Installing Free Republic Update Tonight

[John Robinson]

Will be installing an update tonight that fixes a number of issues. The version that will be installed is currently available on the beta site.

Changes

• Fixed the time-warping "More" links.
• Fixed time zone issues, using JavaScript to ask your browser to format the time stamp. If you don't have JavaScript enabled, you'll see the default Pacific time.
• Reverted behavior of "New comments to you" indicator.
• Updated HTML on index pages (Latest Posts, etc.) We're moving away from font tags, etc., in favor of using style sheets. Big change here is an increased font size of text in article summaries (increased to the "normal size" font)
• Added memory of last tab ("Articles", "Activity", "Comments") visited on index pages. Additionally, each tab remembers it's brevity setting. "Headers" brevity is the same as "Brief", "Text" brevity is the same as "Full". Name changed to hopefully clarify exactly what this does.
• Moved RSS link to bottom of page.
• Moved and renamed "Sidebar Placement" to bottom of page, it is now labeled "Add to My Page", hopefully that is as self-descriptive as "Sidebar Placement" was.
• Other minor tweaks

One last feature I am working to return is the slave windows preference. Will have that working before the new software is installed.

Update: Windows Preference Working

Reimplemented the open-in-new-window preference. It uses different code now. If you use this feature, please let me know if any links are not (or should not be) opening in new windows.

[sageb1]

Now the page is too wide again. Something is not stable.

[headstamp 2]

As long as the digital bi-ranging framis is brought up to date, I’ll be OK with it.

[yorkie]

Amen! Lord, hear all the words of prayer and Thanksgiving, as you heal our friend, Jim. Thank you, Heavenly Father.

[Quix]

and Lord, for today, as well . . . improvement in all areas, please. Praise you for progress. Please cause him to prosper and be in health even as his soul prospers, in Jesus’ Name.

The same, Lord for Alamo-Girl’s niece as well as Don-o and Mrs. Don-o’s two sons, and MarySecretary and all Freepers in need of you in Jesus’ Name.

[firewalk]

I like the new setup very much
I especially like the way my pings page is set up with my posts in green

It’s very nice and easier on my eyes

The site seems to be moving faster now also

Thanks for all your hard work

[potlatch]

I haven’t read through all of this thread and haven’t had the page width problem. I’m using IE browser.

Just wish the time on Freepmail would get fixed, lol.

[Alamo-Girl]

I am joined in your prayers, dear brother in Christ!

[Quix]

Thanks for the potency of prayers of agreement. Amen!

And, Lord, please be with Mrs. Don-o’s sons in training and in struggles, in Jesus’ Name.

[Big Horn]

I don't know a darn thing about computers. All I do is click on FR and enjoy myself and go vote Republican. If FR don't work then nothing works.

[urabus]

fyi- today, 4/14 I notice a small? bug, when browsing comments, and when I click ‘more’, I am taken to list of articles instead of older comments.

[urabus]

more, meant 'next page', but now I see it works. never mind

[Clara Lou]

...again with the box
Come on... what's it to you whether there's a simple box around a post, or not? And, no, it's not distracting, unless, of course, one is a nitpicker.

[metmom]

Ooops. All of a sudden the FR News and Activism page is too wide for my screen. The side bars and part of the text run off the screen and I have to scroll from side to side to read it all.

I use Mozilla Firefox. Is that you or me? It still happens even when I turn off my bookmarks.

[metmom]

I think I figured it out. Someone posted a thread that had a really LOONG link; this one:

City Employees Push Program on the Clock
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:23:55 AM · by Westlander

[lakey]

Bookmark for future reference - in case I care.

Betcha he doesn’t know which end is up by now.

LOL! He's not the only one.

[metmom]

Tell me about it.

I really miss having my posts in green. I know several didn’t like the color, but the concept was great. It made it so much easier to scan for posts or see where I left off.

[lakey]

Mine are in green and they weren’t before. ???

[metmom]

For a couple days, all the pings in the ping lists that were sent by me were in green. The ones I received were in the usual colors. It allowed me to instantly tell which posts were to me and which ones were from me.