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Minor maintenance issues
2004-08-09
A couple quick reminders (knock on Natalie Wood but the server remains up and running):

1) Don't embed links in the title, as one poster did yesterday (the air marshal article). That can really hose things. Put the source link in the 'source' box, not the 'title' box, of the poster page.

2) Keep page 1 and page 2 straight: page 1 is for the WoT, page 2 is pretty much everything else. Keeping it straight means faster loads later in the day.

3) Fred has said it before and I'll repeat it: please edit the fluff. The editors can put stuff on page 71 but it takes time. Remove all the extraneous stuff.

4) Don't post an article from another weblog; Rantburg is for hard news and commentary based on that news.

5) Don't feed the trolls, for the same reason that you don't ever mud-wrestle a pig: you both get dirty. And the pig likes it.

As a side note, I've almost finished the alternative front page to Rantburg in PHP. It's set up with the columns reversed so you can tell where you are. If you try to open this page (the .asp) version and it's broken, try index.php. Because it uses a different set of programs to access the database, chances are it'll be working unless the server's ground to an absolute halt.

I fixed the problem with posting headlines by rewriting the page that does the work in PHP as well, so I'll probably end up building an entire second version of the site in PHP.

Since the site was up when I went to bed last night, and it was up this morning, I'm assuming most of the major bugs are killed. Let me know when you find smaller ones. My next stop, once I've got the front page rebuilt, will be to rebuild all the data input pages. At some point the bugs will stop biting us and I'll have a few moments to actually concentrate on WoT.
Posted by:Steve White

#22  Fred, as with this thread and mercutio's "pattern" thread, no comments are shown on the main page even though several may be appended. This is the only symptom I've seen today of any malfunction. Loading speeds are reasonable and there's no back-clicking to an empty page in the middle of composing comments.


Again, thank you very much for all of your hard work. It's deeply appreciated. Using information garnered here, I've been able to take some other location's feebs out to the woodshed for a little trauma parking lot therapy.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-08-09 20:29  

#21  now you see em now you dont
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-09 19:07  

#20  I think Ship broke the logic....
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-09 18:53  

#19  But it seems to be fixed now. I hate changing programming languages...
Posted by: Fred   2004-08-09 18:53  

#18  I htink I just broke the comments routine...
Posted by: Fred   2004-08-09 18:53  

#17  It does give me a chance to hummmm tho.....
hummmmm
hummmmm on the range
where the beer and the anteerlopes free!
where seldom is heard a trollish like word
and the bandwith is cheaper than clay!
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-09 18:36  

#16  dont be use the world o give me a &&&&& where the beefalo roam.... it seems to annoy the system.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-09 18:33  

#15  home james
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-09 18:31  

#14  I noticed that. I'm trying to figure it now...
Posted by: Fred   2004-08-09 18:23  

#13  Hey Fred...is something eating your blogroll? It keeps getting smaller...
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-08-09 2:54:41 PM  

#12  But newcomers will be totally clueless.
You're right gromky.
I've seen this happen before.
Math is hard too.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-09 12:53:11 PM  

#11  Ok,the site I tried to link to was a first person account of current operations this soldier is involved in.
Posted by: Raptor   2004-08-09 12:18:11 PM  

#10  Also loaded the php page. Looks good and loaded quickly.

Raptor, if you provide a link to something that is really late-breaking, and for which the cited weblog is the acknowledged master for the story (e.g., the JustOneMinute blog on the Swift Boat Vet video), I'll leave the link and delete the article. If it's anything other than late-breaking, I'll delete the whole thing (Fred?).

Mike: Turkey = Europe.
Posted by: Steve White   2004-08-09 10:47:56 AM  

#9  This commentary is really chatty and insular. For example, what's the WoT? What's Page 71? I know, because I visit the site frequently, although the "Page 71" thing baffled me for a few days. But newcomers will be totally clueless.
Posted by: gromky   2004-08-09 10:44:36 AM  

#8  I just loaded the php page, and it looked good.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-08-09 9:57:29 AM  

#7  I always put Sudan under Horn of Africa.

When an article's continued, there's a link to Page 71 at the bottom of the bloc on Page 1.
Posted by: Fred   2004-08-09 9:25:30 AM  

#6  What is page 71 and how do mere mortals read it?
Posted by: Mr. Davis   2004-08-09 9:08:54 AM  

#5  Mike, Turkey goes in Europe unlees it's deeply involving say a turkish hostage in Iraq.
Sudan would be Sub-Saharan Africa, I'd say, it could be Horn as well. I need a ruling from the judges.
Posted by: Steve   2004-08-09 8:25:16 AM  

#4  Does #4 include posting links to other blogs such as the one I posted yesterday.I didn't post an article,but thought people might like to hear whats going on in a soldiers own words.
Posted by: Raptor   2004-08-09 7:14:16 AM  

#3  
I'll take this opportunity to ask a couple questions and make a suggestion:

* What's the proper category for Sudan?

* What's the proper category for Turkey?

* I suggest that you add some brief guidelines about Page 1 and Page 2 in the windows where people prepare postings. Or else refer to a FAQ for guidelines.
.
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-08-09 7:08:25 AM  

#2  Consider putting this into an FAQ so that newbees and forgetful posters can refer to it.
Posted by: ed   2004-08-09 3:21:47 AM  

#1  re: point #5 - well some of us like it too. Especially old grunts.
Posted by: Oldspook   2004-08-09 1:55:56 AM  

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