 2011, Gil finally nabbed his first lead role as Michael Miranda — originally played by Diether Ocampo — in the 2011 remake of Mula Sa Puso . He next played Jim in the 10th episode of Your Song Presents: Kim . The same year, he played Troy Cabrera in Good Vibes . Gil admitted, during
6888-514: Was slated for release on August 13, 2019. The remaining five books will be released between September and October 2019 and include: Trapeze by Leigh Ansell (2.5 million reads), What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron (over 1 million reads), Saving Everest by Sky Reads (17.2 million reads), Cupid's Match by Lauren Palphreyman (46.4 million reads), and I'm a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni (404,000 reads). Wattpad hopes to publish 18 titles in their 2020 list. Besides Wattpad Books, Wattpad announced
6972-505: Was the lead actor in the action film Dukot , which was based on a real kidnapping incident in the country. It was helmed by director Paul Soriano and was co-produced by Star Cinema. He won "Best Actor" in Gawad PASADO Awards for his acting performance. In 2017, Gil starred in the romantic comedy drama film My Ex and Whys opposite Liza Soberano, directed by Cathy Garcia Molina , who had previously worked with them in
7056-867: Was the original spelling (sometimes capitalized "Web site", since "Web" is a proper noun when referring to the World Wide Web), this variant has become rarely used, and "website" has become the standard spelling. All major style guides, such as The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook , have reflected this change. In February 2009, Netcraft , an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, reported that there were 215,675,903 websites with domain names and content on them in 2009, compared to just 19,732 websites in August 1995. After reaching 1 billion websites in September 2014,
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