blogging: August 2007 Archives
I posted a howto on migrating from Wordpress to MovableType 4.
Hopefully it will be of use to some people.
Hopefully it will be of use to some people.
Krystian is back in Poland at the moment so I can imagine he's had a chance to catch up on all the latest changes over there.
His most recent blog post, however, is really quite worrying.
According to Krystian's article any site, including blogs, that is hosted in Poland must be considered a publication and register formally.
I had to reread that a couple of times to get the full meaning.
Under Irish law you can be held responsible for what you write and publish, but nobody is going to demand that you formally register.
I can see it now, Twenty Major being granted a rating by the censor's office...
His most recent blog post, however, is really quite worrying.
According to Krystian's article any site, including blogs, that is hosted in Poland must be considered a publication and register formally.
I had to reread that a couple of times to get the full meaning.
Under Irish law you can be held responsible for what you write and publish, but nobody is going to demand that you formally register.
I can see it now, Twenty Major being granted a rating by the censor's office...
Just on my way to bed ...
Don't ask!
I've recently started reading feeds again (I had cut back quite a bit) and I've started reading some of the more "hip" ones.
One thing I've noticed is that only a tiny portion of bloggers have any original content. Most of them are rehashing other people's content WITHOUT citing the source.
I don't have time to read every single "in" blog / news site / news source / cool site on the planet, so I like hearing about things from the sources I do read - don't get me wrong! How hard would it be for people to simply say "I spotted this over on ... "?
Don't ask!
I've recently started reading feeds again (I had cut back quite a bit) and I've started reading some of the more "hip" ones.
One thing I've noticed is that only a tiny portion of bloggers have any original content. Most of them are rehashing other people's content WITHOUT citing the source.
I don't have time to read every single "in" blog / news site / news source / cool site on the planet, so I like hearing about things from the sources I do read - don't get me wrong! How hard would it be for people to simply say "I spotted this over on ... "?
If you are running a high profile blog people will submit comments.
If you don't act on the comments ie. moderating them so that they get published (or marked as spam) people will get annoyed, frustrated and simply move on.
It doesn't take that much time to check comments and if you don't do it why the hell are you even pretending to run a blog? To jump on the web 2.0 fanboy wagon perchance?
If you don't act on the comments ie. moderating them so that they get published (or marked as spam) people will get annoyed, frustrated and simply move on.
It doesn't take that much time to check comments and if you don't do it why the hell are you even pretending to run a blog? To jump on the web 2.0 fanboy wagon perchance?
What's the significance of that number?
It's the number of lines in the Wordpress "XML" export that I used to migrate from Wordpress to Movabletype.
I put the XML in inverted commas as it doesn't validate. You have to "massage" it quite a bit to get rid of junk and make it pass a simple validation test.
Thanks to Niall for pointing me in the direction of XML Starlet, which is a command line XML validator.
Using XML Starlet and gvim I was able to edit and hack the XML file into a state where it was usable. One of the Japanese engineers in SixApart had already been doing some work on the importer, so the permalinks (basenames) weren't being messed with.
I'll provide a full write up on how the migration was done once I've ironed out a couple of minor annoyances (of my own creation)
It's the number of lines in the Wordpress "XML" export that I used to migrate from Wordpress to Movabletype.
I put the XML in inverted commas as it doesn't validate. You have to "massage" it quite a bit to get rid of junk and make it pass a simple validation test.
Thanks to Niall for pointing me in the direction of XML Starlet, which is a command line XML validator.
Using XML Starlet and gvim I was able to edit and hack the XML file into a state where it was usable. One of the Japanese engineers in SixApart had already been doing some work on the importer, so the permalinks (basenames) weren't being messed with.
I'll provide a full write up on how the migration was done once I've ironed out a couple of minor annoyances (of my own creation)
What's going to happen with Irish blog aggregators and services?
IrishBlogs.info, which I run, is busy enough, but is a resource hog.
IrishBlogs.ie has been revamped, but any comments I've seen about it have been far from complimentary.
PlanetoftheBlogs became planet.journals.ie and seems to have died off
Is there a future for these sites / services or is everyone simply using technorati et al?
IrishBlogs.info, which I run, is busy enough, but is a resource hog.
IrishBlogs.ie has been revamped, but any comments I've seen about it have been far from complimentary.
PlanetoftheBlogs became planet.journals.ie and seems to have died off
Is there a future for these sites / services or is everyone simply using technorati et al?
I'm still cleaning up after the migration from Wordpress to Movabletype, so if anyone spots any weird errors or anything please let me know.
If you're seeing this entry in your browser or RSS reader you are looking at the new home for this site.
There are probably a few broken things, but they'll get fixed (I hope!)
There are probably a few broken things, but they'll get fixed (I hope!)
