"SocialDynamX has cut their teeth on Radio with the release of FM Radio.  Everything mentioned in this thread is a goal we have in our current project of bringing a "Manila lite" to market.  Though initially we'll probably try to leverage the UI developed for FM Radio, we are open to suggestions and are at an early enough stage for everyone here to contribute to the direction of ManilaEdit (I like that name, crueuss, mind if I use it?). Another benefit of keeping the interfaces similar is that we can support the editing of multiple Radio blogs and Manila sites in one application. Tell us what minimum functionality you would like to see, keeping in mind it is a "lite" version intended to satisify the day-to-day update of a site." - Alan Kleymeyer

I'm concerned that Alan doesn't appreciate the Outliner which makes Radio so powerful. It would not be enough to simply have the ability to remotely manage templates, and stories like this.

Plus to have a Windows only piece of software would be extra disappointing.

So this could be my long term wish for UserLand: allow us to manage our weblogs on-line with Manila (doing it server side has some significant advantages), and use the full power of Radio to make integration with local applications a unique experience. I want to write with Word (or BBEdit, or anything different from the browser), edit my images with PhotoShop, organize my pictures with iPhoto, my appintments with iCal, but I don't want to spend my life uploading and downloading files.

It turned out that there was a corrupted list in config.root. It was the "urls" list. Frontier would get an out of memory error while attempting to unpack this list while running mainResponder.init.

I couldn't even double-click on the url list to expand it, I'd get the out of memory error. So I selected the url list, cleared it, & restarted. Frontier made a new url list & we were off & running again;
[Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 
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Possible reasons why a Frontier database may not open
f string: Frontier:Guest Databases:apps:mainResponder.root
openOnStartup boolean: true
runStartupScript boolean: true
supportsSubscribe boolean: false

Does the ["#startup"] exist in mainResponder.root?
[Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 
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Orlando Vacationer weblog launched
I'm using Radio UserLand's categories feature to publish a new weblog at a separate domain. Orlando Vacationer is a weblog devoted to "Disney discounts, park perks, and tourist tips" for the Mouse-infested city that I visit with my family around 8-10 times a year. The domain is new and may not have propagated to all parts of the Internet yet, so if it can't be reached, try its category address.

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The file extension is determined by the #renderedFileExtension directive. By default, files are rendered with the .html extension. To set the extension to .php for an entire folder and its subfolders, edit the #prefs.txt file in that folder and add this line:

#renderedFileExtension "php"

Here's an example: the xmas.txt file and the xmas.php page it produces.

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You can also put a calendar macro commented out in the home page template, which is what I'd recommend. The content will still be there, but it will be ignored.

As for the paragraph tags, the first thing to do is turn off auto paragraphs. [YourManilaSiteTable].#prefs.autoParagraphs = false. That will get most of them. You may also need to search for any place in manila that is adding its own paragraph tags. See above for the maintence issues that this can cause
(via Re: editing {bodytext} macro) [Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 
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Bryan Bell and Radio Lite
Bryan hit the nail on the head with his post about Radio Lite.  I need a Radio that runs smaller and with less processor cycles.  NetNewsWire is great for posts, but sometimes I want to tinker with the backend.  If I run Radio on my native machine (a TiBook/550 with 768MB of RAM), the processor sits at 50% utilization.  After 2 minutes or so, the fan kicks on low.  After 5 minutes, it's hard to miss the fan on high speed and the lack of "snap" to the apps.

What's going on with Radio versions?  When will we have a faster Radio environment? [house of warwick]

In my experience, using Radio under W2K at work and OS X at home, the Windows version is significantly snappier and a whole lot more responsive. This is expecially bitter for us Mac users, since it's roots in Frontier run real deep on the Mac side - notwithstanding the fact that its integration with the system and other apps is more complete on the Mac (ok, a little less so under OS X than OS 9 - but still!)

 
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