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Trying Some Stuff

You’ll note the opening page has changed dramatically… all the Myspacey-stuff is gone, and if you login, everything is blog-focused. Two reasons:

  1. I’ve upgraded the underlying WordPress MU platform to version 2.7, which breaks some stuff in BuddyPress.
  2. I’m not convinced that “social network” thing is quite the feel I want for JournURL. There are aspects of it that I like, but they can be added in pieces, rather than forcing that whole thing down everyone’s throats.

I’m not saying we won’t revisit BuddyPress in the future… some impressive things might happen as development continues. But for right now, I’d like to see how I can tweak WPMU to bring it into line with some of the core ideas behind JournURL.

Tags: Uncategorized by Roger Benningfield
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Known Issues

Here’s a list of known problems with the current build and installation. Some of the issues will be with us for the immediate future… others are minor problems that I’m fixing as I uncover them. Items with a line through them have been fixed.

  1. Upload avatars fails, with a blank avatar the result.
  2. Cropping controls in avatar upload are glitchy. (Minor issue.)
  3. Broken “reset password” link on the account verification page. (Minor issue.)
  4. Doubling up of some items in the “My Friends” activity feed. (Cosmetic issue.)
  5. Domain mapping an individual blog seems to break the BP linkbar. (Minor issue.)
  6. A 404 (missing page) error briefly appears and then is replaced when posting to someone’s wire. (Cosmetic issue.)
  7. Awkward pronouns in the interface due to the lack of gender info in profiles. (Cosmetic issue.)
  8. On multi-user blogs, the user who publishes the post is credited with it in the activity feed, if another user was the actual author. (Minor issue.)
  9. When viewing a profile, Blog –> Recent Posts fails with a SQL error. (Significant issue.)
  10. When creating a new blog (Blog–>Create Blog), it cannot be accessed and returns a “Directory Listing Denied” error. (This is not exactly a bug… it’s just a consequence of the testing configuration. Once everything is in place, it’ll work as expected.)

Tags: Tech Support by Roger Benningfield
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