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I’m in the process of switching hosting providers (more on that in a later post). If your mailhost is at Dreamhost (my new provider), you may not be able to send me email until I get everything sorted. In the interim, if you send me mail and it bounces, you can contact me at jason.clark {at} comcast.net.
If you see any bugs around the site (especially for the next day or two), shoot me an email (link is on the right). I’m in the process of implementing per-category RSS feeds, as well as Autodiscovery for the new feeds. Of course, Blosxom provides per-category feeds naturally if you request the correct URL, but unless your RSS template is aware of the possibility, your category feeds will be titled just like your site feed.
Autodiscovery is sorta working; if you’re in Firefox, go to a category index page (click a category on the right, or the story category at the bottom of this post), and then click the RSS icon on the toolbar. You should see two options… one for the main site feed, and one for the category feed. If I ever add comment feeds, they could be handled the same way.
At any rate, it’s been a little harder than I expected, since I haven’t hacked on Blosxom in a while. I’ve forgotten some of the finer points. I’ve also had to update my storystate plugin to get this working. Anyway, it’s still in flux, so appologies if something is broken. Not sure I’ll get finished tonight. Once the kinks are ironed out, I’ll post a rundown on all the newness, along with some instructions for those who want to do the same. I’ll also post the updated storystate if I keep the changes.
This will likely be of use to nobody but me, but then, it’s my site. Since I’ve been too lazy to implement a site search feature (even a lazy “search this site via Google” type gadget), several months ago I created a Firefox search plugin to search Google for just my site. If you don’t know what I’m talking about (and you’re using Firefox), look at the Google search box next to the address bar. If you click the “G” icon, you can select other places to search. You can also install other engines. There are hundreds available- I use the Dictionary.com engine all the time. The one I made searches Google for jclark.org pages (using Google’s site: search directive).
Of course, when I upgraded Firefox versions, it disappeared, and when I use other computers (there are 4 active in my home, plus a couple at work) it’s not available unless I take the files with me. So, I’ve set up an installer script. Click here to install the jclark.org/Google search plugin.
Once again, Storable.pm is causing me grief. From time to time, my whole site goes all “500 Server Error” until I can log in and check it out. Every time it seems to be a problem with the Calendar plugin’s cache file, as managed by Storable.pm. Normally, I just nuke the old cache file, Calendar automagically creates a new one, and all is well. This time however, deleting the old cache file is having no effect; a new one is created, but Storable still blows a gasket whilst magic number checking it.
So, for now, I’ve taken the low road, and disabled Calendar entirely. I’ll try to have a closer look tonight and see what’s going on. As usual, if I learn anything that could be useful to others, I’ll post it here.
Update: Tried turning it on again a few days later (deleted cache again), and now everything’s fine. shrug
The Philadelphia Eagles are on Monday Night Football tonight, playing the Vikings. Should be a great game. Being an Eagles fan, I’ve been meaning to add an Eagles stylesheet to my style switcher for a while. Found a round tuit under the cushions in my sofa this weekend, so I gave it a whirl.
The Eagles stylesheet is the first on the site to use images. I tried to go for a subtle effect, noticible when you focus on it, but not distrating when you try to read the text. I think it came out okay, your milage may vary. And of course, it all looks MUCH better on a Mac.
If I updated my site correctly, the Eagles stylesheet should be the new default, and any selection you previously made on the styleswitcher should be forgotten. If not, choose the Philedelphia Eagles style in the switcher menu on the right (scroll down) and check it out.
GO BIRDS!
Update: Eagles 27, Vikings 16. Styleswitcher has reverted to your previously saved settings, but the Eagles stylesheet is still available. Go Birds!