Welcome to The B.A.N., quietmarc! And thank you for breaking the ice and moving your Zombunist blog here. This marks a new chapter for this baby blog network, started over the summer of 2012. Up until now, most of the original content has come from one source — me. I’m only one voice, though — MORE…
OK so I had so many features that it was hard to find stuff, nobody was really using it, and I couldn’t keep up with the conflicts that were breaking things, so I’ve pared the site back quite a bit. I turned off most of the social features — forums, groups, etc. — and am MORE…
Some recent upgrades to the backend software running the B.A.N. has disabled certain site features. I’m working on the problem, but it looks like I’ll have to just wait until an upgrade is released for one particular component. The component’s author is aware of the bug and is working on a fix. I figure a MORE…
You can barely tell from looking at it, but I spent most of the day setting up and integrating the first of The BAN’s blogs — my own guinea pig Eggheaded blog. It looks like not much has changed, and it’s not perfect yet, but a lot more has changed than meets the eye. Before, MORE…
So The B.A.N. hit a landmark today: we topped 10,000 views to the site. Not bad for being just over a month old, eh? I’m not mad about it, that’s for sure! Here’s my proof, just because I’m stoked: In case anyone’s interested, the vast majority of those views were thanks to good meme posting MORE…
The B.A.N. is now a blog network, not just a blog site with built-in social net. What does this mean? Truthfully: not much at this point, but I’m an optimist! As The B.A.N.’s user base grows (this site is not even a month old) I expect to discover some talented bloggers looking for a home MORE…
I’ve been really having fun writing up Wiki docs for the Religion groups here at teh BAN. Sure, nobody ever sees the Wikis (yet) — a problem to which I’m still seeking an elegant solution — but I’m having fun, and that’s what matters, today. Once there’s a bunch of wiki pages in the religion MORE…
Now each group’s creator and/or admin(s) can control the appearance of a ‘Group Front Page’ to replace the deprecated ‘Activity’ feeds on this site. Given only group ‘create’ info, a basic group profile will be displayed. Edit the group ‘admin’ settings, and you can pimp your group’s splash page. Have at ‘em, mateys!
Say goodbye to BP ‘Activity’ streams on this site. Unless there’s an outcry (from whom, I ask) it seems superfluous next to the Groups/Forums structure we probably want here. Plus they were confusing as hell. I’ll try to whip up some sort of Group landing page to prettify them. Other than that we’re back to MORE…
I got another couple of features working fairly seamlessly: (a) wiki docs for groups, and (b) member albums for pics. These are separate from the ‘Activity’ feeds for each group. In (a) the wiki docs section is linked to a specific group, and that group’s admin can turn it on or off, like a forum. MORE…
For all you news hounds like me out there… I concocted an all-in-one atheism-related news feed aggregation page. Check it out here, or you can get to it from anywhere by using the ‘Top Tens’ link in the main menu under ‘News’. This way you can see the stories as they hit the ticker. Dig MORE…