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    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro    
    Sunday, July 16 2006 @ 09:00 PM GMT+5
    Contributed by: iBrattleboro

    iBrattleboroWelcome back. It's the new and improved iBrattleboro.com

    Things have changed a bit, but it should be pretty easy to get used to. We've moved the site to a new server, updated the software, and made some cosmetic and layout changes that might take a little getting used to, and they may change further still. Let us know what you think after using it for a while.

    You may want to delete your cache and delete any of your iBrattleboro.com cookies, then re-login.

    There are some new experimental features you might like to know about. We might need to tweak or remove some if they are abused or break, but we'll give it a try and see how we do.

    More Stories On the Home Page
    We've increased the number of stories on the home page, so things will stay there just a bit longer.

    Weather
    Weather is back. Lise did rituals (well, it was really programming) to get rid of broken links and images. Welcome back, weather.

    FCKEditor
    We were going to announce the implementation of a new FCKeditor. It is a WYSIWYG text editor named after Frederico Caldeira Knabben (not a naughty abbrieviation of something else) and will help you do some simple formatting for your posts. Unfortunately, everyone using Safari would have a miserable time on the site, and it isn't worth it to us to make nearly 20% of iBrattleboro users into second class netizens. Keep watching news about the FCKeditor, and if it works with Safari (or Safari begins to work with it) we'll turn this feature on.

    RSS
    An RSS feed is a way to get headlines and stories sent to another device using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

    You can get an RSS feed from iBrattleboro at feed://http://ibrattleboro.com/backend/geeklog.rss

    Trackbacks
    It's a modern, now-a-gogo way of inter-site communication. Lots of blogs use it. I've never found a good use, but we're turning it on to see if others find it handy. Pings, too. Its all a way for people to keep track of comments made on other sites. It also may lead to spam, in which case we'll turn it off.

    Search
    The search engine is improved. First of all, it works again. Text you are searching for is now highlighted in most browsers.

    Passwords
    The "forgot my password' feature has been fixed.

    Donations
    We've added a way for people to help support the site with 1 year subscriptions, billed monthly. The standard donation methods are still in effect, too, for those with occasional windfalls they like to donate to community media.

    Images
    You want to add images. We want you to get breaking news photos up quickly.

    Got a Brattleboro-related image posted at flickr.com? You can now add it to your stories all by yourself. Just write it like this in the form of an "autotag":

    bracket flickr colon photoid endbracket. Like this: [flickr:photoid]

    What is a photo id? When you view a photo on flickr, the URL looks something like this:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/blah/188846471/

    Here "188846471" is the photo id. Add that id in the [flickr:] autotag after the colon:

    Pipe Organ

    When the story is displayed, it will show the photo's thumbnail instead of the autotag. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to the photo page on flickr (the above URL, in this example).

    The plugin will get the photo's title from flickr and display it as a title attribute when you hover your mouse over the thumbnail. You can also add a "size:medium" tag after the photoid and before the name to get a bigger image. The default is the tiny thumbnail, which people with modems do appreciate. You can provide your own title, simply enter it after the id and a space:

    My Lovely Photo

    The above is written in code like this: bracket flickr colon photoid size colon medium imagerollovertitle endbracket..

    Please use common, community-oriented sense in posting local photos in stories.

    Videos
    You want more, though, right? Got a video on YouTube that relates to the story you are covering? You can now use a YouTube video in your story submissions.

    YouTube gives you code to link to your videos. Just copy and paste it in and you'll be able to, for example, show Helen Thomas at the Media Giraffe conference.

    Or if you want to be fancy, paste the embeding information from YouTube in your story (as html) and you'll get something fun like this:

    Again, keep it local, community, and news oriented and there should be lots of rejoicing.

    Wiki
    iBrattleboro is great for the everchanging news. We've now added a Brattleboro wiki to help handle stories that are ongoing. It's called the Brattleboro Community Brain Trust and is an online, local encyclopedia edited by registered users of that site. That would be you.

    It'll take us a few days to get it set up, so don't get too attached to what you there today. You can take a peek though. If you are a wiki expert, feel free to contact us.

    Pretty cool, eh?

    There is more, of course, but this should keep you busy for quite a while. Let us know what you think in the comments and contact us directly if you have any problems.

    Enjoy!

    Chris and Lise

    P.S. You wouldn't believe what we've gone through... profound and appreciative thanks to all who have donated money, time, good thoughts, suggestions, and patience. Next on the list - classifieds. After a short break to collapse. : )

     

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  • Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro | 11 comments | Create New Account
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    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: shaw on Sunday, July 16 2006 @ 09:45 PM GMT+5
    Congrats guys!
    Thank you!!!!
    Authored by: deniselglover on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 09:26 AM GMT+5
    Wow, what a difference! Zippy!!!!
    Thanks Chris and Lise for your perserverance and your ongoing labor of love, ibrattleboro!
    Thank you!
    Authored by: cgrotke on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 11:30 AM GMT+5
    Aw, shucks. Thank you for being patient....
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: Stevil on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 02:06 PM GMT+5
    1. WOW!
    2. Welcome Back.
    3. Thank you.

    (Not necessarily in that order)

    (Is there a spell checker yet?)

    Now just a note regarding those You-Tube vids for those of us who use Windows... In a recent update Windows changed the way it interacts with webstreams. Whatever it is that you want to watch or listen to - you'll have to click on it twice. So, if at first click you don't succeed, try try again.


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    "If you start to take Vienna -- take Vienna." -- Napoleon
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: cgrotke on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 11:03 PM GMT+5
    No spell checker yet. (Still always wise to write your stories and
    comments in a word processor, then cut and paste it in.)

    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: doppelganger on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 10:16 PM GMT+5
    Having done without iBratt for over a week, and suffered unspeakable withdrawal, it has come to my attention that I am entirely habituated, thanks to your wily Pavlovian ways, Chris and Lise.

    Glad it's back............now if I could just stop drooling.

    Thanks for all you guys do..........it's highly valued by many of us.

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    Subvert the Dominant Paradigm....and hurry.
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: cgrotke on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 11:04 PM GMT+5
    Ding!
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: shaw on Monday, July 17 2006 @ 11:19 PM GMT+5
    ?
    um...Dong?
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: annikee on Tuesday, July 18 2006 @ 10:45 AM GMT+5
    Congratulations! Thanks for all your work, Chris and Lise. It looks beautiful. I'm so happy I could buy you both beers.
    Introducing the New(er) iBrattleboro
    Authored by: hfreedman on Tuesday, July 18 2006 @ 11:30 AM GMT+5

    I love the new(er) site's speed, and especially the new daisy on the logo. It's so pretty now.

    Can iB schwag items for sale come with the new logo on them?

    Logo
    Authored by: cgrotke on Tuesday, July 18 2006 @ 11:39 AM GMT+5
    Hadn't thought about upgrading the product line, but I'll add it to my list.

    We plan to change it seasonally to help remind us whether it is summer,
    autumn, winter, or fall. Watch for changes...
    Weather Link
    Look outside, then look here.

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