Web Design

quicktagsplus

I didn't want to use a WYSYWIG editor on stilltruth so I opted to use quicktags by Bèr Kessels. He only included a few basic tags however and I wanted more so I used his directions to create quicktagsplus. Quicktagsplus is hereby released under GPL2.

Until I can gain CVS access at Drupal (should be soon) the first version of quicktagsplus is available here.
to install:

Drupal Module Contributions

I have built stilltruth upon Drupal as a CMS. One of the great characteristics of Drupal is it's easy extensibility. While for the most part I can't program my way out of a paper sack I can follow directions. So following those directions as I find them I intend to submit patches and extensions to various modules. They are listed below.

Files, Feeds, Forums & More

I've made a couple of changes lately and wanted to make sure everyone was up to speed.

I was hoping for Gee Whiz!

Courtesy of Dr. Jim West I found this little toy which rates the website. In case you ever wondered:Online Dating

Want a Boxabooks?

I'm completely flabbergasted that the counter here is rolling closer to 50,000 visitors. Site Meter So for a little fun I think I'll stick a few semi-random books into a box and get it ready for posting to the person who hits the magic number. Of course I have a fair collection of overflowing bookshelves so let's select the books as well.

Backup

How many times have you backed up the important stuff?
Fortunately I had a fresh backup of the Truth is Still Truth website. Catastrophe struck this morning during routine maintenance and I had to rebuild parts of the site, including some major maintenance on the Database underneath the site. As a result of the changes the former template no longer would function so I replaced it as well.
I apologize to all who wanted to access the site today but were unable to do so.
Finally however we can return to normal operation.
http://stilltruth.com
Oh, and one more thing. Take this as a nudge to backup your personal data; you never quite know when you're going to need it. :-)
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tcblack

Site Update Spring 2007

Greetings to all of you,
Note that I rarely post to this particular newsletter so I guarantee you won't get inundated with emails from it. I've made a few improvements to Truth is Still Truth and wanted to point a few of them out.

Membership Has It's Privileges

I had a user send me an email recently asking "I've been able to do everything I wanted without an account, why would I want one?"

Great question. I intentionally made some of the most popular features easy to get at without an account. However, membership has it's privileges. Quality control is important to me, so I implemented an account system here that will enable you to do some extra things that you couldn't otherwise:

Back Online

Well it took long enough but Stilltruth.com is finally back
online!  The upgrade and transition from Wordpress to Drupal took