http://dev.powerblogs.com/ A Blog about the development of the PowerBlogs.Com software and services. en-us 2006-03-30T04:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1143242565.shtml It's taken longer than I had hoped, but the live backing up of posts in their source form has now been pushed live. Now, every time a post gets written, a... Chris 2006-03-24T23:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1132162930.shtml I've added a TagLine variable to the header template. (The tagline can be edited in the Theme tab). Taglines underneath headers are increasingly common in blogs, and this allows one to... Chris 2005-11-16T17:11+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1132089688.shtml One of our servers has lately been the victim of a massive amount of trackback spamming. This has been causing the system to be very slow and even brought down the... Chris 2005-11-15T21:11+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1131694219.shtml I must apologize for the long absence from posting. There's been a lot going on and I've just been swamped.... Chris 2005-11-11T07:11+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1125799967.shtml It is now possible to disable sending pings to the update services. If you're not interested in the update services, you now don't need to waste time or bandwidth on them.... Chris 2005-09-04T02:09+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1123400268.shtml Powerblogs now supports posting with an XML RPC interface. Specifically, users can use programs which support the MetaWeblog API with the URL http://blogname.powerblogs.com/admin/xmlrpc.pl — this might be especially handy for users... Chris 2005-08-07T07:08+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1112834549.shtml A new variable has been added to the sidebar templates — CategoryTree. It gives a list of the categories, but does so as a nested series of lists, representing the parent/child... Dev Team 2005-04-07T00:04+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1112239247.shtml Applicants for comment accounts will now automatically be notified via email when you approve their account (if you require account approval).... Chris 2005-03-31T03:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1112237004.shtml The trackbacks page is now controlled via an editable template. You can set the text above the trackbacks to anything that you want, or add any arbitrary HTML that you want... Chris 2005-03-31T02:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1111862714.shtml It is now possible to require comments to get approval (individually) before they appear on posts. For those having problems with uncivil commenters, this is the ultimate weapon that guarantees you... Chris 2005-03-26T18:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1111823170.shtml There are two new variables for the post templates: [$CommentsURL$] and [$CommentsCount$]. With these variables, you can create your own comments link that does pretty nearly anything that you want. Thanks... Chris 2005-03-26T07:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1111639592.shtml The Manage Categories page now has two more options: rename a category and reparent a category.... Chris 2005-03-24T04:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1109823590.shtml It's now possible to have the trackbacks appear in a popup, like comments.... Chris 2005-03-03T04:03+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1109553579.shtml There's now a variable available in the Header, Footer, Right Sidebar and Left Sidebar that prints a list of the most recent posts: RecentPostTitles — it's documented on those pages.... Chris 2005-02-28T01:02+00:00 http://dev.powerblogs.com/posts/1109225516.shtml I've uploaded the first version of Powerblogs initial configuration wizard. It should help force a few important choices before people start blogging to make things easier. At some point, it will... Chris 2005-02-24T06:02+00:00