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Having several weeks to plan a careful and slow migration, I instead took a serious break from the web. Suddenly realizing that my original server is expiring on the 15'th (tomorrow), I have to make the jump quickly. Expect the site to keep changing (improving) for a while... But having people actively use the new site will be the encouragment I need to get everything working properly.
One feature I'm especially hopeful to see used is the new blogs. It'll allow users to keep their own journals, of which hopefully many will be appropriate to be posted on the front page.
The new site is running with Drupal 3.0.2. There's a lot more power available with their latest code in CVS, but I'm waiting a little longer to upgrade until the new meta-tag system is completed and tested.
As for the old content, much of it will not be migrated. Over time though, I intend to migrate many of the more popular older stories into the new archives.
Request?
I don't suppose you're gonna add those nifty pictures next to each story for the topic?
Section Pictures
Yes, I do intend to add them in... It's evidently a change to the theme that I've not yet taken the time to figure out... ;^)
re: Logo
I look forward to it!
(And glad you like the new site. I really am impressed with Drupal - there's a lot of power here just waiting to be tapped.)
i think it would really be gr
i think it would really be great if you put the older articles in, for instance as static HTML. i mean, it's too bad that it's just lost..
re: i think it would
yeah, I intend to work on migrating the older data soon... However, it's not currently my top priority...
New site
I like it... very fast, very pretty
New kerneltrap
wow, this looks much better && cleaner than PHPnuke. is Drupal really faster than PHPnuke?
and is the mailing list coming back? i'd really like to subscribe to it :D
re: New kerneltrap
Daniel,
Yes, I do believe the design of Drupal is much more efficient... Time will tell, though, as content starts filling up the MySQL database, etc... Another big difference is that the new server isn't bogged down with other processes like before.
As to the mailing list, I'm having troubles with email at the moment. When these problems are resolved, I'll restore the mailing list module. The existing user list is preserved. (I have a three day weekend coming up real soon now, so an excellent opportunity to fix things like this.)
Thanks for the comments!
yes, it really is really fast
yes, it really is really faster.
faster
Yeah - we just survived a direct link from Slashdot, and yet the site remained quite snappy! :^)
Well
True, but you should try posting a story about Linux for Lego Mindstorms, or a donut-powered webserver or something. I wonder if Drupal can stand *that* :)
sizeof(read more)
I really liked the feature were it would say how much more text there were in the story. Could you please add that again? ;)
re: sizeof(read more)
That shouldn't be too tough... I'll look into it this weekend... (though it's a lower priority for me than email, fixing up the theme, and a few other things...)
One more thing
As a logged in user, I can only see comment scores after they've been moderated or if it's my own comment. Not that the scores matter in any way, but that seems kinda strange.
re: One more thing
Yes, that's correct. You don't see the score unless you moderate it yourself... (hence your moderation score is not affected by other people's opinions)
I suppose I can change that in the kerneltrap theme, if people dislike this effect.
It's more that I don't want
It's more that I don't want to moderate someone through the roof if I think they've made a good point but they've already been moderated up once (and I don't know it).
moderation
Actually, that's not an issue. The moderation is an average, not a total. Hence, moderating them high twice just gives them a high average - it can't ever get below -1 or above +5.
BTW: I intend to leave it like this. The more users that get involved, the better the site will be. Even something as simple as moderation adds to the overall flavor.
Not keeping cookies?
I'm using the latest release of Mozilla, and I need to put in my username and password every couple of hours, whereas the previous KernelTrap would hold onto a cookie indefinitely. Any ideas?
re: Not keeping cookies
I find that annoying too... I'll look into fixing it soon.
Fixed.
I do believe this is fixed. I've tuned PHP so it shouldn't cleanup the cookies unless they're over 7 days old. (So be sure to check back at least once a week! ;^)
Nope
It's still doing it. It left me logged in for a couple of hours with random checking of the site, but has once again logged me out. Sorry. =)
Edit-your-own-post feature?
You're all probably busy getting the new site going smoothly, but a truly useful feature would be the ability to edit your own posts for typos, incorrect info, clarifications, etc.
re: Edit-your-own-post feature?
This is a feature of the CVS version of Drupal... I intend to wait until the meta-tag replacement is complete/tested before I upgrade. However, the upgrade will bring in a number of very nice new features...
Backend, Login
Hi,
I use to parse site's backend-files (RDFs) so I can have all the news I need on one page. This is a very smooth way to look for news. I would very much appreciate if you could build some RDF-backend for this site again.
And the other thing is: I'm not really anonymous, the login just doesn't work.
Bye,
Sebastian
re: Backend, Login
Sebastion,
As per our recent email communication, the backend can be found here:
http://kerneltrap.org/module.php?mod=node&op=feed