Ann Coulter!!!
I know, rules are rules...
Well, I guess you could say it DID happen!
Posted on 10/27/2005 5:16:18 PM PDT by John Robinson
Edited on 10/30/2005 2:01:52 PM PST by John Robinson. [history]
I'm working on the following changes to the forum software:
Old links will be redirected to maintain bookmark compatibility. The new links will be more descriptive, offering the date of the article and perhaps a meaningful filename.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1510575/posts doesn't say much.
http://www.freerepublic.com/2005/10/27/freeptoon/p1 says so much more.
The timestamps on threads will change to your computer's local time zone, but only if you have JavaScript enabled. Otherwise they will be in US/Eastern. Your FR preference will be ignored (and will be phased out in favor of browser-side time zone handling.) The beauty of this arrangement is that as long as your computer displays the time in your time zone, FR will "Do The Right Thing"(tm).
No more than 50 comments per page will be shown. Your preference of 20, 100 or 250 is going to be ignored. I know this is a bit of a heartbreak for some, I understand it is a sacrifice. There are very good and very strong reasons this is changing.
Only the first page of the thread will show the article text, and will always show the article text. Subsequent pages will only ever show a summary. In the future, a little browser-side magic could make the article text appear when you click a link.
Everybody logged in or not will see the same content and links. For example, in the existing software, if you're not logged in you won't see the "Report Abuse" links. This check is going away, everybody will now see the same row of buttons.
In exchange, we'll have cache-friendly forum pages. This means:
Update 10/30/05
I've expanded the scope of changes. I'm cleaning up the information we present to search engines like Google and Yahoo. Our site will be more useful to third-party search engines and thus more useful to you. For the most part this will not directly impact our human visitors. There will be changes that could break bookmarks of certain types of pages, but the chances such bookmarks have ever been made are slim.
Thanks and thanks!
Seconded!
Heads up.
It is my understanding that either method will allow me to view my posts; most recent first. I can also go to "In Forum" and read what I have posted. However, I am asking to have a way to search for something posted by myself. Maybe jump back in time by monthly increments. Otherwise, I'd be here all day.
And I'm bummed about defaulting to Eastern time, when FR is on the best/Pacific coast. I'm tired of every damn thing being in Eastern time! They certainly don't deserve it - let them do the math for a change; I've always treasured FR showing the time in the Good Timezone.
What about the magic removed post viewer, the trick of copying the reply to link to view removed posts in Zot threads and such.
That is not currently working.
Is that done away with due to some performance issue/ it was hurting the system?
Why don't we all switch to GMT?
Ping
Re: your tag line: I've thought about it and thought about it, and I don't think it's the wheelchair that makes you look fat, I think it's that extra wide lard butt that makes you look fat...
thanks
I am going to miss that
Yeah.
It made busting up trolls quite fun.
No biggie there. It's been ignored since the last changes made over a year ago. We're used to it now.
Indeed
Ann Coulter!!!
I know, rules are rules...
Well, I guess you could say it DID happen!
Is this down-sizing? Or will service remain the same?
Oh, really? Well...
;-)
If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
And the Troll Detection System? When will it be in place?
I am still amazed at the mouse over to tell the posters born on date and the little star icon on each of my 10 or so different tabs.
Keep up the excellent work and tell your boss you need a raise.
bump
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