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07/30/2006 12:12 #30307
Quick UpdateCategory: estrip
07/29/2006 02:14 #30306
Bug Fixes and UpgradesCategory: estrip
The site is now using surebertCom 1.38. I squashed a whole bunch of mostly IE bugs. IE and firefox should almost be on par. I also added a new feature where if you egt a new site message while on the site, it pops up for about 20 seconds. It only show messages which have not already been viewed. Other messages show up in your messages control panel.
07/19/2006 01:57 #30305
IE problems revsolvedCategory: estrip
I upraded to the lastest surebertCom 1.27.
You may need to empty your cache but by using surebertCom I was able to reduce hundreds of useless lines of IE code. You should notice that the control panel icons and themes icons convert to transparent PNGs much faster now.
Also in this new verison the hand lines up at the far left so it should never get in the way of any icon.
You may need to empty your cache but by using surebertCom I was able to reduce hundreds of useless lines of IE code. You should notice that the control panel icons and themes icons convert to transparent PNGs much faster now.
Also in this new verison the hand lines up at the far left so it should never get in the way of any icon.
07/18/2006 01:48 #30304
Major UpdatesCategory: estrip
I switched everything over to surebertCom 1.22 If you notice any problems please send me an email. I did notice right away that it fixed the message pop up box selectAll and send mass message toggle. It also made the box drag better than before.
There are lots of other upgrades coming soon as I finish the stupid thesis.
PS. I noticed that the flash video boxes in the journals are not displaying at the right size. I will fix that tomorrow.
UPDATE - fixed the flash music player/video player reszie bug.
Fixed the bug that (e:jenks) found which effected non-logged in, non-admin members. Should be all set now. Thanks for noticing. (e:twisted) couldn't see it as admin.
There are lots of other upgrades coming soon as I finish the stupid thesis.
PS. I noticed that the flash video boxes in the journals are not displaying at the right size. I will fix that tomorrow.
UPDATE - fixed the flash music player/video player reszie bug.
Fixed the bug that (e:jenks) found which effected non-logged in, non-admin members. Should be all set now. Thanks for noticing. (e:twisted) couldn't see it as admin.
07/16/2006 13:11 #30303
Living off the radarCategory: public relations
I was writing a comment for (e:zobar,89) and it turned into this entry.
Well, having dealt with the news a bit, it seems that "The News" does not search for what is going on but rather relies on PR directors telling them what the news is. Frankly, I think that is a kind of skewed way of reporting about what is going on but everyone I have talked with that has real media experience says that it is just the way things work. Now that we have a director (e:theecarey) , maybe she can do a little stuffing on our part.
Considering how overwhelming active and alive our comunity is and the fact that we have over 15,000, ~13,000 images and over 3,600,000 views with little or no advertising other than word of mouth - it is amazing that we exist pretty much off the radar. I would say that it is 100% a lack of effective public relations. I have never had any interest in doing it myself.
On the other hand, it has worked well for us in a way, because we have not had much trouble getting enough members to keep to alive and exciting, while avoiding the mainstream myspace/livejournal crowd. I mean we were in the news a couple of times and honetsly, what kind of validation is being in the Buffalo News.
I think being in artvoice would be 1000 times more effective andexciting. It is something I have thought about a lot. Originally, I thought just being hosted by artvoice would make a difference. I am kind of surprised that Jamie Moses wouldn't want to pimp out our existence more to demostrate the benevolence of artvoice. I mean, the service that artvoice provides us, probably makes them the single largest contributor to any non-commerical online public space in Buffalo. If it were me I would brag about my good will ;)
Sometimes I think it is my strict anti-commerical stance that keeps us under the radar. Othertimes, I think it is the fact that we mix news with personal lives and so the outlets that try and emulate the "real news" (including the buffalo news, lol) frown upon that as tabloidesque frivolity.
Then there is the fact that some people try and keep their real lives separate from their journal life because of whatever it is they are confessing. It is a mix of wanting to share and wanting to remain private. As I said in my thesis. It is a combination of wanting to be present and involved while avoiding public scrutiny.
Frankly, we have had one of the most lively community based blogging site that I have seen. Especially for a town of this size. So I say if the news and other media outlets don't notice us without us telling them and shoving it in their face, then they obviously are not attuned to what is going on their city.
Even without being "noticed" today, we will continue to sew the quilt our existence until one day it is so large and old that historians will notice just how fanctastic we really are.
Maybe next year when they have their bloggerCon we should just show up with 100 (e:peeps).
Well, having dealt with the news a bit, it seems that "The News" does not search for what is going on but rather relies on PR directors telling them what the news is. Frankly, I think that is a kind of skewed way of reporting about what is going on but everyone I have talked with that has real media experience says that it is just the way things work. Now that we have a director (e:theecarey) , maybe she can do a little stuffing on our part.
Considering how overwhelming active and alive our comunity is and the fact that we have over 15,000, ~13,000 images and over 3,600,000 views with little or no advertising other than word of mouth - it is amazing that we exist pretty much off the radar. I would say that it is 100% a lack of effective public relations. I have never had any interest in doing it myself.
On the other hand, it has worked well for us in a way, because we have not had much trouble getting enough members to keep to alive and exciting, while avoiding the mainstream myspace/livejournal crowd. I mean we were in the news a couple of times and honetsly, what kind of validation is being in the Buffalo News.
I think being in artvoice would be 1000 times more effective andexciting. It is something I have thought about a lot. Originally, I thought just being hosted by artvoice would make a difference. I am kind of surprised that Jamie Moses wouldn't want to pimp out our existence more to demostrate the benevolence of artvoice. I mean, the service that artvoice provides us, probably makes them the single largest contributor to any non-commerical online public space in Buffalo. If it were me I would brag about my good will ;)
Sometimes I think it is my strict anti-commerical stance that keeps us under the radar. Othertimes, I think it is the fact that we mix news with personal lives and so the outlets that try and emulate the "real news" (including the buffalo news, lol) frown upon that as tabloidesque frivolity.
Then there is the fact that some people try and keep their real lives separate from their journal life because of whatever it is they are confessing. It is a mix of wanting to share and wanting to remain private. As I said in my thesis. It is a combination of wanting to be present and involved while avoiding public scrutiny.
Frankly, we have had one of the most lively community based blogging site that I have seen. Especially for a town of this size. So I say if the news and other media outlets don't notice us without us telling them and shoving it in their face, then they obviously are not attuned to what is going on their city.
Even without being "noticed" today, we will continue to sew the quilt our existence until one day it is so large and old that historians will notice just how fanctastic we really are.
Maybe next year when they have their bloggerCon we should just show up with 100 (e:peeps).
theecarey - 07/19/06 17:11
plans are being devised. More to come later :)
plans are being devised. More to come later :)
zobar - 07/16/06 17:35
Yes, our #1 newspaper has a nasty habit of transcribing press releases and calling it news :::link::: . This is relatively easy to figure out if you get the same press releases that they do.
As for the #2 newspaper, I'm really not sure why we don't pimp you out more. [I also don't know what we'd say without sounding self-congratulatory.] I wouldn't feel too bad, though; getting them to promote our own website is like pulling teeth with a left-handed corkscrew.
- Z
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ps. I second the idea of crashing BloggerCon next year, but I don't think they'd Understand what was so funny.
Yes, our #1 newspaper has a nasty habit of transcribing press releases and calling it news :::link::: . This is relatively easy to figure out if you get the same press releases that they do.
As for the #2 newspaper, I'm really not sure why we don't pimp you out more. [I also don't know what we'd say without sounding self-congratulatory.] I wouldn't feel too bad, though; getting them to promote our own website is like pulling teeth with a left-handed corkscrew.
- Z
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ps. I second the idea of crashing BloggerCon next year, but I don't think they'd Understand what was so funny.
(e:jenks), I fixed it everyone should be all set now, just empty your cache.
Jenks, I'm not having either of those problems on Firefox or Safari. Try clearning your cookies and cache. And you might want to "Reset Safari" (under the Safari menu), which will also reset some of the Safari preferences. You might have to set some prefs again (like "Block Pop-Up Windows," etc.), but my Safari is much more stable since then.
i can't seem to click the 'edit post' typewriter icon- in safari or firefox. Dunno if that's related.