Don't Back Down

I haven't been able to get a ping to go through the Pingomatic RPC interface for a while - perhaps weeks. So in browsing about for explanations, I stumbled across Pingoat. Now I'm not sure if the name is pronounced pin-goat, ping-oat, or even something else, but I figured I'd give it a run to see if it at least works more reliably than P-o-M. Here goes nothing.

Update: Indeed, truer words have not been uttered for a while. Looks like a big load of nothing indeed. Hrm. Does there exist a multiple-ping service with a reliable RPC server, so that I don't have to ping everyone individually?

Update: So I've settled on a mix of Feedster, Moreover (MSN), Technorati and Yahoo. The speed seems good, meaning the page returns quickly, and I think it's a good cross-section to get the word out.

I have finally fixed the daily and monthly links. The problem was with the Smarty template.

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I know that the new Movable Type just came out, so I probably ought not to make feature requests at this point. Tough. I have one.

Invariably I'm editing templates and I need to jump from the one I'm in - let's just call it an index template - to another, perhaps a template module. The problem? I have to click "templates", then click the "modules" tab to get there. That's two clicks, where it used to be one click and a small scroll. Luckily, the solution is easy.

Read "Enhanced Template Header" »

Okay, I have another request (perhaps two). The new "Save and Rebuild" button in templates is nice, but I miss the old "Rebuild" by itself - what if I just want to rebuild, but have no need to save it again? That's not a biggie. I can deal with it if I have to do so. What I want is really intelligent rebuilding, especially as it relates to archives.

Read "More Intelligent Rebuilding" »

Okay, one more feature request. I like the improved comment management, and I even like the navigation that allows you to go from one to the next. What would be really cool is if it respected the "unpublished" quickfilter.

Read "Improved Comment Navigation" »

This feature request isn't so much a request as a demand. Not that I'll really do anything about it, so maybe it can't be a demand after all.

Read "Bring Back the Enter Key" »