posted by davidt on Monday June 11 2001, @08:45AM
This weekend was spent upgrading the server (now running Red Hat Linux 7.1) and moving the code that runs the site to the latest version, Slash 2.0. I know you're probably thinking, "I don't see any difference." I can assure you that a lot of work went into this, not just from myself, but from all those that contributed to the code. The biggest changes are underneath, in the architecture. The pages are now template based and this will make the site much easier to run and allow for future flexibility and new features. As always, with such a major change please let me know if you encounter any errors anywhere on the site and if you have any suggestions.

One new feature is the Journal system. It's an easy way to keep a diary for those who have registered with the site. Since nobody asked for this feature and I don't really know how it will work, but it's there for now. Perhaps some people who have been using the guestbook as a daily journal will learn to use it.
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  • you're the best that ever happened to us, oh David! M*wa. Thanks!
    Anonymous -- Monday June 11 2001, @08:55AM (#12718)
  • We really do appreciate the time and effort you spend to create and maintain this space for the community.
    BlueGirl -- Monday June 11 2001, @09:28AM (#12721)
    (User #63 Info | http://www.thebluegirl.com/)
    "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."- Anais Nin
  • Maybe thats why I couldn't connect last night. thanks again David, Steve
    Anonymous -- Monday June 11 2001, @10:04AM (#12724)
  • Your an absolute star David. With this site you've made so many peoples lives... better.
    paulybob <[email protected]> -- Monday June 11 2001, @10:07AM (#12727)
    (User #2426 Info)
  • Thank you, David, for you unwavering dedication. Without your efforts, in both print and on the web, I do not know that my unwavering devotion to Morrissey could have remained unwavered. Especially in the light of no new music on the horizon, I thank you for creating a place for us to gather & share news.
    mozzoleum -- Monday June 11 2001, @10:51AM (#12733)
    (User #2470 Info)
  • Thank you!
    Puppet on string <[email protected]> -- Monday June 11 2001, @11:14AM (#12735)
    (User #2114 Info)
    Everyday I have the blues!
  • I'd like to thank you as well. You've created a wonderful place for us all here and I know just how time consuming it all must be.
    Thanks for everything David,
    haze <[email protected]> -- Monday June 11 2001, @11:17AM (#12736)
    (User #1115 Info)
    myspace.com/deathwrites
  • Jesus Christ and David Tseng.

    Much like Christ, David, you do too much for people who don't deserve it, and thats why I admire you. That of course does you no good, but who cares about details.

    Dave, I have a question.

    This new Journal thing, obviously a wonderful forum for those of us crying for attention and who feel that our lives ought to be recorded and read by the masses, in essence what is "Morrissey" than that? Exactly. My problem is this - Currently you can only see a Max of your past 50 posts, which is very constraining to the ramblers among us, and makes it difficult to call up text for memoirs and such.
    Well first that ought to be Remedied if possible -
    Second is the Journal going to be the same - you ought to be able to see all entries not just the past 50 - I mean do you archive messages? Is it just for performance, if so, perhaps we are being too strict.
    I'll have you know that some of the greatest things were written by young men and women in thier youth, if you got rid of that at only showed the last 50 writings of the great writers, our literture would amount to babbling manuscripts about nurses, medication and Florida.
    Come to think of it, that might not be so bad.

    Oh well, do what you can - and have a happy and healthy Fathers day.
    Smiths <reversethis-{moc ... a} {2eporhtdniw}> -- Monday June 11 2001, @11:26AM (#12737)
    (User #215 Info)
  • Cheers David! Perhaps Cindy will stop clogging up the guestbook now.
    Little Miss Curious -- Monday June 11 2001, @11:34AM (#12738)
    (User #112 Info)
    [Insert amusing Morrissey lyric here]
  • quite nice! we really love you, mister.
    ^-^
    somnium -- Monday June 11 2001, @12:08PM (#12745)
    (User #1086 Info)
  • Much handier too. I can now find the nutcases by name without having to scroll endlessly through the useful stuff.
    suzanne -- Monday June 11 2001, @02:59PM (#12764)
    (User #36 Info)
    I scare dead people.
  • Yes, David, thanks again for all the trouble, and the reward is to know that the site is getting better and better.
    I'd like to add some comments about the difference I already noticed, for I used to be a programmer in the past and I know that sometimes such comments, as boring as they generally are, can be useful.
    1) Apparently it's much faster, though it's impossible to say anything for sure so soon.
    2) I noticed something strange: sometimes (about 90% of the time) when I join the site or when I hit the "main" option, the only post I can see is the last one in the main page. Then I hit "refresh" IE and I can see all other posts again. I'm using the version 6.something of IE btw.
    3) A somewhat "late" suggestion: that when we are answering or adding comments we can see the original post in the main page that we are answering to get the right references.

    You have an excellent site, David, thank you again :)
    Havfine -- Tuesday June 12 2001, @03:13AM (#12793)
    (User #284 Info)
    "Have you forgotten how to love yourself?" Red House Painters
    • And the journal by Havfine (Score:1) Tuesday June 12 2001, @10:55AM
    • Re:the site by davidt (Score:1) Wednesday June 13 2001, @09:04AM
      • Re:the site by Havfine (Score:1) Wednesday June 13 2001, @12:13PM
  • oh thank you david where o' where would we be without you.
    leedoggpimp <[email protected]> -- Tuesday June 12 2001, @06:27PM (#12842)
    (User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/)
    True friends stab you in the front.
  • So here I go again:
    I noticed that the major list in the journal can only list 15 nicks, so some entries are lost very soon, and that will get worse when the number of writers increases. Perhaps it would be a good idea to add a scroll bar to the list so all nicks can be seen and accessed? I dunno if it is the same issue that Smiths addressed in his post, but I think that I'm referring to a slight different problem here.
    Really, sorry for bothering that much. Btw, the problem with just seeing the most recent post in the main page is happening less often now.
    Your beta-tester :)
    Havfine -- Wednesday June 13 2001, @04:10AM (#12854)
    (User #284 Info)
    "Have you forgotten how to love yourself?" Red House Painters
  • Thanks. David... Now I finally have an incentive to legalize myself - register to write in the Journal... AFKA Bean (Writing - is it contageous disease or the sad fruit of workplace boredom... yawn?)
    Anonymous -- Thursday June 14 2001, @02:51PM (#12932)


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