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Forums, RSS and rating problems. Posted on 2009-02-04 00:09:35
Posted by Kevin Leacock
Tags: comments website updates rss blog
As I'm sure everyone who has looked at the latest issue is aware, there are some big upgrades going on for some of the interactive GameCola features - in this case, comments and ratings. However, there have been some teething difficulties with these upgrades that have effected the following services in some way:
  • Comments may take some time to load on each page. Additionally, the number of comments on a page is directly related to how long they are taking to load. This is due to some browser-compatibility issues regarding cross-site scripting, and a workaround is currently being deployed. I expect this to be resolved within the next week.
  • Ratings are temporarily disabled, because they were counting and averaging incorrectly. In some instances, an article rated '5' would receive a new rating of '8' and the new average would be '3'. Clearly, this is not correct. I originally believed the cause for this has to do with the averaging method where it may be averaging multiple pages together, but so far I have found no evidence to support this. I expect these to be resolved and re-enabled in the next couple days.
  • RSS feeds are currently not being updated to reflect comments posted under the new comments system. This was an expected issue, but I intended to have it resolved within the first few days of the launch. This has, however, been delayed, because of the other issues at hand. Comments posted on the blog, and older GameCola issues, are still being fed to the RSS feeds.
I'd like to take the opportunity to thank everybody, staff and readers alike, for their patience as I work through these issues. If you have any questions or comments, post them as a comment on this blog and I'll address them. Suggestions are welcome too.

I'll keep everyone updated with the status of the fixes as I roll them out. Furthermore, these upgrades are the first step in a very much multi-step process, which is, in fact, directly related to the glorious foreshadowing in the PS of Paul's Dear Readers. ;) Look forward to more information on this soon.

RSS feeds Posted on 2008-08-04 15:38:00
Posted by Kevin Leacock
Tags: blog comments website forums rss
There is now an RSS feed available for the, blog, so that you can see when there's new posts. The URL for this feed is http://gcfeeds.kevinsnet.com/blog.php -- add this to your RSS application (including Google Reader) and it'll automatically grab the full content of the latest GameCola blog posts. Combine this with the comments feed and forums feed, and you can automatically grab all the latest GC content that's not this month's issue!



The above image is an example of what the feed will look like once added to Google Reader. Useful, no?

Just to review, there are four GameCola RSS feeds:
Comments - http://gcfeeds.kevinsnet.com/comments.php
Forums - http://gcfeeds.kevinsnet.com/forums.php
Blog - http://gcfeeds.kevinsnet.com/blog.php
Planet GC - http://gcfeeds.kevinsnet.com/planet.php

Have fun!

RSS feed? Posted on 2008-07-29 08:29:37
Posted by Kevin Leacock
Tags: blog website staff rss
Does anyone think we need an RSS feed of the 'blog? It's the next thing I'm considering putting in. The nice thing about it is that then, the GC writers can include the GC blog into their normal, non-GC blog (depending on what it's done in) or their FaceBook or something... It would also let regular 'blog readers subscribe to the feed in their news reader/mail app/browser/Google Reader to automatically see when it's updated ;)

Just thinking.