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Linkped 2.14.4 released

contact — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:22:12 +0000

For the past month I have been cleaning out the remaining protype code thats haunting the code base. I have already re-written about 85% of the code base. There are a few small user facing changes:

Paginated inbox
New pagination
Different javascript framework
CSS sprites for faster page loads
User settings
Fixed error checking on send link

The new sent links is coming along very well. This next round of beta tests will invite much more of the user base into it. I don’t want to include too many new users, since the new features could could confuse them when they change. Of course, beta testing is totally optional.

I have also created a twitter for Linkped. I will announce new releases and issues on the feed. Please, don’t use it for support issues.

Linkped 2.13 released

contact — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:20:09 +0000

I released a new version of Linkped late last night, which finally contains the new inbox. I went through a very heavy testing period before this was ready for public use. Thanks to the beta testers who helped me a lot with tracking down some odd bugs.

The biggest change is removing the hide button. This button honestly made things confusing and didn’t work very well. Its one of the oldest sections of the code base and needed a rewrite badly.

However, its now even easier to find what you have missed in the new inbox. There are filters for All, New and Viewed. (Sorting is in development)

There are a number of UI improvements that I will be introducing over time, however there are more critical section that need a rewrite first. My sent links and send link are coming down the pipe soon, but they are also going to require an intensive beta test.

Enjoy!

Linkped 2.12.5 released

contact — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:16:13 +0000

This update contains an AJAX hide link for the alert system. There are a few minor bug fixes as well, mostly related to the display of dates from months ago. There are a few more minor features I am working on for the alert system before I move on to the next polish up, which will be annouced later on.

I pushed this update last night and noticed a bug this morning that was preventing it from working correctly under SSL, this was fixed this morning.

Very Minor Jokeped update

contact — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:52:05 +0000

Very minor change, moved /content/ to /joke/ for better SEO. I think I screwed up a few moves back when I changed this and my traffic took a nose dive.

There is also a few minor bug fixes included

Linkped 2.12.3 released

contact — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:49:21 +0000

I have been testing this system internally for a while now and its finally ready for release. This simple system will keep track of links that are sent to you, or when your friend views a link. There is now a new screen that shows alert events which is now the home screen when you login, think of it as your dashboard.

Presently, the system can only keep track of links sent to you, links you receive and special system notices. I have plans for supporting ratings and comments in the near future as well an RSS feed.

Linkped 2.12 released [Updated]

contact — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:44:48 +0000

This update contains a major update on the OpenID backend. There was a number of issues with the old system that are finally resolved. The big difference is the way user accounts are handled. Previously, an OpenID was associated to an email address. This is a serious problem since many OpenID providers don’t return email information, even if you specify its required.

However, that will make things much better long term. If you have a bunch of email addresses you can add them all on to your profile. Even better then that, is that you can specify the primary email where you want your links sent to. Your friend only needs to know 1 of the email addresses on your list. I have some things planned for this that will be reveled later on.

There is still a ton I need to do on the user account system, this is a major step towards the end goal.

There are a number of other minor improvement as well. For example, the support page was a wreak previously. I took a few minutes and throw together something that is a big improvement. Although its not what I want, its a huge improvement over the previous version.

Update: After some data scrubbing I noticed that due to a long standing bug the total number of users on Linkped was inacurate. This was due to the way I handled OpenID accounts that didn’t send an email address in the response. I admit it was a very lame way to handle it but I was pressed for time. The real total of users on Linkped is now 555

New version of Linkped 2.11.11

contact — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:27:04 +0000

I just pushed up a minor release of Linkped. Its a mostly rewrite of the backend that handles the buddy list. Much of the code is in a kinda crappy state. This is why I am doing a major overhaul of it. User facing, there are no changes only a few minor bug fixes.

I have not enabled SSL on the site yet, few more small tests I need to perform before I set it live. Next overhaul is going to be with user accounts, there is a few things its doing currently that is holding me back on feature development, more on that later.

WoW Sky diving

contact — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:42:45 +0000

Fairly random and not that exciting, decided to do some sky diving in WoW. Just flew up as high as I can and jumped off. Yes, my graphics are turned down since I am boxing.

Using twitter now

contact — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:37:51 +0000

Not sure why I didn’t post this sooner, however I have moved to using Twitter instead of identi.ca. Although identi.ca worked well, it was missing far too many features and none of the iPhone apps tie into it. There are so many twitter applications that its hard to ignore.

At some point when I get time I will post my twitter feed on joped.com.

Linkped code refactor

contact — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:15:03 +0000

Most of the code on Linkped is pretty much in a prototype state. Many of the tables are fairly unoptimized and are hard to work with right now.

So, I started a complete rewrite a last week. However, a few days into the project I realized I am trying to do way too much at once. The code requires a major overhaul and with my very busy schedule it could take a few months to get it to a respectable level. I have now taken a step back and archived my work to start over in smaller chunks. Although I “lost” a good week of coding, the code will be usable when I reach those areas.

I should start pushing some updates to the site in the next week or so, no new features will be introduced though. Much of the work will be backend, but will fix a few quirks on the site. For example, the buddy list system is slightly clunky. Sometimes it doesn’t display the proper labels for users and defaults to their email address. Its a rather annoying inconsistency. This is going to be the first thing I tackle followed by user account system.

After I finish a few minor changes to Jokeped (Mostly SEO shit), I am going into a full development cycle on Linkped. I totally rewrote Jokeped reducing the code base a ton and really optimizing the crap out of it. It now has ultra high use of memcache to the point it can run without a database being present. Keep in mind, it normally does have a database driving it. The only time the database won’t be present is if the site was getting slammed or the server was having trouble.