Thursday, March 22, 2007

PLEASE READ !! - The RSS/XML files have moved because we have a new CMS and Hello Readers, I want to you know about a few changes I have made to the site. My old CMS(Content Management Software) was starting to have problems that more serious than I wanted to deal with, so I moved up the implementation of my new CMS system. There were a few bumps in the process, but things are basically in place. Not all the features are in place as of yet and I will be implementing them as time permits. I will be converting the old entries to be under the new CMS but it will probably be a while before I can do that. Until then I will leave the old pages in place. There have been a few changes to the sites structure <ul>     <li>With the new system, instead of having mini-sites for each sub-issue, each entry will be tagged with the topics it relates to. By clicking on these tags(Under each article or in the tag cloud in the navigation bar) you will be given a list of additional articles that have this tag. There is also a page (currently for registered users) that will list all the tags and tell you how many articles each contains. I have not converted the archive yet(and it will probably be a while) to the new CMS so it will only be counting entries made since the cutover(Sunday March 18th,2007)</li>     <li>The RSS/XML files have also been relocated. http://www.PrivacyDigest.com/rss.xml is the new global one, and there will be one for each tag so you can follow those specific issues that interest/concern you.</li>     <li>If you go to the full page view (not the teaser view on the front page) of a post there are now a row of ICONs/titles at the bottom. These ICONs will let you flag / bookmark the page on various services like Google / Yahoo / Reddit / Delicious / Newsvine and search for other people talking about it via Technorati.</li>     <li>If you go to the Syndidate entry in the Navigation area on the left side. In addition to the RSS feed ICON you will also see a link called more which brings up http://www.privacydigest.com/sitemap This page lists all the various TAGs/categories on the site. Next to each entry is a count showing the number of entries(at the moment just since March 18th, the archives still have to be included) and an RSS ICON which links to that TAGs own RSS feed.</li> </ul> These will be many new features coming as I finish the site. I was a bit rushed so not everything is in place yet. You can use the contact form(from the menu at the top right) to let me know what you think or about any problems. Oh BTW, I currently under DDoS attack by trackback SPAMers. I had the function activated for just 12 hours and killed it 12 hours ago and these guys won't give up. I have blocked over 60 servers so far and they keep coming. So I may be in and out for a bit as I try and fend them off and but in some protections to keep them away. If you have any hints on any automated ways I can block these guys before they get to my CMS I love to here them. Either use the contact form from the menu at the top of the page or send email to 12:21:28 AM  PermaLink   / trackback []