All Things in Moderation

No, sorry. I meant, this post will be repeatedly updated. I’ll probably stick a link to it in the sidebar while things are still in “flux”, as it were. Currently (updates are posted up top):

Everybody currently signed up is an administrator now. Scott added the links gadget, and lots of people have contributed links now, so good.

QuarterBack discovered how folks using IE 7 can post a comment. Anyone who doesn’t see their comment box can log out, and log back in, and uncheck the “stay signed in” option when logging back in. This apparently fixes the comment box problem.

I only have one technical project, which is getting a custom URL. I’ve set suekzoo to purchase a custom domain which, once purchased, I will link to the website. This should bypass various net nanny filters that block blogger, but the proof will be in the pudding.

Otherwise, it’s just a matter of getting people signed up, and having people contribute to the threads. 


2:12 PM Central, 9-14-2011

Visited links have been changed to be the color of regular links. If this bothers anybody, let me know, but the current gray was too light and distracting for me. Every post I’d read, even administrative pages, turned light gray. I don’t like that, so I changed it.

I’ve looked a little into the gadgets. Once we take the blog public again, we will be able to do a few extra things, like have the search box I added work (it doesn’t work, apparently, if the blog is private). More to the point, I should be able to add a gadget that lists the most recent comments. If you’ve never been on a blog that deploys these, these are very useful for keeping track of comments, and can help encourage a comment on and old post, because if you stop and check the sidebar, you’ll see the recent comments. I believe this depends on the RSS feed, however, which isn’t generated with the blog is private. And we’ll also be able to offer a working RSS feed, and email subscriptions. Not entirely sure how that will work, but . . . there it is.

I also added a news gadget to run down the side of the blog. Considering we are topical, this seemed appropriate. If anybody finds it too distracting, we can take it out.

Also, added a popular posts link. Not as useful as latest comments, but it works. Although it’s not terrible relevant, as there are about as many posts now as there are slots for popular posts. But soon, my friends. Very soon . . .

More as this story develops.

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