Bells & Whistles
In case you haven't noticed, there are tons more doodads and whatchamacallits here at A Sea of Blue. I know that the post conversion FanPost was a bit much to read. I wanted to take a moment and highlight some of the cool things for the ASoB community to use.
You have to try out these FanShots. These are videos, images, links or other things that you'd like to share with the ASoB readership. These are great if you want to share a story that you read, or something else that isn't very wordy and worthy of a FanPost. (Of course, feel free to comment with breaking news in the most-recent story like before. FanShots don't replace what we've done in the past.) You fan find the FanShots in the grey toolbar just below the top of the page, or look in the right-hand column for the FanShot box (as pictured, left).
Sharing a YouTube video can be a little confusing. It took me a few seconds to figure out what you need to do. On your YouTube video page (example video), look for the light gray box immediately to the right of the video. There should be an "Embed" text field, which contains the proper HTML code to embed the video into a web site. Copy that into your clipboard, and then paste that into the "HTML Embed" field in the FanShot.
Also, the Recommendation system looks to be really cool. If you really like somebody's FanPost (formerly the Diaries) or FanShot, you can recommend it so that it stays at the top of the list for a while. Now you too can be popular!

UPDATE 05/10 9:26: Just a quick note -- please don't use FanPosts or FanShots to post any copyrighted photos or other copyrighted media.
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Looks great, folks.
"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. " -- Sir Winston Churchill
by Crow on
May 9, 2008 10:21 PM EDT
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All great but...
where is the countdown for Tru vs. Mggard? And can I watch it for free or only on PPV?
by Thomas Hunt Morgan on
May 9, 2008 10:24 PM EDT
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To Be Honest
Don’t care much for the new site. Have had to log in each time I’ve tried to reply. I prefer the other ASOB to this new version. The service providers do a snow job but the new site is more difficult to access easily.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 9, 2008 10:32 PM EDT
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That's ...
... not good.
Did you click the “remember me” box on the login bar?
I want to get your problems fixed. No member should be having that kind of experience. Please email me and let me know:
1. what browser you are using
2. how does this happen? When you close the window and come back to the site, does it ask for a logon? Does it only ask for a login when you comment?
Just describe the difficulty you are having and I will either help you work around it or get it fixed. I don’t want anyone to have a worse experience here than previously, if I can help it.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 7:43 AM EDT
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FortyYear
I think you just need to “check” the “remember me” box when you sign in,but I`m not an expert by any means
by String Music on
May 9, 2008 11:15 PM EDT
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And make sure cookies are enabled for your browser
Don’t worry, 40YCF, you’ll get the hang of it.
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by TheFakeGimelMartinez on
May 10, 2008 12:08 AM EDT
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question
right now, when i scroll over “My Blogs” under A Sea of Blue, it says 1 story….what does that mean? I assumed that was just there in case I was on another blog, and I could see there was something new at ASOB. but i still see it, and i don’t see anything new. thanks.
GO BIG BLUE!! GO BIG BLUE!!
by UKWildCatFanatic on
May 10, 2008 3:15 AM EDT
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never mind
it was a new fanpost, not a front page post…jumped the gun a bit there. :) i swear, i’ll get this eventually…
GO BIG BLUE!! GO BIG BLUE!!
by UKWildCatFanatic on
May 10, 2008 3:18 AM EDT
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Nice job FGM.
I’m glad somebody around here can give good instructions. :-)
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 7:44 AM EDT
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I Tried That But Had To Login Again Today
I’m rather quite used to it when these kinds of changes are made. It’s never as easy as the service providers say when they pitch their product to the blog or website owner.
I’ll keep trying.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 10, 2008 9:12 AM EDT
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This isn't ...
... a service provider thing.
I am part of a network of bloggers. We are a team. Part of that team are software developers who wrote this entire platform from dead scratch. Previously, we used the open-source software platform Scoop, which was developed originally for the website Kuro5hin.org, a techno-site community.
This is SB Nation’s software, lock, stock and barrel. We can and will fix it if it is broken. It runs on a cluster of servers owned, operated and managed by SB Nation.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 9:21 AM EDT
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One problem is ...
... that you have two logins, one is “FortyYearCatFa” and the other is “FortyYearCatFan”
What I am going to do is delete the “FortyYearCatFa” user. What you should do is this—logout, clear your cookies for this site. Then log back in again, checking the “Remember me” box. This may solve the problem.
If not, we’ll continue to work on it.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 9:25 AM EDT
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Actually ...
I can’t delete the “FortyYearCatFa” user. Apparently, I don’t have the ability to do that anymore.
But the prescription above should still work. You need to clear your cookies, then log in again asking the site to remember your login. It uses the cookies to store that information on your machine, and the browser sends that info to the site. It looks to me like it is sending the wrong one, and that forces you to log in again each time.
I’ll ask the powers-that-be to remove the “FortyYearCatFa” user.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 9:30 AM EDT
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I Registered Twice (Accidentally)
The first time under that name (with the N there) and my standard password.
But that wouldn’t allow me to login even though I followed instructions in E-Mail.
So I re-registered under that name (with N) and different password and E-Mail.
The second time, it allowed me to login. But I still have to login each time.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 10, 2008 10:03 AM EDT
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Exactly.
The reason is because your browser is trying to pass the wrong info to the application because of the error you made in your original migration process.
Clear your cookies, login correctly and check the “remember me” box or whatever, and I think your problem will be solved. Computers are just not smart enough to figure out that you didn’t mean to mess up the first time. Maybe that’s for the best.
:-)
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:08 AM EDT
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I Didn't Make An Error The First Time
I saved the E-Mail instructions. There was an “N” both times. Somehow the system truncated the “N” from my registration.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 10, 2008 10:24 AM EDT
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OK.
Sorry, didn’t mean to impute something to you that you didn’t do.
Still, try clearing your cookies as I suggested. That should fix the problem.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:26 AM EDT
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Tried Again Just Now
We’ll see how it works.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 10, 2008 10:53 AM EDT
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Truzenzuzex
I have noticed from clicking on several of the links you have supplied that you choose not to have the link open up another window but instead opt to have the link take the poster off your site to the linked site? Is that purposeful?
Personally I prefer links to open up a new window so I don’t leave the website, I don’t know if everyone is like that or if I am unique.
Not to be condescending, but if you are not doing this intentionally then just insert “target=”_blank” after quoting the link URL to open up your links in a new page instead of taking us away from your site with your links.
"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. " -- Sir Winston Churchill
by Crow on
May 10, 2008 10:12 AM EDT
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Yeah ...
... that is a function of the new editor. Essentially, on the old platform we were editing raw html, and we could easily insert the “target = _blank” directive that tells the browser to open the link in a new window. That process became more painful with the WYSIWYG editor that we now use. I may go back to switching to raw HTML mode to link articles, but I would prefer that we just fix it and add the option for the directive in the editor itself.
Bear with us, we’ll figure out what works best. And you aren’t being condescending, there is no way for you to know that I have been using the Internet since before it was the Internet, and producing websites for upwards of 10 years. :-)
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:19 AM EDT
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Tru was on Al Gore's team that invented the internet
True story.
You ever see that movie Star Wars? People tell me I look like Han Solo.-Reed Rothchild,Boogie Nights
by chirop1 on
May 10, 2008 10:51 AM EDT
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Me and Al ...
... we be pals. :-)
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:58 AM EDT
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Okay, that made me feel small
Well you folks have certainly produced a fine one here. I am blown away by all the features here that I absolutely love. I have been playing with quite a few of the new features and am really enjoying them all. IMO this is state-of-the-art for blog presentation and really puts a lot of tools in the hands of the posters.
"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. " -- Sir Winston Churchill
by Crow on
May 10, 2008 10:27 AM EDT
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The guys at SB Nation ...
... have spent large number of $USD on this platform. It is, as far as we know, unsurpassed either technologically or in overall user experience. All of us who blog for SB Nation are justifiably proud of the fruits of their labor and investment.
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:41 AM EDT
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No Doubt, Lots Of $ And Effort
My experience with these sorts of changes (whether fun or at work) always result in a few glitches, despite all of those efforts. It’s never seamless.
by FortyYearCatFan on
May 10, 2008 10:54 AM EDT
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That is true ...
... and we have had a few seams around here, no doubt about it. :-)
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by Truzenzuzex on
May 10, 2008 10:59 AM EDT
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