Finalizing Pritlog 0.412

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Finalizing Pritlog 0.412

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Started 3 years ago by Prit
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Prit
Pritlogger

Before releasing a final version of Pritlog 0.412, below are few more changes:

1. SEO Url: Ken had reported a problem when special characters are used in the title of a post. The Url gets messed up. I tried a fix and looks to be working with the variations of titles I tried.

2. RSS Category: There was no RSS icon displayed on the browser window at all. This has been added. Also, now if someone is viewing a particular category, then clicking this RSS icon will allow them to get RSS feeds only for this category.

3. Commenter password: Ken suggested this couple of times earlier. Even I feel that we can get rid of users in comments. I am planning to remove this so that anyone can post a comment on the post, if they give the correct security code.

4. Share/Bookmark: As John had reported, the "add to any" bookmarking service is causing Pritlog to slow down. This is a good bookmarking service, but bad response times. We cannot use it anymore. I want to be able to use a good bookmarking service. I tried few, the ones that look good - need registration or are slow. Please let me know if any of you find any good ones that could be used.

I hope to release it by the end of next week.

Posted 3 years ago #
Bert
Member

Hi Prit,

I tried the "Addthis" sharing service and did not experience any delays caused by it.
You probably know this service. I installed it on my first test blog Did not test it extensively, I must admit.

Will you stick to the version numbering -0.412- for the final? 0.999 or even 1.00 seems more fitting, when I look at the incredible amount of work you've done for this version.
:):)

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

Hi Bert,

But, with "Addthis" sharing service, one needs to register right? In this case, I cannot give it by default in Pritlog. Users can add their own choice of sharing service. I wanted to have some sharing button - out of the box. I did read that it is easy to create one, but I wanted to see if I get a better/mature one.

I think I will change the version number to 0.5. Next release may be to fix performance related issues and anything else that comes up after users start using the 0.5.

Do you think 1.00 will be better? I am not very familiar with versioning schemes. My only thought was to make sure when it gets to 1.00, it needs to be reasonably stable. Give me your suggestions on this.

Posted 3 years ago #
Bert
Member

Ah yes, registration is needed for Addthis. I'm sorry.
What about this simple Socializer

I only mentioned the version numbering to give you a compliment :)
You're free to do whatever you want with it. In general, as a user, I don't like projects that crawl from 0.387 to 0.388 in one year. That makes me start counting how old I will be when they reach 1.00..

My feeling is Pritlog is closer to 1.0 than to 0.5.

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

Thanks Bert.

I am considering 1.0 too now. :).

The simple Socializer looks good. Maybe a link to that site with the appropriate URL will be enough. This is a good option. And much better than addtoany. If there was an option to show the basic social sites in a drop down (similar to addtoany/addthis etc), it would make it even more attractive.

Posted 3 years ago #
Bert
Member

If I understood well, the way Socializer works, is they give you a simple link to them and the page is then bookmarked to all available bookmarking services ( 40+..)

This is interesting to get a more recognizable button:
http://rahulagarwal.wordpress.com/2006/04/29/socializing/
He even explains how to roll your own.
( the default Socializer logo is not all that great, imho)

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

I think, the link that Socializer gives you will take you to one of their pages, where you can bookmark to any of the 40+ social bookmarking sites available. It will propagate, the url and title from your page. You are right, their logo isnt much appealing as a social bookmark button.

Posted 3 years ago #
klhrevolution
Member

Well, I'm not so thrilled with the sharing buttons out there. They are all pretty slow and so I'd say to whomever just create a single file html with all of the sharing sites you wish to include (you would need images for these sites) and simply make a link on your front page (mainPage) to that. It would load a heck of lot quicker more than likely.

Anyhoo, I use this: http://www.wikio.com/subscribethis?url=http://www.GreenvilleRoad.info/index.php/RSS Allows people to subscribe to the rss feed with any of the popular rss feed readers.

Posted 3 years ago #
klhrevolution
Member

Also, how can I minimize the security code for comments ? I'd like to keep that simple as it is all kinds of crazy characters show up. And as much as I like this editor I'm finding that I have to edit and re-edit to get it the way I originally intended. When I just kept it basic this is a mighty fine editor but I'm wanting "what I see is what I get" and this editor is edit, re-edit, re-edit...

sharing my thoughts... I don't wish to dump the current editor cause it is nice in that it's small and powerful but at the same time...

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

Ken ..

When I started Pritlog, there was an option to use numeric security code on the comment form. I will see if I can find/re-enable it.

What are the problems that you see in the editor? What is causing you to go back and reedit the posts?

Regarding the sharing button, the one that Bert suggested will be pretty good as it will not slow down Pritlog and as you said, they have laid out all the bookmarking sites in one page.

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

I was playing around with creating a sharing button and have added the one I came up with on http://hardkap.net/blog

This does not slow down the site and is small and neat. No third party site is queried.

Posted 3 years ago #
Bert
Member

Hi Prit,

Great work! It looks fast and clean, not blocking the blog after you incidentally mouse over, like some of the bookmark services do.
It says: "Powered by Hardkap" Does this mean we users will be linked to the Hardkap server for this? (If so, that could create some delay, unless we all rent server space at Hardkap ;))
Okay Bert, back to bed now...<--flu, half of Europe seems to have influenza at the moment>

Posted 3 years ago #
Prit
Pritlogger

Thanks Bert. The "powered by Hardkap" has been changed to "Powered by PritMarkit". :). I thought of having this released as a Javascript because I could not find any such thing that is available free and could be used without external site dependancies. The link will not slow down loading at all, since the site does not have to download anything from this external link.

Hope you get well soon. :)

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