Category: estrip

05/10/09 03:50 - 47ºF - ID#48640

Buffalo News Article I Missed

Somehow I missed this

Buffalo News article that mentioned estrip.

(E:strip):

This is the self-proclaimed "original neighborhood blogging community" of Buffalo - inspired specifically by the Elmwood Village strip.

A fairly sophisticated site, it allows for image, sound and video embedding, as well as a mobile/dial-up site for the blogger who just can't wait until he or she gets home to tell everyone about that squirrel fight in Delaware Park.

Blogging topics on this site are broad, including but not limited to animals (with such delightful posts as "A bird in the hand means poop on the car" and "Chinese death camp for cats") and Food ("Dave don't eat it!" and "Subway. Finger-licking Freedom").

Turns out, the Elmwood strip is a popular hangout in cyberspace, too.

Permalink: Buffalo_News_Article_I_Missed.html
Words: 136
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

03/30/09 09:40 - 32ºF - ID#48236

New estrip - new top info area

Here is just a glimpse of what it will be like in the new estrip when I am done - someday. I really wish I had more time to donate to it, sorry it is going so slowly. Not done with fleshing out the messages yet, but it is more obvious when you have messages showing you the number of new and the number of total messages. Then you can read them inline, by clicking the link.

I only have a few things left:

1. The new mobile site
2. Preferences section
3. Draw replacement
4. quickstart guide
5. help
6. stats
7. convert latest data into new database structure

Permalink: New_estrip_new_top_info_area.html
Words: 105
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

03/20/09 03:36 - 36ºF - ID#48139

Work on new estrip

I decided to go with avatars and titles in the latest entries list. I think for people who are not familiar with the site content it will make more sense than the person's name or the date. The datetime shows when you hover over the title, the user's name by hovering over the pic. Both link to the journal.

Permalink: Work_on_new_estrip.html
Words: 61
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

12/11/08 08:06 - 28ºF - ID#47031

IE Browser stats

On both the Buffalo NFTA Bus schedule site

and on estrip.org it appears that the use of IE6 is dying rapidly. I think Roswell might be the last stronghold. I can't believe we are using such outdated, insecure crap as our browser.

IE 6 is green, IE 7 is in blue ad IE 8 is red

this is only out of the small IE percentage. Firefox alone is now 57% of viewers. On the NFTA site though, IE is 77% of viewers, although, same ratio of IE 6 to IE7

Permalink: IE_Browser_stats.html
Words: 92
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

12/09/08 11:17 - 47ºF - ID#47012

Mysql 5.1

There was some drama after the upgrade to mysql 5.1 yesterday night. I am not sure what happend. The upgrade seemed to go find and I updated and repaired the tables but then the blogs table crashed in the middle of the night. Its all fine now and has held up since then. Hopefully, it was just a freak thing and I won't have to downgrade.

Permalink: Mysql_5_1.html
Words: 65
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: mobile

12/06/08 01:39 - 26ºF - ID#46985

Updated the mobile site again

I updated the estrip mobile site

again.

0. Made the buttons way bigger on the iphone, which has enough screen real estate to handle that.
1. Made the login work better on the iphone. There was a glitch before trying to type in your password.
2. Moved the login right to the top of the fron page of the mobile site
3. made a mobile version of the send message, send email link on the users mobile journal pages that leaves you on the mobile site and returns you back to the site when you send a message/email. Previously, it used to regular sites page which sucked for the mobile. The new one give syou feedbakc saying the message was sent
4. Chnaged the message user and email user to text links instead of the postit and email link.
5. Added link to mobile nfta bus and metro schedules at the bottom of the front page

Permalink: Updated_the_mobile_site_again.html
Words: 157
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: mobile

11/30/08 12:24 - 35ºF - ID#46891

Mobile Site Updates

I don't have all that much time right now but I decided to do some mobile site updates that make using the mobile site easier now that more of you are using it.

1. You are now presented with the login box, when trying to leave a commit from the mobile site, and not logged in. Thanks (e:fellyconnelly) for catching this. I had no idea what people meant when they were saying comments were not working.

2. The contact links now work. e.g. post it and email link.

3. The search box is more efficient and no longer has a default value. It also has a search button for phones that don't submit with the enter key being pressed in a form field.

4. I added a before/after journals section to the bottom of any mobile journal page that shows the previous and next 5 journals as links by title making it easier to jump around on a mobile phone. I may do the same for the main site at some point in the future.

5. Got rid of useless mobile nav links that were cluttering mobile nav. The TOS link, the defunct WAP site, epad. Limited messages view to last 10 so that it loads better on mobiles.

Permalink: Mobile_Site_Updates.html
Words: 205
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

11/10/08 10:43 - 37ºF - ID#46639

IE 6/7 support Question

Does anyone care anymore. If the new estrip was IE8, Firefox, Safari only and IE 6/7 users had to use the mobile site would anyone even care?

news writes at 12:25:42 11/30/08 - Comment #42768: Oh peter, I just saw your comment on the last journal here. No worries, they can still check the site from the mobile site if I drop IE 6/7 support on the main site. You can get to any journals/chat you need to from there.

metalpeter writes at 05:59:27 11/12/08 - Comment #42020: I'm not the one who runs the site, or does the work to maintain it. I think the site should support IE and the reason is that lots of people use it and don't even know about Safari or Firefox. This is often the case of people who use it at work. I don't use it at work. But maybe someone is about to go home and they want to see if anyone wants to meet at a movie or something and then they won't be able to use the site. But where I think the support is more important is for new members. Say I hear about the site and I come here and only have IE. To Join a site I'm not going to try and figure out why things don't work or that there is a mobile site I'll just give up and never come back, and that could be a factor.

jim writes at 11:49:21 11/11/08 - Comment #41970: IE7 Is a lot of people, is IE8 even out yet?

Doesn't affect me though :)

carolinian writes at 11:00:14 11/11/08 - Comment #41968: Sometimes you just say "Let the legacy bastards burn!"

paul writes at 09:51:05 11/11/08 - Comment #41965: IE 8 as is, is pretty awesome. It supports almost all of what you consider standard DOM/javascript. At least enough of everything to make it much easier.

zobar writes at 09:05:43 11/11/08 - Comment #41962: Please say that IE8 is actually an improvement over IE6. Every day I'm finding new reasons to be disappointed with IE7.

Just two days ago I found out that IE6 doesn't support <option disabled>, and that IE7 never bothered to address the issue - after spending hours writing code that relies on it.

Sometimes I seriously believe that the Internet Explorer team is hindering global progress. How many millions of billable man-hours have been wasted trying to make their crappy browser work?

- Z

imk2 writes at 08:53:58 11/11/08 - Comment #41961: you could use it at work janelle, you'd just use the mobile site. if you click on mobile now, you can see what it would look like.

janelle writes at 07:37:32 11/11/08 - Comment #41960: <Gasp> Then I can't use it at work, I don't think. What will I do all day?

theecarey writes at 11:47:08 11/10/08 - Comment #41958: Whatever you want to do. I use Firefox and only rarely ever IE.

tinypliny writes at 11:46:25 11/10/08 - Comment #41957: Heh, I installed firefox even at work (without admin rights or authorization). The "official" IE-6 made my life a hell with no tabs and 40+ windows at times. It was a question of mental health.

tiburon1724 writes at 11:38:40 11/10/08 - Comment #41955: nope, haven't used IE in years.

james writes at 11:34:46 11/10/08 - Comment #41954: I think the internet needs to stop catering to outdated IE versions. Bring the hammer down Paul!

Permalink: IE_6_7_support_Question.html
Words: 26
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

11/05/08 12:31 - 52ºF - ID#46541

Thank You President Obama

We made it to 32 journals in 24 hours.

Permalink: Thank_You_President_Obama.html
Words: 9
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

10/28/08 10:27 - 38ºF - ID#46399

Happy 25k Blog Entries on estrip

Thank you to everyone who help during our month long drive for 25 thousand journal entries. Hope to see you all at the 25k Journal Entries / Halloween Party.