Site Updates and a Request
Posted by Greg at 04:39, 04 Nov 2009Just a few updates to bring to your attention, and also a plea for assistance. Firstly, the latter: despite several requests, Amazon have failed to link my recent book The Guide to Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol to the previous editions - which means none of the previous reviews or ratings apply to the new book. So, if you've read it, I'd really appreciate it if you can help out by posting a review and rating for the book on Amazon - it makes a big difference to prospective purchasers if there's some feedback there.
Secondly: I'm continuing with site upgrades/updates as I find time. There is now a 'Contact Us' facility available via the main menu on the right of the page. This will allow readers to directly contact individual (or all) Daily Grail admins. Note too that 'regular' TDG members can also take advantage of this and allow others to send them email via a personal contact form - just go into 'My Account' and enable that feature.
Also, I've added a printable page function (and also an 'email to a friend' function) to the bottom of individual story pages - I know some people like to print longer articles out for reading on paper. Note too that at the bottom of story pages there are also now a number of icons allowing readers to submit/share articles (if they desire) via various social networking/news sites.
The 'Spotlight' section on the front page is no longer the latest story from the Daily Grail blog - it is now just the most recent story that I have flagged as worth bringing to people's attention on the front page. Head to the blog (via the menu at the top of the page, or via the link at the bottom right of the 'Spotlight' story) on your visits to get the full run-down of recently posted stories. And at the bottom of the front page I have replaced the rather static 'Most Read Blogs' block with a 'Recent Comments' block.
There is also a new block on the right of the page featuring my Twitter feed, which often contains interesting links and comments pertaining to Grailish topics. I'll be further refining the blocks on the right, and working on various other aspects of the site, as time allows in coming weeks.
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1 May 2004
12 weeks 1 day
How about some old school RSS Feeds?
30 April 2004
3 hours 12 min
How about some old school RSS Feeds?
Hi Guiderman,
Can you clarify a little - do you mean Daily Grail feeds, or RSS feeds from elsewhere presented here on TDG?
If the former, you can use the following for a basic Daily Grail news feed:
http://dailygrail.com/rss.xml
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
@DailyGrail
1 May 2004
12 weeks 1 day
I already subscribe to that RSS feed, but what would be nice is if the news files could be linked.
While my brain is functioning, is it possible to have the news links open in a new tab, or have that as an option under our accounts? I can't tell you how many times I've followed a link only to close that tab and realize that I have to go back to TDG.
2 October 2008
19 hours 10 min
I love the new look. I was a little resistant to it at first, but it has grown on me. It looks very clean, and feels quite intuitive. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." -A.E.
30 April 2004
3 hours 12 min
Thank you for your hard work and dedication!
Thanks for the positive feedback - sometimes good to hear after spending long hours to present what looks a fairly minor change! Appreciate it.
:)
Kind regards,
Greg
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@DailyGrail
8 July 2009
1 year 50 weeks
I'm still waiting for the option to have light text on a a dark background as you promised us many moons ago. Couldn't the "Old-Style Grail" link take us to the exact same style sheet the site used to run on?
30 April 2004
3 hours 12 min
I'm still waiting for the option to have light text on a a dark background as you promised us many moons ago.
And I'm still working on it, as promised.
Couldn't the "Old-Style Grail" link take us to the exact same style sheet the site used to run on?
Err, no. Not even close. Unfortunately.
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
@DailyGrail
10 August 2004
5 hours 15 min
Greg - sorry to harp on about it, but I just have to stop reading here tonight as my eyes are hurting.
That black background you promised (and told Maineman on 2.10 would be available "hopefully this month" - that's October) still hasn't materialised and it's now 17th November.
Please - can you make it a priority?
I'd also still like to see the "Members on Line", "New Members" feature restored.
I realise you have been busy with other things, but TDG is really important to a great number of people and I'm sure your attention to this part of your life would be greatly appreciated by many.
Regards, Kathrinn