Asleep since September, Tech guy hit the coffee almost as hard as the keyboard this weekend, implementing numerous site enhancements. Myself, I’d rather sleep on Sundays, but he was awakened early, driven by the love for semi-colon and things that go beep and click. Such an unruly beast.

The key changes:
1) Karma, Comments, Category – are all on one line now. From a real estate perspective, this is more efficient and pleasing to the eye.
2) Karma ratings are now – “I like it” or “I like it”. Gone are neutral, or negative karma. Either click the number in parenthesis next to the phrase Current Karma, or click not. This addresses a long standing security hole in the site. Long story – trust me you don’t want more details, unless it’s time for a nap.
3) Comments now support mail notifications. When you leave a comment and “notify me when others comment” and someone comments, email fires off to everyone who indicated they wanted notifications about that comment. The message includes the comment, and a link to the blog. What about existing comments? Unless a conversation reignites, there’s not mail on the horizon. Note that by default the notify box is checked. Why is that? My hunch is that readers comment with the interest of what others might say later. Since blogs roll off the front page so quickly, it’s hard to find prior blogs and the related comments. This provides an easy means to return.
4) Lastly, there was a big nasty issue with the comment lock out period. At this point, Tech guy says, says, says – it’s resolved. The lockout period, which varied from 60 minutes to 12 hours ( don’t ask ) is now 15 minutes. If anyone has issues with comments, please email techguyATsamhilliard.com ASAP.