TCR is Back on the Air
Well I'm sure there are some bugs, but as far as I can tell everything is functioning with one minor exception. That being under the "Our Writers" drop-down menu, the links for Arizona Phil's latest (also under AZ Phil's Corner), Cubnut's latest, Dr. Hecht's latest, etc currently aren't working. Some of the code is clashing with some other code and now they're waiting for the other to apologize. I should be able to fix it down the road, but it's not particulalry vital either for the site...at least not for the moment.
As for the upgrade, most of the new bells and whistles are behind-the-scenes, but they will appear around the site as the offseason progresses. The one change you will notice is in the comments. We've added something called AJAX comments, which is basically some cool javascript code that will now post your comments without having to refresh the whole page (although it doesn't seem to work for the first comment of a post if you click "Add New Comment"...shrug). That should save on some load times for everyone. You still need to refresh the article or go to the front page to see if anyone else has posted new comments, but all your postings will load right up at about half the time. So let's say you visit the site and there are a bunch of new comments and you want to reply to a couple of them. You can do that without having to refresh the page three times and losing your place. The one little bug in that is that the comment subjects get erased after the first reply, so if you guys can stay on top of filling that in I'd appreciate it. It's always better for other users using the flat view if you type in a unique comment subject anyway.
Anyway test some things out and let me know if you come across any bugs.
UPDATE: Also, the ability to add signatures to your comments has disappeared. This wasn't a decision on my part, rather the developer that created that functionality didn't update it for this version of the software. If I can find a suitable replacement, I'll install it.
UPDATE #2: One feature that was requested awhile back was a Return to Homepage link at the bottom of the comments so you don't have to scroll all the way back up. It's there now.
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#1 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
first.
#2 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
lulz...also the "save" button might need to be renamed "post"
also, the Drupal logo is the site's "bookmark logo" (upper left corner of browser bar).
#6 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Picky, picky, picky.
#7 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
free qa is free. hehe.
#3 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
The font is different.
Meh.
Hope all are having a nice halladay weekend.
#4 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do....
#5 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Where's the nudity?
#8 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
where's the profanity?
#9 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Yeah, where's the fuckin boobs and shit?
#10 Re: New design
Jokes and kidding aside, Rob, the work is always appreciated man.
#11 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
occasional TCR conversation piece and baseball (and other sports) sportswriter Mike Penner/Christine Daniels dead at age 52.
no cause of death released...believed, but very unconfirmed to be suicide.
#12 Blockquote test
use the tag
blockquotewhen quoting text.#13 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Neat.
#14 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Not much news out there, saw this yahoo sports summary of the Cubs...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=teamrep...
#15 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Saw this interview with John Sickels. Pretty nice job of describing a philosophy about the ML system
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/11/20/116...
#16 Re: DTs
Thanks for the work you do here, Rob. The comment feature that you talked about is something that I had noticed. I was starting to get the shakes without this site
#17 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Keep Milton! "Come, let us reason together..."
#18 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
No signatures?! How will people know how awesome I am?
#20 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Your awesomeness precedes you. It makes me want to change my name to "the jumbo"
#23 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
As you should! Everyone needs a direct article.
#31 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
If I am only 'A Tony S.', what does that say about me??
#38 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
You have the humility I need?
Actually, years back someone else started posting as "Joe" so I needed a way to distinguish.
#19 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Muskat tweets:
Jake Fox hit first HR in fourth game Sat with Licey in DR; is batting .333 so far. Some AL team should consider this kid for DH/OF
#21 Re: Muskat
I assume she is aware that Fox is still a Cub? If she is just a mouthpiece of the team that sure ain't a good sign for Fox being on the team next year. For all the teams problems I don't see why it's such a no-brainer to just get rid of Fox. I know Lou had him in the doghouse or was protecting his trade value from sliders or whatever but the guy is a cheap bat that can fill in for Aram or Soriano for league minimum. I think you hang on to that
#22 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
bobby scales disagrees.
#33 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Then how do you get the roster space for Aaron Miles?
#24 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
Thanks for all the hard work, Rob.
I caught the Sporcle bug from you so I whipped up this quiz:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/ruz/cubs3b
How many of the Cubs thirdbasemen between Santo and Ramirez can you name?
#27 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
32 of 97...brutal quiz.
#30 Re: TCR is Back on the Air
That is wicked
I only got 8
After the results were revealed I recognized about 10 more names. What a black hole.
I'll bet CF's of the last 10-20 years would be equally difficult
#32 Re:
Ruz... Where the hell have you been young man?? =)
10... that's a bitch.
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