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I'm working on upgrading blogs. This is a big upgrade, major. The blog software company went out of business sorta, but since I bought the blog software the forum software company added their own blog product that integrates with the forum better. So I need to switch the software, this is big, some things may be lost, but it is necessary as if we kept the old software it would never be able to be upgraded in the future.
So blogs are turned off, hopefully I'll get them back up in a couple hours.
ooh, nice. Thanks Admin!
Oh I was wondering what happened. All of a sudden there was no blog link. I do hope they are not lost. There's a lot of stuff that can't be replicated in there. Especially personal things.
don't worry, I've got numerous db backups incase something breaks during the import, including one done in the middle of the night last night, and one done just minutes before I started
okay okay, I think I'm done. Some things may have been lost.. namely it looked like blog categories got ganked. But posts adn comments are all there, and you may notice new features, or changed features, explore.
the good news is, this software is much better supported and updated than the old stuff, so as time progresses it should get better and better and more integrated with the forum.
Thanks for the incredible effort! :D
well... it looks like blog posts lost their titles... I'm not sure if there is an automatic fix for that. I will check.
If not... well... it'll be manual editing to fix it. sorry.
nevermind, think I fixed it.
just checked out the blog section and it is definitely different but I think in a good way. need to play around some more.
good job!!!
I just noticed one you comment in a thread it now states how many blog entries you have in addition to the # of posts
Oh.... so it isn't everything. I think that might be comforting since I was thrown a bit when I first hit the site. I normally go to blogs first, and the new format is nice. It is just so... well... new I guess. I like it, just didn't know what I had missed. Thanks!
It's good, but will take some getting used to with most recent comments being on the bottom of the list instead of top, is there a preferences button I can change this with?
I don't think so, its more like th eforums that way though
Hey I'm confused. How does one add a comment to a blog? I can't find the button.:redface:
If you scroll down, you will see the window to type in Virgil. Once you finish typing you can press the POST button.
For some reason, some have the window and some don't. Janine's blog doesn't but mine does. I'm confused?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
That is interesting. I can see the box for every entry.
You are looking at a specific entry right?
Yes, Janine's and Grace86's blogs do not have comment boxes for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
the blog owner can choose to only allow certain people to pos tcomments
ahaha...then I will have to think or whether I will alow you to comment, Virgil....;)haha....just kidding.:lol:
Admin, you did a great job on here lately! The blogs are easier to understand now - I was lost trying to start one the old method. I still don't know the ropes yet but it seems to be more user-friendly. I just love the profile pages; everyone is having so much fun designing theirs and it is creating a much closer friendly community.
Admin, where is your avatar by DaVinci? I like Sam from LOTR, but I seem to identify you with the Virtuvian Man. I guess with all the changes you needed a bit of a change yourself.
I am adding this question. I can't seem to set my blog page for others to post. I went to the page of settings and thought I set everything but now it still does not seem to work. I am tripped up on the term for spam prevention: Akismet key.
Wordpress API Key: [what do I place in this box?]
Ignore the akismet key wordpress box, it is both advanced and unnecessary.
Ya... my avatar was 7 years old, I decided to change it.
Wow it's so different!! :eek: Thanks! :)
I always think of you in that previous avatar. It seemed so you. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Admin
It is different, but it doesn't appear to be an upgrade, because it appears to have less functionality. It would be better to be able to see a list of blogs, as it was before. It isn't that I mind things changing, but it is unpleasant when things are inferior to how they were.
there is a list, it is just a little hidden.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...hp?do=bloglist
Great! How does one get to it without having that link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Admin
If you go to the blogs page (from the button on top of this page), you'll find something called 'Total Blogs' (on the left) and next to it is the number of the current blogs on Litnet. If you click on that number, you'll get that list. Hope that helps :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PeterL
Well, then I must be doing something else wrong because only the mods are getting to see a posting window. I will have to figure it out. Could it be because I actually posted but did not actually name my blog and write a description of it; I plan to do that tomorrow. After I do that do I need to click "post your blog"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Admin
So Admin, does the new avy look just like you? This week, with all the cool changes, you seem to be our hero!
I thank you. That is a fine place to hide such a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nossa
I did set the controls for my blog so anyone could see it but still there appears to be no window for Virgil and other members. I can see it but they can't; that is strange.
I think I might know what your problem is Janine... have you ticked allow people on your contact list to post comments?
Yes, I have done that twice now. It is still checked off; I looked at the page again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
windo so people can post comments to your blog? like a quick post box? I dont se one, but at the very end of page there is a hyperlink for post comment, that i pressed to post a message to your blog. :)
Really? I couldn't find any links to post a message for Janine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
hummm... is it not there directly below my post to your left? its a brownish colour, i almost missed it myself. got an icon of a little tiny yellow pencil with a plus sign beside it....
....strange...
Yeah, I found that in my blog too, and it's not that obvious either. But I couldn't find it in Janine's blog.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
hummm, weird...
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...ng/comment.jpg
No, I'm tall. Decidely not-hobbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Will someone just delete my blog? Before the upgrade I had removed some entries and now they're all back up there again and I went through and was trying to delete them again and managed to delete some, but suddenly I don't have permission to delete them anymore....
I guess I shouldn't have done a blog because I ended up putting more in it than I should have so it would be best for me if it were just deleted.
Is there any way of making the main blogs page only display one of the "Latest" entry by a blogger like it was with the old programme??? I'm only asking as i decided to re blog my story so i could sub catagories it, as the original entries wouldnt relocate due to a 10,000 character limit per entry, and all of the re entries have appeared one after another on the main page... I've probably taken over at least three pages of the newest entries because of this. (There where 26 entries done because i had to split nine chapters up into part one, two etc...):blush:
Sorry everyone!
How 'bout a 'resemblance' anyway - like just that 'face' on a tall person? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Admin
Sorry, Admin, I did not mean to suggest that you might be hobbit height!