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What We've Been Up To - Adding Features
2005.04.29 (Fri) 16:40
We've been busy lately adding new features and functionality to our site. Some of these changes will mean little or nothing to many of you, and others may be things that some of you have been looking for (since some of the changes were based on feedback we received). Just to keep you in the loop, here are the recent changes we have implemented. Note that a few may still need to be "touched up."
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Upgraded MovableType from 3.15 to 3.16
Though the fixes that were noted in Six Apart's upgrade documentation do not all seem to be in effect, we do want to stay on top of the latest version of our blog software. |
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Added SpamLookup 2.0
So far, it's been working wonderfully! Spammers are disgusting, filthy vermin that should be taken out back, chained up, and beaten severely. Anyone remember that spammer on The Daily Show who claimed people want to get unsolicited e-mail? Anyone not realize what an oxymoron that is? |
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Added SimpleComments 1.32
We decided we very much prefer the streamlined listing of comments and trackbacks together, as provided by the SimpleComments plugin. |
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Added MT-Notifier 2.4.6
This one is for our readers. You can now check a box while commenting that will sign you up to be notified when a new comment is added to the Rant you were interested in. You also have the option to subscribe to notifications without commenting, or — on our main Rants page's sidebar — to subscribe to notifications when any new Rant or comment appears on our site. If you have any problems or encounter technical errors while using this feature, please don't hesitate to contact us. |
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Added GoogleRank and YahooRank
This is more for "fun" than "functionality." You can check out our search rankings for particular key phrases by clicking on the link near the bottom of the sidebar on our main Rants page. We're continuing to laugh hysterically at the fact that we're second only to Allison DuBois' website itself in Google searches for "allison dubois." |
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Added CheckLinks 1.2
This doesn't really help you out directly, but it enables us to see when the links in our Rants break, so we can update them or find new links. It takes a long time to compile its lists, but seems to work pretty well. |
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Added Large Type option
We got the same complaint from a couple of readers, that our text is too small to read. However, we really like the look of our site. So we've added a Large Type option, both on our home page and our main Rants page. Keeping the box checked will render our site in a larger font size, every time you visit, until you uncheck the box. Hopefully, this helps out our readers with less-than-perfect vision. Note that this requires both cookies and Javascript support in order to function. |
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Added Bullshit Busters links
On the sidebar on our main Rants page, we've added link buttons to a variety of sites that offer "debunking" information for various forms of bullshit. We use them often, so we thought it'd be nice to compile them all in one place for all of you. |
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Added Special Collections of Rants
We felt that some of our Rants deserve special mention, so we've added the new Special Collections listing, under the Categories on the sidebar of our main Rants page. |
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Added more Syndication options
We finally got around to adding RSS 1.0 and Atom syndication feeds, for those who prefer those versions. |
As always, if you notice anything not working as it should be, or something that's just annoying or broken, please feel free to either comment on this post or drop us a line via our Contact page with your feedback.
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