I have updated a huge section of the code tonight. So if you ntoice any problems please email me (e:paul) so that I can resolve them. The site should be significantly faster in terms of the code, but I can't promise anything on server performance as that is out of my hands.

One big change is that when you make a drawing and press post, the drawing box closes and the drawing code is inserted into the text box on your journal instead of in the pop-up-window.

>>Posted By: paul

I send out another email using the update/info list. If you wish to unsubscribe from it, simply reply with the subject unsubscribe. Oops, i just realized I messed that up so you will have to wait till the next one to unsubscribe.

I will only be using it to alert you of new features as they become avaiable.

Here is a copy of the email below for those of you that do not belong to the site yet. You can see what you are missing. Which is a lot by the way. When you log in much more becomes avaiable to you.

There are lots of Updates for the site.

RADIO - We now have better radio integration with the site. If the radio is on, you will see a box under your control panel with a picture of a little radio and the name of the song playing. Click on the song to stream the estrip radio station. I would suggest using iTunes although there are plenty of other players out there.

FLASH CHAT - The flash audio chat also now detects if it is avaiable and displays a little (audio) link in the chat box. Click on the (audio) link to open the flash chat program. The flash audio chat allow you to speak with a microphone when communicating with other chatter.

It is also a realtime type based chat, no more waiting for refreshes.

A/V PROFILER - The AV profiler can be found in your control panel. If the site detects that the flash server is online you will see a little microphone in your control panel. click on it to record audio/video clips with the profiler. It's fun for everybody. I recorded a test one for everyone to see.

RSS Fixed - The rss should now properly display journals with quotations. I also stopped stripping html links and added a little note where media was removed in each entry.

CALENDAR - When you click on the this month's name on th event calendar it now displays every event after today's date in that month. Today's events are highlighed in red.

MAILING LIST FOR JOURNALS - The mailing list for journals is completed and entries now come with all images attached right to the email. The subject is "username - blogTitle" and if you respond to the email, the author receives it.

USER SOUND - User Sounds can now be up to a whopping 250k. They can be in mp3, wav, or mid format.

COMMING SOON: estrip member profiles.

>>Posted By: paul >>Updated By: paul

I added a link to an rss feed reader for java based mobile phones. Check it out [inlink]info,10[/inlink] Please contact (e:paul) if you have a phone capabale of this type of application.

>>Posted By: info

You can now receive all journals via email. Emailed entries include attached images and drawings. Currently .mp3 and .wav files are removed.



If you would like to partcipate in the beta of this service, please email (e:paul) . It is particularly useful for mobile devices such as the t-mobile sidekick or other smartphones that can receive emails with attached photos. If you have such a phone, I would really like to test it with other smartphones besides the t-mobile sidekick.

Each entry comes from the author and you can reply directly to them.

>>Posted By: paul

Check it out. No one ever updates their user sounds. They are a fun way to personalize your journal or leave messages.



In order to get people more interested, I am raising the maximum size of the user sounds to 250k. Simply use the control panel that looks like music notes. You can upload sounds in wav, mid, or mp3 format. Have fun.

>>Posted By: paul

It would be nice if the calendar entries would pop-up in a tooltip (using mouseover)... also, any calendar entries added since the last visit could be colored a different color...

A calendar isn't a bad idea. Of course, is the motherlode of calendars.. it would be nice if there could be a shared calendar for this community. Events happen, and I hear about them afterwards. For example, there was this vegan/vegetarian concert in Ellicott Creek Park, and I heard about it weeks afterwards. Seeing that summer is so short here, I'd like to take full advantage of outdoor events.

>>Posted By: ajay

I updated the image library today to include drawings that you made using the Sketch function. They will now show up in your image library so that you may delete old ones or add them to current or updated journal entries. Hope this helps some of you out there.

For those of you that do not what your image library is, simply click on the img library button at the bottom of your journal entry form. This will bring up a window with previously uploaded images, which you can then view and add to new and updated entries. More detailed nstructions can be foudnd on the image library window itself. Check it out and email paul if you have any questions.

>>Posted By: paul

We are now officially at 4,199,379 characters typed into the database. That is a hell of a lot of typing going on. Thanks everybody for who helped bring that number up since 1,000,000 [inlink]news,132[/inlink]

>>Posted By: paul

in this area, there are so many inventive, enjoyable and free/inexpensive things to do as a family- especially in the nicer weather. generally, smaller events slip under the radar. if they are advertised at all, it is generally buried amongst the "rock" listings in the calendar of the gusto or artvoice. there is an especially wonderful family event that not everybody knows about and i feel that i should spread the love.

storytelling magnifique runs ever saturday through mid-august near the playground area of the rose garden. once a week, heather, an accomplished storyteller, will engage your children in a magical olde world story.

if your kids won't sit still on damp grass for an hour, rest assured- heather comes with trunks and trunks of dress up clothes so that your children can act out fable while it is told. do you have a butterfly, fairy, elf, troll or knight living at home? your child will join many others in this very relaxed environment- where no single child is picked- but rather all of them.

better yet, this enchanting event is free! it will happen every saturday aroun noon- parents come with a lawn chair and a camera!

>>Posted By: lowercase >>Updated By: lowercase >>Updated By: lowercase

All the estrippers and everyone else, head on over to the Pink.

>>Posted By: mike