January 8th, 2010
Part of developing any good website involves taking the time to revise what’s been built in the past. There are many new features I’d like to add to inConversation, some of them requiring quite a lot of time to develop.
I’ve recently had the chance to review the code behind the site, and, having recently picked up a few new tricks, ended up re-writing much of the code. The good news is:
- The new code is cleaner and easier to maintain.
- It’ll be easier to add new features in the future.
- The site runs a little faster.
- Many bugs were fixed.
You”ll also notice an updated design. While the old design was functional, I think you’ll agree that the current design is a little more pleasing to the eye. Part of the new design features the account/settings section split into sections. This has been done so that as more options are added (some nice surprises coming here soon!), it’ll be easier to find your way around.
The new design could use a few tweaks, but any comments you have on the new design, and ideas for improving it further are welcome. (At some point, this blog will be updated to incorporate the new design too).
If you’re wondering what’s happening with some of the other planned features – well, this code upgrade will make them possible much sooner. Stay tuned!
Tags: features, inConversation
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November 5th, 2009
Just to give you an idea of the things that are coming up in the near-future here on inConversation:
- A “getting started” page, to complement the wiki. This will be linked to in an easy to spot place near the top of the site (maybe instead of the “find out more” link that’s currently there).
- Finish that authors page! It has been “being upgraded” for a little too long now!
- An email newsletter (maybe monthly) with tips for getting the most out of the site, etc.
Don’t forget that you can suggest your own ideas on the wiki!
Tags: features, inConversation, suggestions
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October 18th, 2009
A new feature has been introduced whereby you can have a feed from a different domain than that of your website. For example, you can have your site listed as www.example.org, and your feed coming from a service such as Feedburner. (This was technically possible before with feed redirection enabled on your site, but practically speaking was problematic).
The updated feed settings page now allows you to specify these URLs separately.
This also means links to your site from inConversation can point directly to your blog when your blog is in a sub-directory of your site, for example, www.inconversation.org/blog/ – as opposed to www.inconversation.org/.
Tags: feedburner, inConversation
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October 15th, 2009
Some speed improvements have been made under the hood. This is mainly noticed on the viewing of a tag-specific page, but will also affect the authors page once the new version of that is rolled out. A couple of minor bugs related to tags have also been fixed, and the list of tags that are filtered out has been updated.
There is a remaining bug in which tag names containing slashes (‘/’) cause problems. This will be fixed in due course.
Tags: filter, inConversation, tags
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September 23rd, 2009
Perhaps you’re wondering how to get embedded videos (such as Youtube) to show on your posts at inConversation?
Well, you can; the trick is to use valid XHTML, and we’ve put up some examples for you!
Anyone want to make some promo videos for inConversation?!
Tags: flash, inConversation, video, xhtml
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September 23rd, 2009
To stay up-to-date with what’s happening with inConversation, keep an eye here!
We’ll be posting:
- News when new features are rolled out.
- Features that are planned for the future.
- Other highlights, tips, etc.
Stay Tuned!
Tags: inConversation
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