Comments on: Site Stuff. http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/ In Alpha Since 2001 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: robyn http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108463 robyn Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p><span class="caps">RSS</span> feeds haven’t been working for me for about a week – but just now I re-subscribed to the new feed link and my <span class="caps">RSS</span> inbox is full of mihow.com goodness!</p> <p>PS – do you like Mephisto? I am half-tempted to make the jump.</p> <p><span class="caps">PPS</span> – happy belated birthday!</p> RSS feeds haven’t been working for me for about a week – but just now I re-subscribed to the new feed link and my RSS inbox is full of mihow.com goodness!

PS – do you like Mephisto? I am half-tempted to make the jump.

PPS – happy belated birthday!

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108464 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Robyn, Mephisto is SO much nicer than Typo, which I did like, but still. There are a few issues i have with it, mainly the fact way you save and/or publish stories. It’s confusing at first. Hell, it’s still confusing for me.</p> <p>I also don’t like that they don’t have an <span class="caps">RSS</span> feed for comments or recent activity. But I’ll manage. The interface is so much easier to use for the most part and you can upload pictures straight through the browser (no more opening Transmit, etc). I like that.</p> <p>You know, there are like 100 other things I still haven’t learned that TJ is about to teach me. When that happens you better believe I’ll write some long diatribe about it. ;]</p> <p>Also, the best part about the move is that we got <a href="http://haveamint.com/">Mint</a> for stats. (It runs 30 bucks). Totally worth it. I freaking love it. It’s a bit of an eye-opener, however. I’ll write more about Mint as well.</p> <p>I was afraid of the whole <span class="caps">RSS</span> thing. I knew that would happen. That might be why my traffic has dipped substantially over the past week. OR maybe that’s because I’m a pregnant bore.</p> Robyn, Mephisto is SO much nicer than Typo, which I did like, but still. There are a few issues i have with it, mainly the fact way you save and/or publish stories. It’s confusing at first. Hell, it’s still confusing for me.

I also don’t like that they don’t have an RSS feed for comments or recent activity. But I’ll manage. The interface is so much easier to use for the most part and you can upload pictures straight through the browser (no more opening Transmit, etc). I like that.

You know, there are like 100 other things I still haven’t learned that TJ is about to teach me. When that happens you better believe I’ll write some long diatribe about it. ;]

Also, the best part about the move is that we got Mint for stats. (It runs 30 bucks). Totally worth it. I freaking love it. It’s a bit of an eye-opener, however. I’ll write more about Mint as well.

I was afraid of the whole RSS thing. I knew that would happen. That might be why my traffic has dipped substantially over the past week. OR maybe that’s because I’m a pregnant bore.

]]> By: robyn http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108465 robyn Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>You sold me at “no more opening transmit”. Yay!</p> <p>I love that you are talking about being pregnant here. What better place? Bore, shmore. Babies are awesome!</p> You sold me at “no more opening transmit”. Yay!

I love that you are talking about being pregnant here. What better place? Bore, shmore. Babies are awesome!

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108466 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>That’s another question I have, how to do folks surf? All <span class="caps">RSS</span>? Visit some, <span class="caps">RSS</span> the others? What type of feeds do you use? I use whatever comes with Firefox and whatever Tobyjoe tells me to use (because he controls me, my sweet little pugboy.)</p> <p>Yeah, I really disliked having to open Transmit every time I needed to upload a picture. I also don’t like relying on Flickr because if it goes down, you have all these red x’s (or whatever the equivalent is.) Although, I have linked directly to flickr before out of laziness. Sometimes, they go down for maintenance and that bugs me.</p> <p>So, yeah, it’s nice to upload directly. Now, if only there was a way to resize it that way too. That way I wouldn’t have to open Photoshop or Bibble. ;]</p> That’s another question I have, how to do folks surf? All RSS? Visit some, RSS the others? What type of feeds do you use? I use whatever comes with Firefox and whatever Tobyjoe tells me to use (because he controls me, my sweet little pugboy.)

Yeah, I really disliked having to open Transmit every time I needed to upload a picture. I also don’t like relying on Flickr because if it goes down, you have all these red x’s (or whatever the equivalent is.) Although, I have linked directly to flickr before out of laziness. Sometimes, they go down for maintenance and that bugs me.

So, yeah, it’s nice to upload directly. Now, if only there was a way to resize it that way too. That way I wouldn’t have to open Photoshop or Bibble. ;]

]]> By: john http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108467 john Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I read via <span class="caps">RSS</span> (Bloglines), which has been working fine for me all week. Sometimes a post will reappear as “new” a few times, but that happened before, too.</p> I read via RSS (Bloglines), which has been working fine for me all week. Sometimes a post will reappear as “new” a few times, but that happened before, too.

]]> By: tien http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108468 tien Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>it would be nice if i didn’t have to re-enter my name everytime, but whatevs.</p> it would be nice if i didn’t have to re-enter my name everytime, but whatevs.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108469 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I think that’s an easy fix, sir Tien. Anything for you, fellow greenpointer.</p> I think that’s an easy fix, sir Tien. Anything for you, fellow greenpointer.

]]> By: tobyjoe http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108470 tobyjoe Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Michele – they do have an <span class="caps">RSS</span> feed for comments!</p> <p>For you, it’s:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mihow.com/xml/commentrss/feed.xml">here</a></p> Michele – they do have an RSS feed for comments!

For you, it’s:

here

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108471 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>We should put it on the page, beaner. So it’s easy to get to, no?</p> We should put it on the page, beaner. So it’s easy to get to, no?

]]> By: nervous and small http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108472 nervous and small Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>The only thing I’ve noticed izzat this site used to remember my name in the “leave a reply” box, and it doesn’t do that anymore. Onna iMac G5 w/ Tiger surfin’ via Safari, if any of that helps. Oh wait….tien’s already noted this….nevermind…..</p> The only thing I’ve noticed izzat this site used to remember my name in the “leave a reply” box, and it doesn’t do that anymore. Onna iMac G5 w/ Tiger surfin’ via Safari, if any of that helps. Oh wait….tien’s already noted this….nevermind…..

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108473 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Hey all, the comments feed doesn’t seem to work for me after all. Just incase you grabbed it.</p> Hey all, the comments feed doesn’t seem to work for me after all. Just incase you grabbed it.

]]> By: tobyjoe http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108474 tobyjoe Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>It works fine, it’s just aggressively cached. I’m gonna lower the <span class="caps">TTL</span> on it so it’s updated more frequently.</p> It works fine, it’s just aggressively cached. I’m gonna lower the TTL on it so it’s updated more frequently.

]]> By: chandler http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108475 chandler Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>you disappeared! my rss link was pointing to: feed://www.mihow.com/rss.php which is no longer valid and i’ve been so busy i didn’t notice. maybe a redirect on that page would be nice?</p> you disappeared! my rss link was pointing to: feed://www.mihow.com/rss.php which is no longer valid and i’ve been so busy i didn’t notice. maybe a redirect on that page would be nice?

]]> By: katie http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108476 katie Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Looks like the <span class="caps">RSS</span> feed just resumed working, because I just got a whole bunch of your posts, and wow did I miss some big news. Congratulations!</p> Looks like the RSS feed just resumed working, because I just got a whole bunch of your posts, and wow did I miss some big news. Congratulations!

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2007/01/30/site-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-108477 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Yeah, sorry about that guys. Tobyjoe just set the link up to redirect. I had a feeling that was why my traffic dropped so much over the past two weeks.</p> <p>Thanks for letting me know, Chandler.</p> Yeah, sorry about that guys. Tobyjoe just set the link up to redirect. I had a feeling that was why my traffic dropped so much over the past two weeks.

Thanks for letting me know, Chandler.

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