Month: April 2015

  • A Monday Morning Xanga Update

    I hope everyone is well and had a great weekend.

    Right now I've finished my first cup of coffee and have been in thought as I catch up with all the questions and concerns regarding Xanga.

    Many people have messaged Xanga's facebook page regarding a few items in question... so here's what I've been able to gather so as to provide a bit of understanding and hope...

    1 - Top of the list is in regards to response time from 'help@xanga.net'.    Realize that it's usually Eugenia who has been responding to everyone's e-mails, and she was out for a short period of time and is back doing a bit of catch up to help everyone out again.  Thanks for your patience.

    2 - Next on the list is in regards to people being concerned about their subscription running out come the beginning of May.  I've messaged John/Marc and Eugenia as to make sure we address this issue appropriately.

    3 - there has been a lot of interest from folks wanting to get back onto Xanga.   IF you have a xanga username and know what your e-mail address was that is associated with the account, then you should be able to get your account on Xanga upgraded.   New accounts are not yet available.

    4 - The team is working on getting more (older accounts/ photos/ videos) back online from the old servers.   At the same time I found this out from John,  I also received e-mails and messages that some folks were missing some photos from their accounts... so that should explain what happened on that note.

    5 - Spam filtering was being updated.   Now many have issues with spam on their accounts, ie... spam comments.   With the site now wordpress based, it's easier to block spam commenters.   There may be a flare up of spammers - but as things progress the spam blocking software should improve over time.

    6 - reply comments notification is now active.    John and the Team upgraded the notifications that let you know when your comment is replied to.   Right now, it's best used when you 'REPLY' to a comment.  New comments on existing posts are not yet notifying everyone involved in the comment thread.    For those who are facebook geeks, this means that our blogs comments are responding similar to a facebook business (ie fan) page.

    As soon as I get a response from John and/or the team, I'll update everyone with the information.

    If you have any other questions/concerns - feel free to leave a comment.

    Thanks.

     

  • Using 2.0 - embedding videos...

    For those that aren't used to using wordpress, I was asked to make some posts to help get more folks acclimated to operating this platform...

    Much of what is shared here can be found elsewhere online - in wordpress forums and the like... so it's not anything new...

    But, since we're more accustomed to things Xanga 1.0 - might be good to have something to help translate...

    Today's post is in reference to the following link: https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/

    To share a video off of youtube, for example, just put in the URL, but make sure it's NOT hyperlinked.  The platform will take care of the rest.

    There are other ways to format the video for your post - as the article will show.

    Yep, that's it.

    Feel free to chime in with your tips, ideas, questions, etc...

    Embed away... :)

  • It's April - Autism Awareness Month... and something else...

    These past few weeks I've been tackling a few things around our home...

    From trees being removed, to putting up new fences, spring cleaning, and getting things ready for the end of the school year.

    These, along with the usual online stuff I normally do, it's been busier than normal.

    But I like doing things that are constructive and keep me moving and active, don't you?

    I have a serious challenge remaining still for too long.  It frustrates me when I need to keep still.  But sometimes sitting still allows us to reflect on things a bit more... so I remind myself.

    In any event, here's a couple of things to keep on the lookout for:

    April is Autism Awareness Month, so there's going to be some posts about that topic this month.   I am encouraged that the folks at www.playingforchange.org will be doing a bit of collaboration for the series we're working on for The Autism Channel.   Here's one of their music videos...

    For something a bit more Xanga related, expect some announcements soon - as some testing is already being done on a couple of new features to be launced.  One has been requested by many folks since the launch of 2.0. :)

    Ok, back to the grind....