The site might be down much of the weekend. By Monday, we should be on WordPress, hosted by Hosting Matters, with design by Sekimori. (Many thanks to Sekimori, by the way, for all her help with the conversion so far, and for her help to come!)
The site might be down much of the weekend. By Monday, we should be on WordPress, hosted by Hosting Matters, with design by Sekimori. (Many thanks to Sekimori, by the way, for all her help with the conversion so far, and for her help to come!)
Jamie says:
Please post the RSS feed when you do, if it will be changing (as I assume it will).
September 26, 2009, 12:31 amGainesvilleGuest says:
My day won’t be the same without you guys.
September 26, 2009, 12:46 amCato The Elder says:
Will our logins be preserved?
September 26, 2009, 1:49 amCongratsBut says:
Having used WordPress, just a friendly reminder to pay careful attention to upgrades (since you are hosting it yourself vs. using wordpress.com), as WordPress has had a number of security patches as of late.
September 26, 2009, 2:18 amJeff Walden says:
New design? Oh, no more ~5-color boxiness? Welcome from the nineties. ;-)
I would hope the RSS feed location won’t change; it looks like it should be easy to set up a redirect.
It would be great if you could keep comment preview around with WordPress; the default install doesn’t have it, as I recall, and it’s quite handy when you’re hand-coding up HTML as a sanity check.
September 26, 2009, 2:30 amneurodoc says:
Gee, will it be possible to “subscribe” to threads, so we can much more readily follow the ones we are interested in? And will it be possible to edit our posts, or once they are up, no changes of any sort? How about a way to reply directly to or cite to another post?
September 26, 2009, 4:26 amFub says:
Knock on wood. Watch out for noseeums. And break a leg.
September 26, 2009, 5:53 amBT says:
Hello, anybody home? I can still find you guys.
September 26, 2009, 8:33 amGlenn W. Bowen says:
…standing athwart the internet yelling “STOP!!”, to buzzers &whistles.
September 26, 2009, 8:35 amvia tor says:
Thanks.
I’ve appreciated being able to comment here in safety.
Maybe we’ll be able to talk again.
Good luck!
“Always leave while the music is still playing.”
September 26, 2009, 8:51 amGreg mcneal says:
Cool, looking forward to it
September 26, 2009, 10:57 amTracy Johnson says:
I thought with your ability, you’d have the wherewithal to host your own. On an HP3000 no less.
September 26, 2009, 11:27 amPeteP says:
I’ve been using HM for years for myself and clients – highly recommended.
September 26, 2009, 12:26 pmJoan in Juneau says:
Will we need to get a WordPress acct? Prefer not to have to do that as once you get it, can not ever get rid of it. It will be around long after you are gone.
In any event, I hope the change over goes smoothly and look forward to at least reading and learning from so many from here on the new site. JJ
September 26, 2009, 3:37 pmBrian Garst says:
You should look into a unified comment platform, like IntenseDebate or Disqus.
September 26, 2009, 4:01 pmBarbara Skolaut says:
I’ve heard nothing but good things about Hosting Matters and Sekimori – you made the right choices.
Looking forward to your “new and improved” blog (with 20% more snark?). :-D
September 26, 2009, 4:40 pmJon Roland says:
What about the archives of our past discussions? Those are worth preserving. I find them a valuable research tool. Any plans to migrate them to the new server? If not, please leave them online for a while so we can mine them.
September 26, 2009, 5:44 pmlucia says:
This is good advice. But beyond that, it’s also useful to limit access to the wpadmin directory and to the login directory using .htaccess.
If most of you guys usually access the admin panel from known IP’s, you can set the .htaccess to permit access from a finite number of specific IP addresses. (As a single author blog, I limit to il.comcast.net. You could limit to 10 possible combinations. This does provide a bit of extra security, but it is a pain in the neck if you blog when on travel. I just modify .htacess when I travel. With some thought you can probably think of a useful .htaccess file.)
September 26, 2009, 6:40 pmtroll_dc2 says:
This is an important point. I have been on message boards where a change in provider or format has left the previous material inaccessible. Not good at all.
September 26, 2009, 6:45 pmJames Moylan says:
Hey that’s cool. I hope it has a ‘new blog smell’ about it.
The Volokh is a great resource for furrigners like me.
I’m studying Constitutional Law et al at an Aussie Law School and you guys help me make sense of the American can of worms.
For anyone going through withdrawl here is a link to an essay regarding black letter law and the Australian Constitution
Regarding Teori Tau v Commonwealth.
thanks Eugene
September 26, 2009, 9:12 pmthanks Volokhers
OhioLawdog says:
I also really really hope that the archives will still be available when the site switches over. Past posts are a very valuable resource.
September 26, 2009, 9:45 pmDNL says:
http://disqus.com
please.
PLEASE.
September 26, 2009, 10:33 pmno not resuscitate says:
Doesn’t disqus require Javascript just to show comments? What’s the point of that, longer page load times? Doesn’t WordPress have built in the same basic features that the site has now, including commenting?
Just let the site admins do this, and we can all complain about how they should have done it differently if it breaks. SOP.
September 27, 2009, 2:28 amJ. Aldridge says:
WordPress will import this blogs database?
September 27, 2009, 5:19 amnetwork insecurity says:
Botnet recruitment.
Javascript opens you up to a whole medley of 0-days.
You always wanted to be pwned by a botnet.
September 27, 2009, 7:46 amMr.Joe says:
Obama Captures Bin Laden?
Not exactly, but it will certainly be a topic you are posting on in the future!
September 27, 2009, 9:39 amSara says:
How clean and shiney!
September 27, 2009, 10:25 amLucia says:
Oh No, no, no, no! Please dear heaven, no!
I really abhor disqus and hope it does not take over the world. Maybe disqus is sort of like cilantro. Some people love it; some thinks it tastes and smells like dirty feet.
September 27, 2009, 10:55 amJohn Burgess says:
Looking good!
My I suggest either a shorter line or a larger type for the main body of the text? The lines are uncomfortably long for easy reading. Generally, a 60=character line is considered optimal for textual materials. Longer lines allow the eye to lose track and requires re-reading to find one’s place.
September 27, 2009, 11:00 amyankee says:
The “share/save” button is exceptionally annoying. A popup that obscures much of the post appears when you mouse over it for any amount of time and remains for a significant period of time (at least a second). Changing the settings so the user had to click on the button would be much more user-friendly.
September 27, 2009, 11:20 amLaura(southernxyl) says:
I see that email addresses are no longer visible.
Have not minded the handful of emails I’ve gotten from other commenters.
September 27, 2009, 11:20 amSFH says:
So can we still exclude Jim?
September 27, 2009, 11:23 amloki13 says:
I fear change.
….also, I am not a huge fan of the spiffed-up look (esp. the comments field). There was something charmingly distinctive about the old look. But I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
September 27, 2009, 11:27 amshahid says:
Looks good. I like the cleaner layout. (And contra-John B above, I do like the layout to take advantage of the full length of the window. This allows me to use an appropriate level of zoom and window width to optimize the line length and text size. I generally find 60-character lines good on paper but too short on the screen.)
One big problem, and perhaps it’s temporary: The layout is completely broken on Safari Touch (iPhone/iPod Touch): No summaries and no navigation. If you are going to use an alternate “Mobile” layout, please provide a link that will allow us to use the standard layout.
September 27, 2009, 11:30 amyankee says:
The all-important http://www.volokh.com/exclude=davidb gives a 404 not found error. I may have to stop reading.
September 27, 2009, 11:36 amCornellian says:
Font looks slightly different
September 27, 2009, 11:36 amOff Kilter says:
The User Names are too large and thus more scrolling is required to read the comments. Given the frequent more-than-100-comment posts generated here, this will be annoying.
September 27, 2009, 11:43 amsecond history says:
Just did an archive search through Google and the page is a mess. Hopefully it will become more organized as they clean things up.
September 27, 2009, 11:51 amJoe Kristan says:
Sekimori has taken good care of us, and HM has been reliable and amazingly cheap. Curious how the wordpress conversion goes.
September 27, 2009, 12:14 pmAnon Y. Mous says:
So far, looking good!
September 27, 2009, 12:27 pmLior says:
Looks great so far, and you the entire archive has migrated with the blog. Three cheers!
One feature request: it would be nice to have an RSS feed each for individual post, allowing us readers to follow the comments to posts we care about.
Gmar Xatima Tova.
September 27, 2009, 1:04 pmSFH says:
I tend to find reading black type on snow white background to be quickly tiring. If there’s a way of changing that on my computer, I’d like to hear it. I find black on light blue to be much better.
Also notice the posts without comment threads, like Orin’s just below this on a possible government appeal of the Lori Drew case, are showing up as “0 comments.” You have to click on the comment button to find out there isn’t a comment thread.
September 27, 2009, 1:21 pmEMG says:
Very good. For some time I have felt that the clunky interface here (particularly, the lack of simple next/previous links, and the weird “link to a particular post leads to the post’s location on the main page, except when it doesn’t” thing) belies your technical background.
Not sure why people are worried your old content will go away… that only happens because site owners don’t know what they’re doing. But that people are used to seeing it happen reflects poorly on the blogging “industry” in general (both owners and vendors).
September 27, 2009, 1:39 pmCharles Epperson says:
I like the new look. Just like the old look but better.
September 27, 2009, 1:44 pmJon Roland says:
Looking good indeed, but now we need photos to go with the account names.
The quoting of previous messages will take some adjustment. People will need to get used to the HTML.
September 27, 2009, 1:54 pmHugh says:
Heck, why not go all the way and host it himself on an HAL 9000. Oh, yeah, I guess there was a little problem with that specific hardware.
September 27, 2009, 1:56 pm
Laura(southernxyl) says:
Takes forever for the comments to load. I hope this does not continue. I’m using Firefox – does IE do this too?
September 27, 2009, 2:03 pmBrad V says:
I don’t know that the new format does anything to improve the site.
I think the content is key – I liked the old version much better.
September 27, 2009, 2:09 pmDave N says:
I like the new look (so far at least) but it will take a little getting used to. I do agree with the suggestion for larger fonts for easier reading.
September 27, 2009, 2:10 pmJon Roland says:
You can increase the font size with ctrl-shft + on your keyboard.
September 27, 2009, 2:12 pmMos says:
testing
September 27, 2009, 2:13 pmtesting
1…2…3…
testing
Jon Roland says:
I like the ability to edit. No more excuses for typos. :O)
September 27, 2009, 2:13 pmDave N says:
I just saw the “Click to Edit” and the “Request Deletion” buttons. Both are very cool and very good additions–particularly when I do not preview or even worse, regret what I just posted. Great addition.
September 27, 2009, 2:14 pmDave N says:
Thank you for the tip.
September 27, 2009, 2:16 pmPaludicola says:
I like the way that this has been done: the colors and arrangement are very similar, but I think it slightly better in small ways. I expected more or less that, but I dreaded a more radical change, which I would not have cared for.
Nicely done.
September 27, 2009, 2:20 pmDave N says:
Next stupid question. How do we add pictures to replace the avatars? Lucia seems to know how and Anon Y. Mous does have those cool shades.
September 27, 2009, 2:22 pmanonon says:
I dislike the new quote boxes.
September 27, 2009, 2:34 pmBA says:
The URL you’ve typed seems to be missing a question mark following the last slash. The correct address should be:
http://volokh.com/?exclude=davidb
Enjoy.
September 27, 2009, 2:36 pmlucia says:
David N–
Oddly, I actually don’t know. It depends on whose services Volokh is useing for avatars. But, I do know I loaded that avatar up at… hmm… WordPress? I’ve loaded it up a few other places.
Eugene should ask the person who created the theme which avatar service they are using, then we can each load up an avatar. (I could even load up the one that shows what I look at to replace my favorite cat of all time.)
September 27, 2009, 2:42 pmLaura(southernxyl) says:
Comments loading OK now.
September 27, 2009, 2:52 pmDave N says:
Interestingly, right now http://www.volokh.com doesn’t load but http://volokh.com DOES.
September 27, 2009, 3:21 pmDavid Hess says:
Now every old link to a specific article or post is hosed.
“[an error occurred while processing this directive] “
September 27, 2009, 4:18 pmrpt says:
I don’t mind having the email hidden. There is at least one commenter who has repeated asked from personal information about others with whom he disagreed,so that he could investigate them and “assess their credibility”.
September 27, 2009, 4:57 pmM-Dub says:
Although the new design is more aesthetically pleasing, a weird part of me misses the old design.
September 27, 2009, 6:57 pmGuest12345 says:
The previous incarnation was about 1000% better on the iphone. This version for some reason totally abandons the html mark-up for a series of crappy iphone-style selection menus. Also there is no access to the comments which is a particularly annoying aspect of the mobile experience.
In general the site looks nice. Not sure I like the double indentation of the comments, or all the extra white space. Seems like it’s a bit less suited for reading under the new layout.
September 27, 2009, 7:40 pmSoronel Haetir says:
Given the new categorization feature, I hope you guys go back through all the archived posts and sort appropriately.
September 27, 2009, 8:18 pmJon Roland says:
I have a concern about spam. I use WordPress on a couple of my sites and find myself spending too much time deleting spam, mostly with Russian email addresses, trying to peddle drugs or sex. I hope we can have this kind of thing filtered out, and if you find a way, please let me know.
September 27, 2009, 9:00 pmJon Roland says:
Where are our commenter logins, and how will we get email notifying us of new posts?
September 27, 2009, 9:22 pmJon Roland says:
When I edit a comment I have just made the comment is initially replaced with garbage, which I have to redisplay using the refresh button my browser to see my edited version properly. Is anyone else experiencing this?
September 27, 2009, 9:27 pmanomdebus says:
yankee,
September 27, 2009, 10:41 pmThat should be http://volokh.com/?exclude=davidb, but that does not work anymore apparently. Also http://volokh.com/?bloggers=davidb does not work either.
anomdebus says:
For this there is the author subdirectory I suppose, though it does not support multiple authors that I can tell like the old bloggers parameter did.
September 27, 2009, 10:58 pmAlso times seem to be in PST, which I don’t remember before…
non-native speaker says:
The link to Jack Balkin’s Balkinization at the blogroll doesn’t work.
September 28, 2009, 2:14 amSara says:
Looks nice.
September 28, 2009, 3:09 amSara says:
Are comments working?
September 28, 2009, 3:14 amPersonFromPorlock says:
Much better layout BUT the native typeface needs to be larger. I know about the ‘control+’ trick but it makes text overwrite graphics, sometimes. Also, I liked the old, serif typeface a lot better.
But a very nice change, overall.
September 28, 2009, 4:40 amalterna says:
THANKS! You guys do a great blog, and have some great contests. Keep up the good work.
September 28, 2009, 5:53 amanguslander says:
I won’t be heeded. I’m in the minority. But go back to the old style!
September 28, 2009, 5:59 amrmd says:
Testing, testing…. (thump thump) Is this thing on?
Congrats on the migration. I like the new comment features, especially the on-the-fly spell check. Although the red underline is a little tough to see in the pink box.
September 28, 2009, 11:34 amMartinned says:
I’m not sure if the pre-screening of comments is such a good idea. One of the good things of Volokh is that at times it allows for a pretty quick dialogue between a few people. With moderation, that dynamic would be completely destroyed, unless the moderation is constant, which I can’t imagine you’d be willing to do. (Student assistant?)
September 28, 2009, 11:37 amDave N says:
I am not even sure how lo
Has anyone figured out how long the moderation period takes? I second Martinned that if the delay is too long, people won’t post.
The people who break the rules get deleted anyway–and if they persist, they get banned. That has worked so far. Don’t change it.
September 28, 2009, 12:16 pmFormFollowsFunction says:
The old comments section was more readable. The new avatar field is completely unnecessary (even distracting) IMO. Also, with the old comments section, text filled the entire viewable width of the screen. The fixed comment width in the new layout means more vertical scrolling and more wasted space on widescreen devices :-(
September 28, 2009, 12:46 pmTim says:
Glad to have you on wordpress! Much better!
September 28, 2009, 12:47 pmCongratsBut says:
Thoughts:
September 28, 2009, 12:55 pm1. Overall, nice job doing a seamless move without losing any archival material.
2. The new design is certainly clean and attractive.
3. I concur with FormFollowsFunction’s request to remove the avatars on comments. They don’t add anything to the discussion, and since most people don’t use them, they are superfluous.
4. I concur with FormFollowsFunction’s request to make the comments section wider to fill more of the screen, as it was far easier to read the sometimes lengthy comments.
Cato The Elder says:
Exactly, the text needs to fill the entire screen again! I miss the old font, too. There should be no distractions from the lengthy tracts of words that are often posted here.
September 28, 2009, 1:07 pmkarrde says:
Congrats on the rollover. (and a test for avatar…)
EDIT: good news, the test worked. It’s an avatar put in place for another blog, which likely also uses WordPress.
September 28, 2009, 1:16 pmLaura(southernxyl) says:
Angus, you are a conservative at heart.
September 28, 2009, 1:17 pmBT says:
Testing, Testing….
September 28, 2009, 1:45 pmKevin says:
Is it possible to still get complete discussions on one page (AKA – “post as single page” or whatever that feature was called?
September 28, 2009, 2:05 pmEH says:
I also harken to the serif text.
September 28, 2009, 2:43 pmCDR D says:
…test…
September 28, 2009, 3:21 pmPatHMV says:
I also preferred the old version, but here’s my take on the new.
I agree with many above on ditching the avatars. I don’t need to see cute pictures of kitties or what not. It distracts from the substance of the user’s comments, which is where the focus should be.
And if we have to have avatars, can it be set so that the comment text doesn’t wrap around them? It’s hard to read when some lines extend just to the left edge of the avatar, and then sometimes the comment is long enough that one or two lines extend under the bottom of the avatar. Maybe put the avatars over on the left? (Or better yet, ditch the avatars entirely!)
Also, I find the indent plus extra spacing between paragraphs in the main posts and the comments to be very annoying. Most typographical references I’ve read say to do one or the other. Either blocked on the left (no initial line index) with an empty line between paragraphs or an indented initial line with no empty line between paragraphs.
The older version seemed much more serious. This seems much more flighty and “bloggy.”
September 28, 2009, 3:34 pmAnatid says:
The stylesheet for the new site needs work. The font for the h2 and h3 is aggravating, and the heavy padding and extra line spacing make text much more difficult to read. I read through the new stylesheet (they do some weird stuff in there) and it should be really easy to fix – do they let you edit the stylesheet manually? (Yeah, the old site looked 90′s, but it was functional 90′s.)
And, as I just discovered by accident … the posting box works in such a way that, if you hit “refresh,” Firefox no longer preserves your half-written post. Annoying.
September 28, 2009, 3:41 pmtheobromophile says:
Obviously, you’ve never been accused of being a PatriciaHMV. :p Once I get my girly-girl avatar up, I’m going to be a very happy chocolate-lover ’round these parts.
September 28, 2009, 4:07 pmErich Boldt says:
Actually, there are archives missing (at least from the new archives). For example the last archive entry for August 2009 is dated August 23 and the first for September 2009 (aside from the tests) is September 18. Still some work to do…
September 28, 2009, 5:08 pmSarah says:
I agree with everyone saying this one seems less serious and more difficult to read. And avatars in a non-social-networking setting are just silly. Host it wherever you want, but I think the old design was nicer.
And I miss getting emails of all the posts.
September 28, 2009, 5:24 pmTNeloms says:
Are the comments really going to be moderated for all posts?
September 28, 2009, 9:36 pmBruce Hayden says:
I was happier with the old blog, but can live with this one. I do like the open/close HTML capabilities. So far, they seem easier to use, and I have the tools built in to let me do it the old way, if I want to.
I don’t like the one character indent at the beginning of each line of comment. Either give us real indents (maybe 5 characters), or none at all, preferably the later. The reason to indent paragraphs is to identify where they start, and that is not necessary if there are blank lines between. But with only that single blank at the beginning of the line, you need the blank line, but with the blank line between paragraphs, the one blank indent looks weird.
The avatars, or whatever are horrid. Besides, how do you sign on to WordPress anyway? I have an account there, somewhere, but can’t figure out how to use it from either here or through the link to WordPress at the bottom of your blog.
I don’t miss the email or RSS feeds, since I never used them. Sure, I read some of the posts just for their content, esp. for guest bloggers. But what I have kept coming back for years now are the comment threads. And getting email from them just swamps my email, which is bad enough already.
But, in the end, I will adapt. The content is just too good here.
September 28, 2009, 9:47 pmDave N says:
Given the technical problems with the change, I thought the RealClearPolitics headline, “Uncle Sam Takes Over VC” seemed very appropriate (in the left hand column, under “RealClearMarkets”).
September 28, 2009, 10:58 pmDave N says:
I just noticed another “bug” that needs to be fixed. I have two versions of this thread open. On one, the most recent post (excluding one of mine) is from Bruce Hayden at 9:47 p.m.
However on the other, the most recent post is Theobromophile at 4:07 p.m. This is true even though I have “refreshed” this page several times.
September 28, 2009, 11:05 pmDave N says:
Interesting, I just commented that I could not get past theopromophile’s 4:07 post on one open window even though I could read Bruce Hayden’s 9:47 post on another (I had two open windows to this thread) (hitting “refresh” didn’t help, either).
When I submitted that comment (in the window stopped at 4:07), it disappeared completely and the thread “caught up” to a comment I made at 10:58 p.m.
I figured I would report all of this so that these glitches might be noted and fixed.
September 28, 2009, 11:13 pmMilhouse says:
Oh no! I was still using http://volokh.com/?oldfont to ignore the last change; now that option no longer works, but if it’s restored will there now be an ?oldfont and an ?evenolderfont ?
September 28, 2009, 11:14 pmDave N says:
My STRONG recommendation: Disable “comment moderation” except on threads where you REALLY think comments need to be moderated. Frankly, we are all adults here. Deleting abusive posts works much better–and makes for a better conversation.
September 28, 2009, 11:21 pmCato The Elder says:
Yeesh, are the comments working at all? Testing, testing…
September 29, 2009, 6:11 amlucia says:
Comments are one of the things I love at this blog. They have slowed to a trickle due to nearly all comments being moderated.
I hope you find a different approach to comment moderation. There are tons of plugins for wordpress. Many can be used in parallel. I recommend BadBehavior at the front end, and I use both spam karma. There is also a spamkarma extention for akismet.
If you use all 3 together, it really helps. (Other plugins work well too. But that combination doesn’t force everyone to use captcha for ever comment.)
Hmmm… this seems to be not moderated? I’ll come back and see.
September 29, 2009, 6:20 amEli Rabett says:
Seriously, ditch the sans serif font ASAP
September 29, 2009, 8:19 amCato The Elder says:
Interesting, why does every comment have the numbering “1.” right beside it? Another bug, perhaps.
September 29, 2009, 8:30 amSarah says:
For those who are trying to log into WP – as far as I can tell, this would bring you no advantages. At the moment the site is retrieving the WP avatar I created when I played around with a WP site years ago, solely on the basis of my name and email address.
Also, color me skeptical about the comment moderation – my posts seem to be appearing instantly (unless they’re just viewable to people with my IP address; I’m checking with different browsers.) We’ll see with this one; I’m posting it early on purpose.
September 29, 2009, 8:37 amlucia says:
Sarah–
Yesterday, my comments told me they were moderated and few comments appeared. However, I could see some comments were appearing quickly. My guess is that they are using a plugin that recognizes one’s previous comments were approved and then letting those appear. Based on my experience, the magic number may be 3.
Eli-
September 29, 2009, 9:10 amIf you hate sans serif fonts, most browsers let you substitute. Firefox has a “preference” feature for that. Set that for your browser and authors can chose whatever they like best.
troll_dc2 says:
I have a problem with the signaling of links in the text. The color is not different enough from the text of the regular words. I am partly colorblind and have trouble seeking which words have links. So I sort of guess. It would be a lot better if the linked words were in blue, as they were in the previous version of this site.
I also note that the Leave a Reply section requires us to leave our name. But which name? I was not sure, and so at first I typed my real name. Fortunately, I hit the preview button and thus was able to switch to my screen name.
September 29, 2009, 9:49 amtroll_dc2 says:
I am confused about how to edit correctly. In my 9.49 a.m post, I mistakenly wrote “previous” instead of “preview” in the last line, despite having previewed the comment. So I sought to change the word. When I hit the edit button, The screen went dark except for the box in which to do the editing. But it gave me only two choices: “save” and “cancel.” I hit “save” and waited while a sort-of clock ran down. Then the box disappeared, and the unedited version of the comment appeared again. So how does one edit to get rid of a mistake?
You cannot assume, at least correctly, that all of us are so technologically proficient that we understand instinctively what to do.
September 29, 2009, 10:01 amerp says:
Lucia, thanks so much for the tip about Firefox font preferences. I changed to my favorite New Times Roman and am as happy as a clam.
The one character indent is a bit off-putting because I think I caused it and try to “fix” it.
Any tricks about removing it?
September 29, 2009, 10:38 amtroll_dc2 says:
I would recommend that comments be numbered to make it easier to refer back to them.
September 29, 2009, 10:48 amUbertrout says:
FYI, the blogroll is broken – it might be time to revisit that anyway.
September 29, 2009, 11:02 amtroll_dc2 says:
It would be really helpful if, when we open a particular blog, we are sent to the first previously unread comment instead of having to scroll through to try to find where we left off.
September 29, 2009, 1:44 pmDave N says:
It looks like the bugs are slowly being ironed out. I agree about numbering the comments, just because it is easier to reference them.
September 29, 2009, 7:34 pmJon Roland says:
I figured out how to set the avatar, or “gravatar” as it is called in the wordpress.com universe. You have to open a wordpress account (I have four blogs with them), select Profile, and upload an image. But it can’t be a very large image, and you have to crop it to square.
September 29, 2009, 9:24 pmJon Roland says:
I would expect the fast posting is the result of whitelisting the email addresses of regular posters, and only moderating new ones. Just a guess, but plausible. Since I got one email announcing a post, apparently the email addresses of regular commenters are in the database.
September 29, 2009, 9:30 pmCato The Elder says:
I was wondering if our gracious hosts might open another thread to allow us to comment on the blog conversion, so as the discontent may not pollute ongoing conversation? I am finding that all the blank white space makes the blog difficult to read, and worse, difficult to formulate comments within…
September 30, 2009, 9:51 amlucia says:
erp
Sorry, I don’t know how to deal with the 1 character indent. I assume that’s something in the CSS file, so the blog designer will have to deal with that.
I wonder if this will be moderated. . .
September 30, 2009, 10:21 pmJon Roland says:
Without a commenter login it appears possible for someone to spoof the identities of other commenters, posting objectionable material under someone else’s name. WordPress uses cookies to identify me when I use this computer, but we really need password protection.
October 1, 2009, 7:33 amDavid Welker says:
Testing again…
November 18, 2009, 7:39 pmAudrey says:
These are some very important points, some of which I have never even considered. I can’t wait to review my own website using these points. Thanks for the advise.
December 17, 2009, 2:10 am