2004-03-24 3:33:32 PM
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| Plan B... |
| 2004-03-24 |
| I finally gave the redesign a trial run last night â very briefly. Apologies to those who were inconvenienced by my code typos. I set up the front page to hold only the headlines and the most recent six posts. My inclination as a casual surfer would have been to perhaps read the six articles, leave a comment or two, and then move on to the next site, rather than reading Page 1 or Page 2. That still leaves us with the problem of a front page that can lug around 100 articles and 500-600 comments. That's a lot of HTML for somebody's dial-up machine to draw. I've also discovered it's a pain to decide whether some articles are page 1 or page 2. My tentative solution: "AM and PM" editions. When the article count hits, say, 40 or 50, have the site split into Page 1 and Page 2, with the most recent half on Page 1 and the previous half on Page 2. Both pages would carry the day's entire set of headlines. That would halve the page size to be drawn, and though it'd continue to grow, it'd grow at half the rate. Or, which'd be simpler, just start it out like that in the morning... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #38 Jen, it's all one brainless, spineless piece of crap. For some reason his hindbrain has locked onto Rantburg and he won't go away, despite frequent forceful requests that he do so. Ya know, multiple cut-and-paste posts could be interpreted as a bot attack. That would definitely be theft of service or one of those other activities that's been a federal crime for the last five years. And I wouldn't be surprised if California doesn't have its own laws against that kind of thing. Not to mention a bunch of prosecutors who would love to nail some antisemite against the wall. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-03-24 9:08:05 PM |
| #37 What is UP with all these Jews-who-hate-fellow-Jews and their multiple troll posts? Are they all having epileptic seizures as well as attacks of self-loathing? |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-03-24 8:36:16 PM |
| #36 LMAO - delete delete delete. Dittos on LMAO! Especially because Iâm sure a lot of the deletion is automated. Now poor Boris has to use more and more terminals, and use (I guess he thinks) âJewish soundingâ names to even make any noise. What an IslamoSlav loser. LMAO, indeed! |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-03-24 8:35:03 PM |
| #35 LMAO - delete delete delete. Funny you dont realize that its easier for them to delete than it is for you to cut and paste. LMAO at the lamer. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-03-24 8:28:58 PM |
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| Posted by: Thomas Goldbladt 2004-03-24 8:23:49 PM |
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| Posted by: Thomas Goldbladt 2004-03-24 8:20:12 PM |
| #32 Hi Sam. Would you like your own special icon? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-03-24 8:20:03 PM |
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| Posted by: Sam Weisman 2004-03-24 8:18:20 PM |
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| Posted by: Sam Weisman 2004-03-24 8:17:52 PM |
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| Posted by: Sam Weisman 2004-03-24 8:17:15 PM |
| #28 Y'know, having to put up with people like "TROLL" and "ASSHOLE" make me wanna pick up the phone and call some "friends" in Chicago - people with funny, Italian-sounding surnames and LONG rap-sheets. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-03-24 6:01:45 PM |
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| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-03-24 5:28:07 PM |
| #26 how come asshole get to have smiley face. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-03-24 5:13:44 PM |
| #25 good stuff, brains, .com! New look is good, too. I like advance warning of trolls, and it looks pretty. Go for it. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2004-03-24 5:10:39 PM |
| #24 "Dang it, Fred, what kinda man runs away and hides from a Serbian Lop-Eared Troll? Now take this delete key, get out on the front porch, and show 'em who's boss!" --Ethel |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-03-24 3:40:15 PM |
| #23 He's Back!....The Enforcer! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-03-24 3:36:29 PM |
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| #21 THE ENFORCER! THE ENFORCER! He's coming to get me! Oh! Hide me, Ethel! |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-03-24 3:25:55 PM |
| #20 It ain't censorship; it's editorial control. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-03-24 3:12:56 PM |
| #19 Oooooooooooooh... The Enforcer. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-03-24 3:05:15 PM |
| #18 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: TROLL 2004-03-24 2:36:43 PM |
| #17 Troll - the countless complaints were about you! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-03-24 2:26:46 PM |
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| Posted by: TROLL 2004-03-24 2:25:43 PM |
| #15 's a good idea Fred, tho one thing, do the comments have to hide? The main page could be modem friendly, and have a secondary page for people who have the bandwidth/time to load all the comments |
| Posted by: Dcreeper 2004-03-24 2:03:38 PM |
| #14 DF - Oooooooooooo! Hot Smileys! Makes me all, uh, excited!!! Yeah, that's the ticket! LOL - what a collection! And here's where we can go to regain our center... Ship - The Big Question: Who gets to decide how many Coolio Points you get for each post. That's what I wanna know! snellenr - Can't - here in Sin City the Plumbers Elbow-Joint Pain Convention is in town - the plan is doomed! Doomed! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-03-24 1:32:35 PM |
| #13 Sheesh... get a room, guys! :-) |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-03-24 1:23:07 PM |
| #12 I want a different little smiley each time I past the 100 comment mark. And we should be able to look up and see whos cool. And we should be able to plagerize Janes and go on daytyme teevee. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-24 1:22:52 PM |
| #11 backatcha .com |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-03-24 1:19:56 PM |
| #10 DF - :-) And this is fun, too! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-03-24 1:08:10 PM |
| #9 .com ...I am not sure why that is so funny but IALMAO! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-03-24 1:04:08 PM |
| #8 I like Rantburg fine just the way it is, Fred. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-03-24 1:03:48 PM |
| #7 And animated smileys, yumm! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-03-24 1:01:18 PM |
| #6 Ya, but when do I get my cool shiney, special color to make my brilliant commentary? |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-03-24 1:00:07 PM |
| #5 Regarding Plan B -- as they might say around the Oscar Mayer R&D department, "Looks like a wiener!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-03-24 12:58:27 PM |
| #4 On the bright side, the comments won't hide as early. They went under at a little after 12 today. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-03-24 12:45:40 PM |
| #3 Uhuh... Now I've just gotta write it... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-24 12:38:44 PM |
| #2 I like it too. While there will be reposts with little added, from the comments you can tell that most read the newer articles, rarely comenting on older articles |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-24 12:36:51 PM |
| #1 I like the AM/PM idea. When we have a hot event going on, there are always multiple posts on same event, each with newer info. This would seperate them out a little. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-24 12:25:09 PM |