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| 2004-04-16 |
| Article lengths are getting longer. With as many articles as we carry, this slows page load times. Since I read everything that's posted, I suppose it's good for my education, but it's very time consuming. Each article contains a link to the original, so all we need to do here is post the meat. The repetition, explanation, spin, and discussion will still be available at the original, which anyone can go read with a single click. Short, punchy excerpts are better than the whole thing. Someone suggested that articles over a certain length dump to the holding tank for further editing. I think that might be a good idea, though it'll delay appearance, sometimes up to a day. Comments? Headlines Try to keep headlines to a single display line. Please use either the original headline from the article, or reword it so it's descriptive of the article content. "What the hell?" doesn't describe the article content. Links Sometimes we forget to put the original link in. That means somebody's got to chase it down. I know usually it's an accident, but try to remember... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Hey Fred, with all the 'links only' posts appearing now, could you implement some sort of highlighting in the listing up top to indicate which headlines have articles attached? |
| Posted by: someone 2004-04-16 10:36:12 PM |
| #10 P.S. Come to think of it, Fred, you're even more socialistic then NPR. Anyone can listen to NPR, but not anyone-- not even if they pledge-- can take the mike away from Bob Edwards use NPR as a platform for his own rants. |
| Posted by: wuzzalib 2004-04-16 8:32:15 PM |
| #9 Ditch the NPR business model and make people pay a (modest) fee to post. I'm sure some of you technos could work out the details. It would not only help with the finances, it would discourage promicuous posting, lazy editing-- and maybe even the trolls! |
| Posted by: wuzzalib 2004-04-16 8:27:43 PM |
| #8 For now, I've set up the page 1-page 2 split, even though new readers will probably find it confusing. I'm still thinking about how to do length control... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-04-16 8:01:13 PM |
| #7 Isn't there some way to automate the process, where entries up to 100 words (you set the limit) are listed in full, and the excess is linked to a separate page? I see this is already being done on some blogs. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-04-16 6:28:49 PM |
| #6 Sir: You are a victim of your own success, but you might "blame" Hugh Hewitt, who touts blogs, and lists you on his website. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-16 5:14:12 PM |
| #5 the long posts are a pain for me too, I don't have the time to read that much. but as for the holding tank, too much extra work for you, would make me feel bad :-p why don't you just put a post size cap? |
| Posted by: dcreeper 2004-04-16 12:46:17 PM |
| #4 im hope .com win big then he can buy evryone a round. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-04-16 10:42:22 AM |
| #3 I thought he said he's in Vegas now? Maybe he got caught in the Bellagio when the lights went out... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-16 9:48:57 AM |
| #2 I was wondering has happened to .com as well. Possibly to much Songkran partying, or he has 'gone outstation' as we say here. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-04-16 9:40:15 AM |
| #1 im agree. long posting give me headache. speking of long posting, where .com been all week. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-04-16 9:03:05 AM |