Jackson Free Press

April 14, 2008—We've switched things over to the new content management system, imported everything over from the databases and -- hopefully -- we've even gotten your user account transferred over correctly. (See the "login" link at the top-right of the screen.) Please take a look around and note any problems on this thread...you can also post requests, suggestions, criticisms and so on in this section. (And please write me at [e-mail missing] if you are having trouble with your user account and aren't able to post on this thread.)

Previous Comments

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118505

Comment

Testing...respond to this thread if you're able and your user account is working correctly.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T10:27:44-06:00

ID

118506

Comment

It's working now! Woo, hoo.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T10:49:09-06:00

ID

118507

Comment

It's working for me now. Regarding the new look, it's gonna take some getting used to, but like Gloria Gaynor once sang, I will survive. And I love the edit feature!

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T11:13:12-06:00

ID

118508

Comment

I feel you, golden. I love the new look, but it is jarring to give up the old one! This one has remarkable features; the edit feature is one of many. (And the admin tools are kick-ass!) There are other features we haven't turned on, yet. We want to get the kinks on round 1 ironed out, yet. One thing: Note that the comments on forums do not show up in Recent Comments. We're trying to figure out if they can. Otherwise, the commenting will work the same way, feeding through to the different pages, which I've always loved.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T11:38:52-06:00

ID

118509

Comment

And I love the fact that I can see the temperature on top of the page and not having to go to weather.com. It's also in Celsius, too! Take that, Clarion-Ledger!

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T11:44:25-06:00

ID

118510

Comment

One small thing...when I was not logged in I did not see a "login" button on the top right. It came up as an "admin" link. Once I hit it, it sent me right to login...but I was Confucious for about twelve seconds (and not the smart one). Other than that, I'm one of those old birds who has a hard time with change..but my OCD is kicking in enough to LOVE the fact that it is so clean and streamlined. I'm going to poke around and see how it works!! Good job, guys.

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T11:47:30-06:00

ID

118511

Comment

OK, I just changed that to login. Thanks.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T11:50:59-06:00

ID

118513

Comment

Speaking of the Ledger, someone just told me that they ran a big ad in their Sunday print edition about their "new" Web site? Don't they mean new FONT!?! I don't get the print edition so I didn't see it myself. Would love to, though, if anyone has it. Sounds SNARK-able. ;-)

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T11:57:19-06:00

ID

118514

Comment

The breaks in the comments (between paragraphs) aren't working for me, Web guys...

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T11:58:02-06:00

ID

118515

Comment

I like the new site.

Author

BubbaT

Date

2008-04-14T12:01:32-06:00

ID

118516

Comment

So, at what point did the iTodd start drinking to mitigate the stress of the switch over?? ;-)

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T12:12:45-06:00

ID

118517

Comment

I have to plead the fifth on that one. Our new Web guy, Vince Falconi, lost all his hair over this, too. In fact, he came in bald today. ;-) Oh right, that was on purpose. From faux-hawk to bald ... I can't keep up!

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T12:18:10-06:00

ID

118518

Comment

Oh, and folks, in case you haven't noticed ... note that the old posts, including on the forums, are getting transferred over (they may not all be here, yet). And the stories are getting cool new, search-engine-happy URLs -- and if you click on a story in Google, the old URL turns into the new one. I'm so happy about this I could scream. I insisted on all the links still working. Now, contrast this with every new re-design of the Ledger site -- where old user comments and posts get sent down the memory hole.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T12:20:34-06:00

ID

118519

Comment

Let me know if any of you are having speed issues, if any pages break and if you're seeing crazy fonts or anything...I'm chasing down the links in the comments right now that are tiny-small. We *may* find over the next week that performance is an issue...this design is somewhat resource intensive in order to pull from the calendar in the sidebar, allow live editing and so on. There's also some complex caching tweaks to be done, so any feedback from all y'all is welcome.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T12:28:12-06:00

ID

118520

Comment

I had tried to get on earlier, but there was no login button. Now there is, and I'm here. IG is taking one kid to the doctor. I'll let him know to test as soon as he can.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2008-04-14T12:43:09-06:00

ID

118521

Comment

Thanks, Lady. Hope the young'un feels better.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T12:47:28-06:00

ID

118522

Comment

JFP, I ...uh... am definitely having speed issues. Got nothin' to do with your site however...

Author

Rex

Date

2008-04-14T12:53:34-06:00

ID

118523

Comment

Right now I was just noticing how much longer it took to load, but I automatically assumed that just comes with a host of new features. If you do not see a paragraph break right before this sentence, that ain't workin' either. ;)

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T13:03:11-06:00

ID

118524

Comment

It's not, but the iTodd has been alerted. ;-) As for taking a while to long, we're testing to see if that's a provider issue. If it is, we will solve that one, too.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:08:12-06:00

ID

118525

Comment

So Vince is behind this. Good investment. :) I'd like to see a JFP banner somewhere or something stating immediately that this is the Jackson Free Press. I know it is, but visitors may not. I'd also like to see a warning around the comment box that tells me I have to be logged in to leave a comment. I wouldn't want people entering text, then losing it because they aren't logged in.

Author

Brent Cox

Date

2008-04-14T13:09:43-06:00

ID

118526

Comment

Yes, he is now known as the iVince. As for a banner--doesn't that red logo on the top of the site suffice!?!

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:10:41-06:00

ID

118527

Comment

I don't see the logo, not with Firefox or IE. Strange. Is anyone else seeing the logo?

Author

Brent Cox

Date

2008-04-14T13:15:07-06:00

ID

118529

Comment

Todd, I just emailed you a screen shot. That's what I'm seeing. It looks great, but no logo. :/

Author

Brent Cox

Date

2008-04-14T13:20:42-06:00

ID

118530

Comment

I can see the logo and I'm on IE. My home computer uses Firefox, but I won't be home for a few hours, so I'll check it out then to see how it works.

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T13:21:29-06:00

ID

118531

Comment

Quick!! Someone call the internet police...the CL has broken in and STOLEN the LOGO!!! I can see the logo in IE.

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T13:25:21-06:00

ID

118532

Comment

Logo's broken on Windows and probably Mac too. May be a cache issue... Also, the analytics script should be right before the < /body > tag not in the header. There's also a lot of inline CSS styles. Should drag that into the main CSS file which is cached and re-used. Speaking of CSS, it might be wise to combine the two that are loading, or if they're used for independent views (article vs homepage), have that determined by the server before delivering the content. Tables are still in the layout and can cause some render delays. Duplicate use of ID tags used... Could cause confusion in standards-based browsers. Quite a bit of white space in the code could also increase render times. Encoding type is missing which has been known to cause a browser to think a little longer than it should or render how it wants to... Images are also causing some problems... The total size of the images is 65866 bytes, which is over 30K. Add that to approximately 20k of HTML, and you've got a some more delay. Will forward to iTodd with other issues that could be causing more delays.

Author

kaust

Date

2008-04-14T13:27:15-06:00

ID

118533

Comment

Well, turnabout is fair play. We stole theirs on April. (As if anyone would want it.) That is weird, Brent. No wonder you were whining. ;-D

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:27:55-06:00

ID

118534

Comment

Looks great on desktop! kudos..Doesnt transfer as well visually on my phone though:-( all the print in one looooooooong column. New jfp mobile in the works??? hmmmmmm??

Author

Kamikaze

Date

2008-04-14T13:28:51-06:00

ID

118535

Comment

Not on my Mac. ;-) Sounds like perfect stuff to send in e-mail, Knol. Most of here find it Greek anyway.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:29:04-06:00

ID

118536

Comment

JFP Mobile? Who wants to know? ;-)

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:30:47-06:00

ID

118537

Comment

I can see the logo using both IE and Firefox. Very, very strange indeed. And, thanks, Donna. Our baby girl was diagnosed just a month ago as a type 1 diabetic. She's been suffering from a bad cold, which makes her blood sugar go really wonky. If the doc can give her some good medicine that won't affect her sugar, she'll be okeydokey. She's been a real trooper, with all the insulin shots she has to take. We're really proud of her.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2008-04-14T13:32:07-06:00

ID

118538

Comment

Oh, the poor little thing. Prayers for her.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:33:12-06:00

ID

118539

Comment

The "Preview" button seems to have some bugs. I've tried it twice now and it brings up a blank screen each time.

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T13:38:39-06:00

ID

118540

Comment

testing html

testing paragraphs

1. testing lists

testing blocks

testing strong testing emphasis

just playing around.

Author

kaust

Date

2008-04-14T13:39:07-06:00

ID

118541

Comment

that would be me :-). aaaarrgh..

Author

Kamikaze

Date

2008-04-14T13:40:15-06:00

ID

118542

Comment

blockquote works while paragraph doesn't.
entering a linebreak

strong creates very large text... css issue.

Author

kaust

Date

2008-04-14T13:40:16-06:00

ID

118543

Comment

Thanks, Knol...I know there's a lot of CSS cruft but that's partly been because I've had this site half up with the Events Calendar and half hidden. I plan to marry up those styles and try to clean them up as well. Tables we'll have to live with until we implement the CSS framework that Vince is working on... The performance, unfortunately, is at least partly the ISP, but I'm sure some tweaking and file size stuff will help. Meanwhile, I just got an e-mail pointing out there's no Register feature. Ha! Now THAT'S a problem! ;-)

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T13:40:41-06:00

ID

118544

Comment

I just got an e-mail pointing out there's no Register feature. Ha! What, us, exclusive? ;-) It's been funny to have a stealth site going for a while now. This one wasn't so easy for the nutroots to break into (remember back a while when they were taking PDFs and pretending they were their own?) Sigh. I just love the EE back-end so far. So many more options, and so many easier ways to do things.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:44:47-06:00

ID

118545

Comment

I want my line breaks, though. :-(

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T13:45:12-06:00

ID

118546

Comment

I disabled adblock, but I'm still not seeing it. However, I can see the logo on other computers in my office. Strange. The problem is on my end, though, but I'll let you know when I figure out the cause.

Author

Brent Cox

Date

2008-04-14T13:47:25-06:00

ID

118547

Comment

This loads twice as fast for me as the old one. Everything looks great - very well done. My one critique would be to not have the "email me if someone replies" checked by default. EDIT: Oddly enough, it is now telling me that I can only post once every 30 seconds...when I haven't even posted yet.

Author

QB

Date

2008-04-14T13:52:18-06:00

ID

118548

Comment

Agreed on that default suggestion, Harry.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T14:02:03-06:00

ID

118549

Comment

I agree, too. Sometimes, I may forget to uncheck that box and will be flooded with e-mail alerts the next time I check my e-mail.

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T14:10:45-06:00

ID

118550

Comment

I just tried to edit my last statement, but a litle box on my computer says "Browser Not Support". But since I'm on a work computer, I won't screw with it.

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T14:15:29-06:00

ID

118551

Comment

Golden: Let me know if that changes when you get home. Harry: What did you do before you were told you could only post every 30 seconds? All...are you seeing the edit comment link for a defined amount of time, or is it staying there?

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T14:19:07-06:00

ID

118553

Comment

I want my line breaks, though. :-( Done, sorta. I've got to fix them for all blogs, but they're working in Noise.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T14:20:37-06:00

ID

118554

Comment

And God said "Let there be line breaks." And there was...and it was good.

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T14:22:17-06:00

ID

118555

Comment

The edit is staying there until I post another comment (at least that is what it looks like to me). I can edit my last comment. Not the one before that. Does it have a timer on it?

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T14:23:59-06:00

ID

118556

Comment

Strike that. I can edit the two comments before this. So, I'm assuming they have a timer on them and then its going away.

Author

Lori G

Date

2008-04-14T14:25:57-06:00

ID

118557

Comment

So does anyone have an opinion on where the damn Share button should go on Comment/Story pages? (Singing) It's the little things that piss me off...

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T14:32:38-06:00

ID

118558

Comment

You asked... The share button's a little obtrusive and only effective if it allows emailing a link and portion of a story to a friend or co-worker. I didn't see that option or it wasn't obvious. Most of those other sites (digg, reddit, etc) I doubt most JFP users use to "bookmark" or "share" JFP data. If it stays, I'd make the author/time/date line more visually pronounced and the Share button underneath with ample vertical padding.

Author

kaust

Date

2008-04-14T14:40:53-06:00

ID

118559

Comment

What in @#$% is an "anonymous member." Been bugging me all day.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T14:44:44-06:00

ID

118560

Comment

I doubt most JFP users use to "bookmark" or "share" JFP data. Knol, the terms of service specifically forbid you making assumptions about other users. ;-) I'd say you're almost right, but I know that some of our users like to Fark stuff about Melton. Donna, my guess is that an "anonymous members" is someone who has a JFP cookie, but who is logged out. Only a guess...I'll look into it more.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T14:48:18-06:00

ID

118561

Comment

Can we also get times on the recent comments? ;-D

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-14T14:50:36-06:00

ID

118562

Comment

jfp: I don't remember the exact timeline, but I believe that I clicked on Kamikaze's article from the right sidebar, then clicked on this one and tried to post. The first time it would not let me, so I waited a couple of minutes and retried with great success.

Author

QB

Date

2008-04-14T14:56:38-06:00

ID

118563

Comment

Ok, Harry, let me know if it happens again. I'll check the timeouts and see how they're set. Could be an issue of going from Jackblog to Noise...dunno.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T15:02:38-06:00

ID

118564

Comment

Along the right sidebar, under "jfp best bets and recommended," when I try to click on the Mississippi Museum of Art Call for Artists, it just takes me back to to the front page of the site. EDIT: As always, I'm thoroughly impressed. :)

Author

kp

Date

2008-04-14T16:18:13-06:00

ID

118565

Comment

Thank, kp. That makes sense...the one major step I haven't yet taken is importing LoungeBlog, which was the original blog in the old CMS and, well, huge and bloated. I hope to do that tonight!

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-14T16:24:12-06:00

ID

118566

Comment

real nice site...must say that im impressed...however, you guys could add awesome color like the clarion-ledger website...

Author

skipp

Date

2008-04-14T17:06:51-06:00

ID

118567

Comment

Man, this is smooth! Easy to navigate and easy on the eyes. Thanks.

Author

Bourree'

Date

2008-04-14T17:39:28-06:00

ID

118568

Comment

And so polite. I'm enjoying the greeting at the top of the page when I login.

Author

Bourree'

Date

2008-04-14T17:44:52-06:00

ID

118569

Comment

Wow. Surreal. It's a shock to the system when you see this format without expecting it, but I think I like it. :-) I do like how the book, food, games, etc. sections are placed in the middle instead of on the side. That makes them easier to notice because I found myself forgetting to look over there. Let me try something: [color=blue]blue[/color] [s]strikethrough[/s] [size=5]size 5[/size] ETA: Still no strikethrough?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-14T17:46:19-06:00

ID

118570

Comment

[strikethrough]strikethrough[/strikethrough]

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-14T17:48:11-06:00

ID

118571

Comment

On the front page where the Jackblog section is, who can't tell who the author of the blog entry is until you click on the link. What if I forget what I wrote? :-P

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-14T17:52:28-06:00

ID

118572

Comment

Are you going to make it where the long threads go on to several pages instead of one loooonnnggg scroll? I know that you tried it once and it didn't work, but it does work on every other site that I go to...

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-14T18:10:38-06:00

ID

118573

Comment

hey folks, thanks for the feedback. looks like i'll be plenty busy this week. :) also, concerning the anonymous member, it's most likely referring to a user who logged in and unchecked the "Show my name in the online user list" option.

Author

vince

Date

2008-04-14T18:16:34-06:00

ID

118574

Comment

I noticed that in the forums the identifying info for the person posting is different from the way it is structured here in the blog area. That makes it really hard to see who the person posting is. I read a whole entire thread thinking that the only people posting on it were someone named "Oldtimer" and someone named "Jacksonian"...

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-14T18:23:46-06:00

ID

118575

Comment

Well I'll be damned- it now is breaking it up into seperate pages! That didn't take long! Now- can you make it where a person can go to the exact page he/she needs to get to? Some of the longer threads can reach 50 or 100 pages- wouldn't it be great to be able to navigate directly to something on page 38?

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-14T18:27:55-06:00

ID

118576

Comment

When I log in, I am taken immediately to the Events page instead of the home page. Also, when I get notified via email that someone has posted a comment, the email does not say who made the comment, and the title of the thread is in the body of the email instead of the subject line. I used to get: Subject: JFP Comment Response: [Kamikaze] Parental Precepts A response has been posted to [Kamikaze] Parental Precepts by BubbaT. ...and now I get: Subject: Someone just responded to your comment Someone just responded to the entry you subscribed to at: Noise The title of the entry is: JFP Launches 'JFP 3.0' Beta It was a little easier to sort out the notifications when I didn't have time to go through them all yet. Now, I'll have to open each email to see which comment goes with each thread and go the Web site to see who said what. That's a little cumbersome to me. What do the rest of you think?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-14T18:38:17-06:00

ID

118577

Comment

I noticed that in the forums the identifying info for the person posting is different from the way it is structured here in the blog area. That makes it really hard to see who the person posting is. I read a whole entire thread thinking that the only people posting on it were someone named "Oldtimer" and someone named "Jacksonian"... I saw what you were talking about, Rico, and I think that the font for the user names should be a lighter color, white if necessary, to make it stand out, and maybe put the secondary descriptions like "Oldtimer" and "Jacksonian" in italics. A future goal could be for the users to be able to change their descriptions. I'm able to do that on another forum, and it's pretty cool. About the page numbers - could it be in bold to make it easier to see?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-14T18:52:33-06:00

ID

118578

Comment

I'm taking special note of your thoughts on the look/feel/whatever of the forum, since the forums are kind of my babies right now. MORE TWEEEEEEEAKING!!! Thanks, folks; keep it coming! Also, Knol, the inline styles? Yeah, I know. Soon and (hopefully) very soon, that'll all be gone.

Author

vince

Date

2008-04-14T19:01:03-06:00

ID

118579

Comment

Speaking of the Ledger, someone just told me that they ran a big ad in their Sunday print edition about their "new" Web site? They did. Yawn.

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-14T22:19:21-06:00

ID

118580

Comment

Would it be possible to add the time in hh:mm:ss format along with the temperature?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-15T06:39:40-06:00

ID

118581

Comment

I just noticed that there is no picture of the newspaper's cover. Can we get that back?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-15T06:43:19-06:00

ID

118582

Comment

L.W., I've asked for the cover to be put in that middle box that links to the cover story. They haven't gotten to it, yet.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T06:52:35-06:00

ID

118596

Comment

If I click on the "JFP Launches 'JFP 3.0' Beta" link under the top story I go here (which works): http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/jfp_launches_jfp_30_beta/ If I Click on the link in the bottom right corner under the Ad: Recent Discussions Just Commented On... » JFP Launches 'JFP 3.0' Beta 75 It takes me here (which doesnt show story): http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/jfp_launches_jfp_30_beta/

Author

herman

Date

2008-04-15T13:51:10-06:00

ID

118597

Comment

Also my general feeling is the symmetricalness and font of the columns "bodysoul, food, drink, books, film." Is would be great if music was in there. But the 4 little orange dots and font headers and layouts are all pretty but my impression is that I had access to more information in the other format. When the JFP page loads links, a few ads, the one main story, 1 top story, 1 jackblog entry and 1 happening today. So my main view whether on my laptop or 18 inch flat screen does not seem to give me as much infomation without scrolling down. Same with yahoo's new beta "my yahoo" home page which replaced their classic "my yahoo" home page. I use to be able to see my weather, top 20 news items from and 2 other columns of items like mail preview, etc... I like being able to see alot of options without scrolling in my 1024x768 screen view without making everything tiny in my view. So the spacing seems more towards pretty than getting the most info in on one screen. So more ad space and fewer things to take in isnt my favorite. If the top main story was condensed that would help. Also the main AT&T banner is squeeched and only takes up 1/3 of the grey place-holder thingy.

Author

herman

Date

2008-04-15T14:03:56-06:00

ID

118598

Comment

Herman, just as many people complained about the other site being cluttered (it had come to look like a house with two many rooms added on). Obviously, we're not going backward (and the dots and headers stay), but any specifics about priority stuff is helpful, and obviously about stuff that doesn't work. You won't be able to see 20 news items without scrolling, I promise. And you couldn't on our old site. This one's cleaner, and you actually get more info on the front page even if it doesn't seem like it at a glance. That AT&T banner ad problem shows up on mine in Firefox, but not in Safari, and did on the old site as well. I've alerted Todd about it.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T14:10:55-06:00

ID

118600

Comment

It's a good point that we should incorp music more into the front page. I'll think about how to do that. Part of the theory was to break up the original home page into 5 home pages so that people interesting in music can go straight to the music page and not have to page through all those old blogs. Of course, we also need to get the Music Listings more integrated, Herman. I'll be talking to you about how that'll work very soon. :-)

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-15T14:21:50-06:00

ID

118601

Comment

Agreed on music on the front page. Honestly, we're not done at all on that middle feature section. We've never had them broken up into categories as they are (other than music, really), so it's fun to have to play with. Maybe music should replace one of those?

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T14:24:52-06:00

ID

118602

Comment

I just posted this on the music blog; we need to remind musicians and others to make sure they have a Jackpedia page as August approaches: Now that the new JFP site is up, it's a perfect time to ensure that you, your band, your company, your business, etc., has its own Jackpedia listing. Just go to Jackpedia, sign in (your same user name probably works) and have at it. Remember that the JFP's second annual user-generated print version of Jackpedia comes out in August, so we need your help getting Jackpedia more loaded up than ever. Pass the word.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T14:44:28-06:00

ID

118603

Comment

how about adding a link to the home page directly above or below the comment box? I think that was a user generated change in the last site. Right away I miss the old site, I really like it, like an old friend that got put to rest... :-( just having my moment of silence. will forge ahead after that, naturally...

Author

Izzy

Date

2008-04-15T15:29:29-06:00

ID

118604

Comment

how about adding a link to the home page directly above or below the comment box? I think that was a user generated change in the last site. Right away I miss the old site, I really like it, like an old friend that got put to rest... :-( just having my moment of silence. will forge ahead after that, naturally...

Author

Izzy

Date

2008-04-15T15:29:29-06:00

ID

118606

Comment

it's defintely alot cleaner and prettier for sure. I like the edit function next to my posts when logged in.

Author

herman

Date

2008-04-15T15:32:56-06:00

ID

118607

Comment

I really like the "News" 2 column up top view with the smaller images: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/news/

Author

herman

Date

2008-04-15T15:35:23-06:00

ID

118608

Comment

just having my moment of silence. will forge ahead afte Big hug, Laurel. I feel you. We all spent a lot of time with the old girl. She needs to be in a museum, or have her own retirement home or something.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T15:49:39-06:00

ID

118610

Comment

Can you make it where when you click on one of the links on the "last 100 comments" page, it takes you directly to that comment instead of the start of the thread? It seems to work ok when the thread is only one page long, but when you have a thread with multiple pages, clicking on the link just puts you at the very beginning of the first page, and from there you have to click your way through multiple pages to get to the comment that you clicked on in the first place... This also presents still another reason why you need to be able to select the *exact* page that you wish to go to...

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-15T16:26:39-06:00

ID

118611

Comment

Rico: So far it appears to be a choices between paginating the comments and linking directly to a particular comment from the front page's "Recent Comments" feature. I'll keep working on it, but if you had to choose, which would be your choice: pagination or direct links to comments?

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-15T18:01:49-06:00

ID

118612

Comment

Direct links to comments if it has to be one or the other. I've never been to a site where one had to make that decision though... If you can't do both, could you try doing it like the boards at http://chowhound.com? It works a little differently from any other site that I have been to. The default page is something similar to the recent comments page here. If you visit a thread for the first time, all the comments on the thread are visible. But if you return to a thread *after* someone has posted a new comment, you don't have to wade through all the other postings to get to it; the only "open" comments are the new posts. It is probably easier to understand by looking at it- I don't even understand what I'm trying to say here

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-15T18:44:07-06:00

ID

118613

Comment

That's OK, Rico. You're doing fine, buddy. ;-) The office geeks are around looking wild-eyed this week. It's great!

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-15T19:05:20-06:00

ID

118614

Comment

Well, since it is brand new, I figure that this is the time to bitch and moan while everyone there is thinking about it! (Now I can see if the cuss word filter is turned on yet)!

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-15T19:39:58-06:00

ID

118638

Comment

How's the pagination thing going? I can't see the last comment made because I can't get to the last page. I don't see a link for it any more.

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-16T11:57:53-06:00

ID

118640

Comment

Oops. My bad. I didn't remove the comment limit when I went back to one-page comments. Now all the comments are on one page but they should be linked from the front Recent Comments list.

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-16T12:04:55-06:00

ID

118641

Comment

Thank you kindly. :-)

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-16T12:07:15-06:00

ID

118642

Comment

Oh yeah...why does an asterisk appear next to some of the user names at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-16T12:08:44-06:00

ID

118644

Comment

Looks great! Good work [img]http://www.singlekeys.com/SK_assets/smilies/luvsite.gif[/img] (added)- preview button takes me to a blank page though

Author

SELock

Date

2008-04-16T12:44:19-06:00

ID

118646

Comment

Looks good so far.

Author

Ironghost

Date

2008-04-16T12:56:55-06:00

ID

118651

Comment

WOW!!! When did JFP get this new look? I didn't think I had been gone that long. It's funny how you go out of town for a short stay and when you get back the whole world has changed! :) It looks great! I have to admit; I do miss the old look, but I like it.

Author

blu_n_a_redstate

Date

2008-04-16T14:35:44-06:00

ID

118653

Comment

What happened to the edit feature? I was going to test the filter to see if it let cuss words through unedited and immediately edit it, but I don't wanna do it if I can't edit. UPDATE: Just after I posted this, the edit feature showed up! I'll try the cuss words now. I typed the words unedited--they went through. Apparently, the filters don't work.

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-04-16T15:23:53-06:00

ID

118654

Comment

Yes they show up...hehe

Author

QB

Date

2008-04-16T15:26:34-06:00

ID

118656

Comment

WOW!!! When did JFP get this new look? I didn't think I had been gone that long. It's funny how you go out of town for a short stay and when you get back the whole world has changed! :) Yep, the JFP World is evolving. ;-) It's been a while coming, but it went live Monday. My edit feature is there ... but I'm a Super-Duper Admin. ;-P

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-16T16:12:46-06:00

ID

118660

Comment

Hmm, made it here. Login worked and everything, been super busy with new job and haven't had time to comment etc. but love the new look and on logging in it feels like a "real" paper. Nice job to JFP on the changes.

Author

GLewis

Date

2008-04-16T19:16:44-06:00

ID

118661

Comment

Is there a way to add an attachment in the email panel?

Author

bill_jackson

Date

2008-04-16T19:32:20-06:00

ID

118674

Comment

Where's my printer friendly link on articles???? :::a big crocodile tear rolls down cheek:::

Author

kp

Date

2008-04-17T09:22:55-06:00

ID

118694

Comment

My edit feature is gone, and I can't see any forum topics. What's going on?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-17T12:19:22-06:00

ID

118723

Comment

Am I the only one that can't get into the forums section?

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-17T18:06:50-06:00

ID

118725

Comment

I'm able to get to the forums just fine. You might try clearing your cache- I did and everything seems to be working better. Still has some kinks to work out though- I hope that the JFP geeks haven't gone off to celebrate a "mission accomplished" just yet...

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-17T18:30:11-06:00

ID

118726

Comment

Well, I cleared the cache and got the same result. This is what happens: From the home page, since I can't see any of the forum topics, I click on the "Visit the Forums" link. From there, I can only see the visitor statistics. I did figure out that if I click on the settings link at the top of the page and then select "View Subscriptions," I can see the list of topics I made comments in. However, when I click on a link to a forum thread, I get: [color=red]Error The following errors were encountered You are not authorized to view this forum[/color]

Author

LatashaWillis

Date

2008-04-17T19:13:03-06:00

ID

118727

Comment

How about clearing the cache and getting rid of cookies? That sometimes helps too...

Author

Rico

Date

2008-04-17T19:46:24-06:00

ID

118729

Comment

The Error you are talking about only occurs when you are logged in. If you log out you can get to the forums section just fine. If you are logged in you get the error you mention on EVERY forum page. Cant get to it.

Author

herman

Date

2008-04-18T07:17:11-06:00

ID

118735

Comment

Ah...since it's Herman and LW, I imagine that's because you guys are set up as "Editors." Write me off-list about this and we'll figure it out. Rico...what kinks are you still experiencing?

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-18T09:44:03-06:00

ID

118945

Comment

All, over the weekend we updated the Music page to include the day's music listings, and we've brought the longer-term music listings pages forward into the new system. Also, Vince and Darren have been working hard on the next generation of the Menu Guide. So, feel free to poke around on those and see what you think...any feedback is welcome!

Author

Todd Stauffer

Date

2008-04-28T09:16:01-06:00