Sunday, October 27, 2002

Recent Radio Links Test review: Often we draw conclusions based on a test with what is broke and what is working, then a day or so later, Radio is functioning correctly, as though there is some lag in the software recognizing that there is something out there that should be indexed using the double quote system.  Some wtuff that looks Ok for the owner of the Radio, really only works because the stuff is pointing at what is on our hard disk and does not work for other PC users. Double quotes in sentences in stories referencing other stories or shortcuts do become links in Radio. This works for other PC users. Double quotes in sentences in short cuts referencing stories failed to become links in Radio. Double quotes in sentences on home page referencing stories or shortcuts do become links in Radio. This works for other PC users. Home page usage of double quoted links to stories or shortcuts work correctly in RSS news aggregation.  However, as we have just seen, this does not matter if the shortcut connection is flawed.  In other words, Radio stories work better than Radio shortcuts. This works for other PC users Double quotes in sentences on category pages referencing stories do become links in Radio. This works for other PC users. Category page usage of double quoted links to stories fail to work correctly in RSS news aggregation.  This means that if we want links to our stories to work in categories where quoted by other people, then the posting to the category page needs to use the actual url link and not the double quoted version. There are probably other variations on this worth trying from time to time, since Radio software is continuously improved, and as I learn more Link Types. Rule of thumb here (conclusions for now) is to forget about double quoting system on home page and categories, because sometimes I will want to make a post in a category, and I will not want a messed up RSS news aggregation. depend upon double quoting system inside stories. 4:09:03 PM

This is a test of an idea ... no point populating the shortcut with more info if it aint gonna work.  Well what I just learned is that double quoted links to stories can fail inside a shortcut - I had thought that the problem might be the double quote itself being part of the emphasis ... back to the re-thinking.  I noticed that editing a big thing in shortcuts is potentially cumbersome compared to stories, so perhaps this SA deal will become a story. Al Macintyre's Radio Stories listed alphabetically, using SA Radio Shortcut. Al's plan is to have links to each, a brief abstract statement of the function of each, its status, when last updated helps regular visitors to Al site, latter bold when significantly updated, date started helps Al navigate stories. some estimate of size, like if you print it out it is 8 pages.  When it is a list, approx how many of the relevant thing is there.  As new stories get added, and existing updated, redo this content. From time to time, after significant volume of updates, Al plans to post this again to some appropriate Radio category.  We will see how this works out. "Al Categories" directory of categories started by Al with a brief statement of the intended function of each, and structured for ease of access from Home Page, using Navigation Link.  Sometimes additional links added to navigate to what Al thinks were the most constructive posts.  About 1 1/2 pages started 2002-10-05. "Al Introduction" about Al, whenever Al gets a round TUIT.  A few links to relevant posts started 2002-10-06 "Al Mac Radio Doc Plans" page & 1/2 of thoughts on long range write-up plans started 2002-09-06 "Banking Stories" 2 pages of stories of things that happened to me or are 2nd hand information that I might label Urban Legend if anyone else told me this stuff.  Started 2002-08-31 "Blog Books" 1 page directory of  books that have been published on Blogging, since we sometimes need a better manual than what we can find on-line.  Started 2002-10-07 "Blog Money" 3 pages of speculation on the notion of how on Earth can anyone make money based on what we have learned from blogging.  Started 2002-09-26 "Chess Variants" summarizes how we play some of them.  Started 2002-09-21 "Enhanced Radio Tools" 2 pages directory of enhancements available to Radio from sources other than Radio Userland.  Started 2002-09 "Navigating Your Radio Site" step by step instructions for a newbie to copy my "Radio url number system" cheat sheet to a story on their site, and update it with their numbers.  Started 2002-08-21 "Radio Doc Sources Introduction" one page statement of the intentions of "Radio Doc Sources" moved separately so as not to clutter "Radio Doc Sources" for regular visitors.  Started 2002-09-06 "Search Engine Tips" collection of links to search engines, advanced searching techniques, get a search engine onto our Blog site, where there are directories of weblogs on the Internet, and related information.  Started 2002-09-29 "Radio url number system" cheat sheet for newbies on figuring out how to navigate some of the fundamental ingredients of our Radio weblog.  Started 2002-08-17 "Stop Phone Spam" info on how it is done in Indiana.  Started 2002-10-01 3:47:19 PM

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