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.
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03/20/2009 15:36 #48139
Work on new estripCategory: estrip
12/11/2008 20:06 #47031
IE Browser statsCategory: estrip
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
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
12/09/2008 23:17 #47012
Mysql 5.1Category: estrip
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.
12/06/2008 13:39 #46985
Updated the mobile site againCategory: mobile
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
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
jenks - 12/07/08 10:22
awesome, thanks! I wish orbitz would update their ATT gateway.
awesome, thanks! I wish orbitz would update their ATT gateway.
paul - 12/06/08 19:31
I also fixed the bug that prevented mobile created comments from showing up on the main site blogs until the blog was updated. Thanks (e:matthew) for catching that.
I also fixed the bug that prevented mobile created comments from showing up on the main site blogs until the blog was updated. Thanks (e:matthew) for catching that.
paul - 12/06/08 19:21
Thank you for thanking Heidi! I am glad someone uses it. I decided to update some other stuff too.
0. Mobile prefs are now only on the mobile site. Before they were only on the non-mobile site which was dumb.
1. Fixed mobile messages to AT&T phones. Apparently, they changed their gateway last year and I didn't keep up because the old gateway was working, well it isn't anymore. Now its all up to par. If you use AT&T and have you mobile prefs set right, you should find that you get messages sent to you on estrip as text messages.
Thank you for thanking Heidi! I am glad someone uses it. I decided to update some other stuff too.
0. Mobile prefs are now only on the mobile site. Before they were only on the non-mobile site which was dumb.
1. Fixed mobile messages to AT&T phones. Apparently, they changed their gateway last year and I didn't keep up because the old gateway was working, well it isn't anymore. Now its all up to par. If you use AT&T and have you mobile prefs set right, you should find that you get messages sent to you on estrip as text messages.
11/30/2008 12:24 #46891
Mobile Site UpdatesCategory: mobile
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.
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.
fellyconnelly - 12/11/08 10:34
awesome paul!
This = less time for work at work!
which is what I strive for!
awesome paul!
This = less time for work at work!
which is what I strive for!
news - 11/30/08 17:46
I also made it so that the "read" page has a show next 20 link that lets you keep flipping back in in time from the mobile site. In general it should be easier to get to any journal now.
I also made it so that the "read" page has a show next 20 link that lets you keep flipping back in in time from the mobile site. In general it should be easier to get to any journal now.
news - 11/30/08 17:40
I also made it so that the mobile site shows normal size pictures to correspond to todays mobile bandwidth. If this is a problem just add &low to the url, I will add an interface to it later.
I also made it so that the mobile site shows normal size pictures to correspond to todays mobile bandwidth. If this is a problem just add &low to the url, I will add an interface to it later.
Good idea, icons are smart, pictures are much easier to scan than text. People do change their icons though, so I guess the name is still important. I'm excited! Especially if I can really print out the journal so I can have a paper copy.
That's a good idea! :)
Looks pretty interesting, I can't wait to see how the new verision looks and works.