New Season, New Platform
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 11, 2008 6:39 PM PST
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PrintHello Athletics Nation,
Today is the big day. We've switched your community over to the new SB Nation sports blog platform. My name is Trei and I'm one of the guys who helped build this new home for y'all. I'm here to help you get adjusted and give you a quick tour of what is new and what has changed. Also, if you have questions or trouble with the new system, I'll be around to answer them and point you in the right direction.
Before we get started, I want to let you know that you're the first blog in the SB Nation family to make this transition. You can thank Tyler for that. We still consider this a beta platform so don't be surprised if you find a few bugs or if everything isn't exactly right yet. In fact, we hope you'll take the time to report any problems you encounter. All you need to do is email bugreport@sbnation.com.
Lets get started...
What Has Changed
SB Nation network accounts (the big change)
Many readers across all of our blogs told us they wanted one account that they could use on any SB Nation blog. We agreed and have created one SB Nation network account so that you only have to login once to gain access to many blogs. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to participate on all of our blogs. However, we didn't want to encourage everyone to start visiting rival team blogs and initiating flame wars. To maintain the friendly confines of our communities we ask that you explicitly join each blog you want to actively participate on. It's an easy 2-click process, but it means accepting the different community guidelines that each blog sets out for itself. As just as you join each blog individually, you can be banned on each blog individually.
To make this work, we're requiring that everyone create a new SB Nation network account. Don't worry - you won't lose all of your old comments and diaries. We have created a simple process for you to claim your old blog account. In most cases you should be able to keep your old username, but a few of you may have to choose something new. The reason is that every other community in SB Nation will be going through this same transition and some of them have the same username that you do. We tried to be as fair as possible about deciding who gets to keep which name using a formula that takes into account length of membership, amount of activity and how recently you've been active. The important thing is that whatever name you have will be retroactively put on all of your old comments and diaries. Some of you already have multiple accounts on different SB Nation blogs; we've got you covered too because you can claim more than one old blog account.
Alright, now that I've explained all that - let's get you started:
Click Here to claim your old blog accounts and create a new SB Nation network account.
FanPosts (the section formerly known as Diaries)
First we changed their name. Why? Because we took this major upgrade as an opportunity to leave behind some vocabulary we inherited that never made much sense for a sports blog. SB Nation is the network of, by and for *fans* and these are the blog *posts y'all make. So we called them FanPosts. Next time you're at the bar and you're telling someone to go check out your sports opinion online, you don't have to suggest they read your diaries.
But the changes go deeper than the new name. FanPosts are displayed differently on the homepage - they now include your avatar so you get more credit for the time you invest in writing great posts. We also built a new editor that has a WYSIWYG view for easy formatting, auto-saving of drafts so you don't lose your work and a spell-checker. And in addition to adding basic tags, you can now associate teams, players and games with our special auto-complete tools. These will put your FanPosts on our new team, player and game pages - across the entire network.
Look for the blinking help button on the right side of the FanPost editor to learn more.
Tags
We've simplified the tagging system. The big change here is that only the authors of stories or FanPosts can add tags to their posts. We no longer track changes to the tags either.
What Is New
Schedule, Scores, Stats and Roster
Athletics Nation now has all the basic information about your favorite team and every other team in the MLB. During games you'll see a regularly updated line score, as the season progresses we'll track team stat totals and leaders. This is just our first step so look for us to publish more detailed and archival stats in the future. The best part about all this sports data is that we've integrated it directly into the blog so now we special pages that will aggregate all the blog posts written about games, players and teams.
Recommending Comments
Now you can reward those folks who take the time to look up stats and make smart arguments in the comments.
Flagging Comments
To help the moderators on a site, we've built-in tools that let you flag comments that are spam, trolling or just plain inappropriate. No one else can see those flaggings, but the moderators can.
FanShots
Many members of the community just want to post that one link, video, photo or quote and you don't need to write a full FanPost. We've got you covered and we made these quick hits really easy. Now you have a tool that is designed for sharing YouTube videos, Flickr or PhotoBucket photos, quotes from articles, portions of chat transcripts, top 5 lists and simple links. If it's a video or image we'll put a thumbnail on the homepage when you post it.
For those of you who are experienced internet hunter and gatherers of Athletics material, install the bookmarklet to share FanShots with the community from wherever on the web you find that killer quote or photo.
Archives
It's much easier to go find that post about a certain deadline trade or a playoff game. Browse by year and month.
Avatars
When you upload an image as your avatar we'll use it on your profile, your FanPosts and all your comments.
Network profiles
Now that we have unified SB Nation network accounts, your profile will be your central hub for all of your activity on any blogs you're a member of.
Network bar
The bar up at the top will stay with you on all SB Nation blogs. It's a quick way to login and logout. When you're logged in, you'll see your avatar and screen name. Click that and you'll find your profile. There is a button next to that for jumping to your dashboard with links for editing your settings, profile, account and any FanPosts or FanShots you've published. Once we add more blogs to the new SB Nation network, the My Blogs menu will be a handy way of navigating between the blogs you're a member of.
There are plenty more small changes and additions we've made so take a careful look around and explore this new system.
We appreciate your patience as we jump into this beta together. AN is one of the best sports blog communities and we know you'll help us get this new platform ready for all the other SB Nation blogs.
And in case you missed it, you'll want to start with this:
Click Here to claim your old blog accounts and create a new SB Nation network account.
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It is soooo flashy and I love it!!
que 3 2 1 "I hate all of the changes, new AN sucks."
Every day is just a little worse than the previous, that means every day is the worst day of my life.
Wow
ive noticed on some websites it theres some glitches the first time...u guys seem seem to have done a real good job. nice clean interface, easy to use...give urselves a pat on the back
"Sometimes Joe (morgan) doesn't like facts to get in the way of his opinions."- billy beane
I dunno
This page is confusing, is this still AN????
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
We traded the old AN
for a highly touted pitching prospect, a third-round draft pick and a bag of peanuts from the all-you-can-eat-at-tarp section.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Feb 11, 2008 11:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I just wanted to see what my avatar looked like
Also, Brooks Conrad deserves your love at Spring Training. Hooray, Brooks Conrad!
Rotoworld
Where is the rotoworld feed? Is it here? Will it be here??
Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.4 WARP3: Priceless
by Travis Buck Nuckin on Feb 11, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions
It is located just where it was before.
Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN
by Charlie Brown on Feb 11, 2008 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
Quick impressions
The structural changes look really good.
The visual change I don't care for, but that's inevitable. I'm an old curmudgeon and I always hate superficial change. I'll get used to the new look, and it's the structural changes that really matter.
Very happy to have a chance to change my username without losing my history. :-)
Somewhere in the course of changing my profile text, it got truncated and I lost a few sentences. There's plenty of room to put them back, but I don't remember exactly what it said before. :-(
formerly "mdl" (on AN)
It said
"Beware of hyperbole." (mostly just a post to check the way replies look).
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty face; how's her personality?
Looks really nice at first glance. I'm sure I'll have more to say when I play with the functionality a bit...html tags in diaries and posts (or the new vernacular thereof), the recommend function, search functions, etc etc etc.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 7:07 PM PST reply actions
very nice!!
Love the new look. Can't wait to get it over on my site next month (hopefully)!
Congrats to Trei and his team for a successful 1st migration!
The Phinsider: SBN's Miami Dolphins blog
Whoa!
Love the update. Of course, the visual transition is a little jarring, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
so far so good
I would like a wider reading area though. Overall much better. I am very interested in the fanshots section.
by apilgrim on Feb 11, 2008 7:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'll agree to this one.
Those of us with widescreen monitors have large gray spaces on the sides.
Still, though, I like it.
Is this a generational thing?
I can't imagine complaining about gray space to the side. I like blank space. It's soothing. It's all the clutter of ads and pictures and stuff I don't like.
formerly "mdl" (on AN)
I also like
the additional team data embedded in the site. Makes it a "one stop shopping" for team information place. Looking great.
I dont like the avatars-clutters up the screen too much. In fact my main complaint is I feel crowded and cluttered here-as opposed to the previous incarnation of AN which had a wide open feel to me.
I gotta say
I don't like the avatars either. Is there a setting we can choose to make them go away? At least for the comments.
formerly "mdl" (on AN)
I gotta say I like it so far
I was worried that the new update would be much like the old one, which I found it to be worse then the first AN.
"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."
Nonono
This is Devyn, formally Devyn Lindquist
I got tired of having my last time on here.
"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."
when i first saw the name
devyn lindquist, i emailed devo and asked if it was his alternate account...
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I'd never change my handle ...
you know me better than that ... plus, my name is Devin, not Devyn ... what were you thinking?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Not that I'm aware of ...
but maybe it doesn't kick in until I hit 30 ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I know three guys named "Devin"
and they each spell it differently.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
I have a huge pet peeve ...
for people who would never consider spelling Kevin any other way always want to spell my name Devon ...
I could deal with Devyn ... since that'd at least be phonetically correct, but come on people!!!!
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I envy you
While it may be annoying to you to have people screw up the spelling of your name every now and then... Imagine having to deal with what I go through haha, I could line up 500 people and tell them to write my name, and not one of them will get it right unless I tell them it's with a Y, not an I or O lol.
"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."
But at least you know they're never going to get it ...
With the whole Devin/Kevin thing, it doesn't make any sense at all that they'd miss mine ...
Grass is greener, I guess ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Amusingly
None of my three Devins goes with the "Devon" construction that irks you so. (I know a Devan, a Deven, and a Devin. No Devyns, yet.)
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
I've yet to meet
another Devyn like myself either.
One day maybe...
"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."
Lookin' good!
I like the update so far! Gotta decide which avatar I'm gonna use. I love that the comments update still, that was a big help in game threads. Can't wait to see all the features in action. Good job!
"I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere." - The Asphalt Jungle
Louder!
I can't hear you!
"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 11, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Bang, bang bang, on the door, baby ...
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Feb 12, 2008 6:51 AM PST up reply actions
Check 1....2....
Holy crap, a little "new comments" thingy keeps rising up from the bottom-right corner. This is awesome.
Hi Jennifer!
I was worried about you keeping your name. Thank god all those other "nick"s and "jennifer"s need to be creative now...
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Looks sweet....
Nice job Blez. The auto refresh thing is sweet...Posts popping up as I type this.
Bring back Hammer.
I hate change.
So I don't care for the look of New AN. But I think the ability to rec and troll-rate (or whatever we're going to call it...been spending too much time on the Great Orange Satan) may be helpful. After all, once we go up against the Mets in the Series, we're going to get a flood of new users....
Did you hear we signed Keith Foulke?
Not bad at all!!
I like the new look. Wow this new platform is pretty neat.
ohio roots
The auto-refresh is amazing!!
It's going to make game threads that much more fun!
The Phinsider: SBN's Miami Dolphins blog
Wow.
Press C on your keyboard to tab through new comments.
Dude.
"Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies."
That's good to hear!
We've been waiting for that kind of reaction for months :)
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
Quick question.
Will this AN crap out when a game thread reaches 400+ posts? Do we even have a use for new thread mojo anymore (other than new thread mojo)?
by danmerqury on Feb 11, 2008 7:27 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Guess we're just going to have to find out...
...in a month and a half! Well, unless there's a 400-plus-post spring training game.
"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 11, 2008 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
we tested it with a lot of comments
but nothing beats the real world pounding y'all will give it during a GameThread. we're looking forward to seeing how it performs!
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 11, 2008 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
Constructive criticism
On old AN 2.0, the tab would default to "post" after you hit "preview." That is, you could type your comment, tab over to "preview," hit enter, review your post and hit enter again to post, all without moving your mouse.
On AN 3.0 UltraMegaXtreme, the tab doen't default to "post" so I actually have to move the mouse over to the post button. It might sound like a small complaint, but it really changes the speed at which you can comment, which is critical on a game thread.
Also, I don't like that the comment boxes are so small. When you're typing a long comment, it's nice to see everything you've written. This feels a little bit cramped.
stat-addled alien overlord
by salb918 on Feb 11, 2008 7:27 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
agreed on both
we're still trying to get the tab order working properly and I think we need to make these comments text areas bigger and maybe decrease the size of the text in them
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 11, 2008 7:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
When I write a long comment
I usually type it elsewhere then cut and paste.
I guess that's a habit left over from sites where you type several paragraphs and then the browsers zaps them and there's nothing saved.
formerly "mdl" (on AN)
I find the typeface to be really small
Is there a way for individual users to change it (without changing one's overall browser settings)?
Did you hear we signed Keith Foulke?
I think the typeface actually got bigger...
...but that would be a nice feature.
"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 11, 2008 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
English, which typeface do you mean?
The regular story body text?
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
The typeface in the comments
Sig lines and bylines are really tiny. I'm on Safari if that makes a diff.
Did you hear we signed Keith Foulke?
by Englishmajor on Feb 11, 2008 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Cool, thanks
We'll likely offer more personal customization in the future.
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
thanks!
Did you hear we signed Keith Foulke?
by Englishmajor on Feb 11, 2008 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
CSS warnings
Be sure to fix up all the CSS warnings - I get a ton of them, and many are just a bit sloppy!
(I know, everyone is a critic.)
Don't end your selectors in ','
.sports_data_widget,
.col-side .sports_data_widget,
{ ...}
has an extra comma, which messes up the parsing.
I suggest you take those warning seriously - means your site isn't laying out the way you think.
(I suggest using Firefix + firebug to observe all that stuff.)
by MobiusKlein on Feb 11, 2008 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Mobius, thanks for the tip
The stylesheets have been a whirlwind during the last couple of days - I'll take another validator pass to clean things up.
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
Firebug is nice!
You can edit the css in place to see the effect dynamically. You can try the change, see what it does.
Firebug does occasionally mess up some of the background data fetches, and will slow down browsing - not great to leave it on all the time.
Hey, no more mouse-over the comment to see the user id! Wahh.
by MobiusKlein on Feb 11, 2008 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Ok
So, its different but once I get use to it, I think I'm gonna like some of the new bells and whistles.
On my user comments page
I used to be able to check easily whether there were any replies to my comments. I can't find a similar display here -- the "recent activity" thing doesn't seem to indicate whether there are any replies.
Should I be looking somewhere else for that info?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
not yet
we haven't brought over that type of functionality yet, but we definitely will be in the future
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 11, 2008 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks!
I've found that that's a really efficient way to juggle multiple conversations.
Or to engage in increasingly inappropriate exchanges of innuendo-laced quips.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Had to Change my Name
Pretty sure there's nobody with my handle, but this site no longer recognized me or any of my passwords. Maybe I'm an old curmudgeon, but so far I utterly hate this thing. Hate the lack of Rotoworld. Hate the idea of these avatars. Hate the bells, whistles and extra junk. Hate what it takes to find anything.
And I'm not surprised. Virtually every site I've gone to that's "upgraded" itself has degraded itself. Luckily Monkeyball and Grover and PaulThomas and Blez and all the smart people who make this place worthwhile are still here. Instead of being packaged in the body of a real person, they now all look like the web version of Mitt Romney. Bleah.
We brought the Rotoworld
feature back. But we're going to have to get in contact with them to do some editing of their framing. It matches up with old AN instead of new AN.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Feb 11, 2008 8:31 PM PST reply actions
Date of original account
Blez, I read that it says I joined AN on 09/21/04, when I signed up in the late fall of 2003?
ak = alaska
Old favorite users like you
oughtn't change their usernames. I mean, I can handle a different site look, but if you're going to be ak_A what's next? Nico becomes Sheep-o? When will it stop?
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
FIRE KEN MACHA NOW!!!!
That seems to work.
I couldn't retrieve my old account, so I had to start with a new one. It's no big deal to me, but if I were Monkeyball and I lost my account, I'd be flinging a whole lotta feces right now.
by EddieVegas_NRAF on Feb 11, 2008 8:59 PM PST reply actions
Eddie, you can likely still claim your old account
to pull in your comments and diaries. Try visiting the claim old account page within your account settings area.
If you still have trouble, let us know.
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
Seems to have worked . . .
Thanks . . .
by EddieVegas_NRAF on Feb 12, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
first and likely last
post that is. I've been reading AN for a while and love it. Mostley I just don't want my little posting stats thing-a-ma-jig to read all zeros. I don't much care about the format as long as PT, Grover, and all the other smart asses still have something to say. Long live cynicism
Make it "Ersatz Stockton Ports Nation"
and it can be ESP...nah.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, this is curious
As I recall he's a low tech sort of fellow; I hope the move to 3.0 wasn't the final straw for him.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 12, 2008 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
No
I talked with him last night and he's on a very old version of Safari and apple.com won't let him get the updated version for some reason. So he was downloading Firefox last night and hopefully could claim his account that way.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Feb 12, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Site looks good
But I'm admittedly somebody who hates change, so I won't say anything about that. In a week I'll be used to it and it'll be just fine.
I do appreciate how easy it was to transfer my user name to here.
by thejd44 on Feb 11, 2008 10:36 PM PST reply actions
I love how...
you can get the number of comments without scrolling through 80 pages now. Admittedly, that was the fun of it.
And I have problems the screen size, mainly that the section with the front page stories is too narrow. That's about it, except maybe the clutter at the top. But the clutter at the top is okay, since it's helpful. I think the widescreen thing was mentioned earlier, but I read it before I got the confirmation e-mail.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
Why can you only import images?
and not upload them?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I am really impressed
by the way the home page tally knows that even the comments which appeared whilst I was reading the page are no longer "new" to me. That can't have been an easy bit of programming.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 10:55 PM PST reply actions
Just wanted to stop by and see the reaction
About what I expected. I can't wait to get my hands on some of the new features.
AIM: SouthSideCheat
Two things I'm missing
When I look at a list of comments from someone...let's say salb918...the recent list says "posted a comment on "(FanPost Title)" on AthleticsNation, Date/Time. I liked seeing the title of the comment; that helps when you're looking for a specific comment from a previous discussion. "A comment" is obviously less helpful.
Bigger deal: on salb's page, I can see his list of the last 10 comments or so, but in the old AN I could see the salb comment inventory going back for years, 30 comments at a time, just by clicking "previous 30 comments". No such option apparent now. Can we regain that functionality?
Still very curious about the Search functionality, but I haven't test driven it enough yet.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 11, 2008 11:09 PM PST reply actions
I'm missing...
the ability to type [new] to get to new comments. Yeah, they're all nice and yellow and have a nice asterisk, but I can't find the asterisk.
When there are two separate threads going, that's helpful. There isn't now, but I also just instinctively typed "[new]"
"The hard... is what makes it great."
The designers have increased your productivity
by at least 200%. All you have to do is press "C" now.
AIM: SouthSideCheat
that is a big problem
it would be nice to see every comment (maybe even 50 at a time), the subject line of each one, and # of replies.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Awesome job on the site, SB honchos!
It has a great new car smell.
I can't wait to ride it all season!
Green Hulk Fists
Nice and clean looking
I love the new style of this blog. It's up to date cool. I'm getting excited for the new baseball season to start. Won't be long until we'll see the A's play in Japan.
Mike O'Dowd
You can tell
the great thought that was put into the designing and implementation of this format. You guys are IMPRESSIVE!!!!!
This is going to take some getting used too.....
M's/D-backs fan.
These pretzels....are making me thirsty!
sad :-(
http://www.athleticsnation.com/user/uid:377
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Is there a reason network bar usernames are all upper case?
It doesn't bother me, I'm just curious.
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 12:35 AM PST reply actions
where are the network bar usernames?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Mine shows up
very top left next to the SB*NATION logo.
I'm running Camino with ad blocking turned on, so my page layout may differ from standard (although I'd guess the network bar is always at the very top of the page).
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
question
how can we tell if there are new unread comments in a story/diary?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Is content on the righthand side too low for anyone else ?
all the Headlines, Fanposts and Fanshots are way down at the bottom of my front page. I have to scoll down below the front page posts to find them.
gbtm, what browser version and operating system are you using?
and any other information about or screenshot of what you're seeing would be great. Thanks!
I'm the SB Nation visual designer, so blame me!
i did the email thing so Trei is working on it
- but just to follow up I'm using Internet explorer 6 - Windows XP
why #22?
is that foolshgame?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Another thought.
Would it make more sense for "Current Series" to be above the ad, along with the headline, or above the diaries fanposts, or... just somewhere where it can be seen better?
I know it's minor, and if you're on here, you probably already know who we're playing, but it just seems out of place in the middle of diaries and posted items. It might just be the colour scheme as well, though.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
Awesome
Great job everyone! This is an awesome day for AN and SBNation!!!
-TSG
www.milehighreport.com
screen reader testing
So far so good.
Thanks...
It's a very sad day...
...since the switch I'm unable to read AN at work (damn internet proxies!) - the days will go much more slowly now I'm unable to catch up on all that matters to A's fans during the day. :(
I'd like the hear more about this
I'm not savvy enough to know what Internet proxies mean in this sense, or how it relates to one's work access, but if 3.0 loses traffic from folks at their jobs, that's a big big problem.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 12, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
seconded
why wouldn't you be able to read the upgraded AN at work?
by JP on Feb 12, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
thirded
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
It's a blog...
...and my company (large UK bank) prevent employees from viewing blogs (through use of internet proxies and filtering software) - the previous version of AN wasn't on their list of blocked sites but I suspect that any URL without a www at the start are on a blacklist by default. Major bummer! :(
Rec question
How many recs does it take to get to the rec list? Right now this diary fanpost front page thingie has 6 recs but isn't up there, And Blez's below also has some recs but isn't up there.
Slowness
It is a little odd, at home on a Mac (firefox 3.0beta) it is sluggish, but still very usable. At work, running firefox 2.0.12 on windows, it is unbearably slow. It takes minutes to load pages (and you can't even scroll down while it is loading), and seems to always be waiting for assets.sbnation.com.
we're working on it!
real live comment threads are really helping us test all this stuff out.
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
nice job, blez
Like the new look. The comments are loading slowly for me too. I miss Nico, is he really going over to the Stockton Ports? BTW, I've changed my user name from commuter to vk to match my SFGate user name.
Thanks, Vlae!
Good to see you made your way over here. Tell Slusser I hope she likes it too ;-)
by Tyler Bleszinski on Feb 12, 2008 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Other than the load speeds ...
so far I'm liking it ...
except for the dark gray background. I hate the dark gray background. It just makes looking at the page hard on my eyes.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Anyone else having trouble
using the 'auto login'? I go to check the 'remember me' button when I log in, and the page just hangs forever until I manually refresh. Then it shows me logged in, but as soon as I close the page, I'm gone.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
what browser / OS are you using?
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
IE6
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Feb 12, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Never mind!
I just logged out a million times, and back in, and I'm good now!
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Feb 12, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
It's not slow anymore either :-)
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Feb 12, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
It would be nice ...
if the e-mail address field didn't require a valid e-mail address. I'd like to share my e-mail ... with everyone on AN, except the spam bots.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Football Season
Let's get those NFL blogs up and ready now ;) Great job with the SB Nation upgrade guys!
Dawgs By Nature Your one-stop SBNation blog for news, notes, and nuggets on the Cleveland Browns (and, of course, the reasons why Pittsburgh still sucks).
Okay, i give up
I can't make myself stayed logged in. Which is going to be a problem.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
I go to http://athleticsnation.com
I log in. It automatically takes me to sbnation.com. I try to click back on AN (either by using the link or manually typing it in) and it just hangs. I manually refresh at this point, and it logs me in, but the second I close the page, I'm back to square one.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Feb 12, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
This is outstanding
A very worthwhile upgrade. We're extremely impressed. Nice job.
More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/
Heeeeeeeelllllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Feb 12, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Tech specs
What OS/Browser, etc?
Did you sign in and then choose it from your blogs?
More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/
They're working feverishly
on the IE6 issues right now. Apparently it's the browser they did the most testing with, but you fix one problem in that browser and another arises.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Feb 12, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
How do I search old comments ?
I only seem to be able to search stories. The search function seems much more restricted than the old one (which was limited enough already). Date is about the last thing I ever want to search on, so archiving by month isn't particularly helpful. Hopefully I'm missing something ...
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 3:43 PM PST reply actions
yeah, search is very basic
we've replaced the search engine with something much more powerful, but we only built the baseline features on top of it for this first release. in the future we'll be adding much more advanced search options.
one thing you can't see yet because we haven't brought all the other SB Nation blogs over to the new platform is that we added the ability to search all our MLB blogs and our entire network.
also, we added some cool search stuff like players, games and teams. for example search on Texas Rangers pulls back games, their roster and the stories and FanPosts that include them.
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
So does that mean I just can't search comments yet ?
or will that never return ? Can I even find all my old comments anywhere ? My personal page only shows my "recent" activity.
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
correct, you can't search comments yet
but that WILL return and so will the ability to see all of your comments
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
I do like that you don't have to type a subject. I'm totally going to remind people in game threads ;-) It looks neater, IMO.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
Ick!
I particularly like two things about comment titles. They can kick off a post nicely, with a summary, a joke, the start of a sentence, or something else to hook a reader in (or send one away). And second, they provide a visual break from what's otherwise a solid block of text. I'm pro-title.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 12, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
FanShot question
I tried to use the bookmarklet to post a video to FanShots but (as you'll see) it just included the link. Obviously there's some embedding I'm missing but I've no idea what ... any hints ?
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 5:17 PM PST reply actions
Also, is there any way to preview a FanShot ?
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
there is not a preview for fanshots
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
the magic works
when you go to a YouTube video detail page like this one. then click the bookmarklet. it should grab you a thumbnail and pre-populate the embed code for you.
this same magic works if you go to the detail page of a photo on flickr like this one and then click the bookmarklet.
AND the same magic works if you find a new story, select the text of a quote and click the bookmarklet.
AND AND the same magic works if you select a portion of a chat transcript like this one and click the bookmarklet.
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
but what if I want to link to a video/picture I'm hosting
and not something on YouTube, Flickr et al ?
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
basic fanshot posting method
is to just click the bookmarklet, click the tab you want 'video' or 'image' and then either cut and paste in the video embed or the direct url to the image. we only know how to make thumbnails from youtube videos right now, so those will show up on the homepage looking like links.
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by Trei Brundrett on Feb 12, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Right
and its the embedding stuff that I don't know about. Any chance of adding automated html-generators like used to exist in AN 2.0 for blockquoting in the comments etc in the fanshots ?
by green star oakland on Feb 12, 2008 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
"bookmarklet"?
Yeesh, what a hideous word. And they complain about "fanpost"....
formerly known as mdl
oh noooooooooo
I lost my coveted 2-digit ID number!! What a world, what a world!
(The site looks damned slick though.)
Annoyed here
I have not been able to register my old user name under the new system. So I am posting under an assumed name. Can one of the "managers" help me? I just want my AN identity back, as unimpressive as it might be. I have been here for a while. I don't even have a sig line.
"I'm feeling much better now, Dave" [throws chair]
Maybe more bemused than annoyed
But it is a little frustrating to realize that the old AN account was linked to a long-abandoned email account and registered under a long-forgotten password. On the other hand that little picture dealie is pretty cool....
I opened the door . . .
. . . and influenza.
"Life without geometry has no point"
what up
looking good y'all.
"I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul." - Ichiro on Matsuzaka
by ConditionOakland on Feb 13, 2008 12:01 AM PST reply actions
Question ... are "views" unique hits or total page loads?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Is the "press c"..
To find new posts working for others? It doesn't seem to work for me.
Coming to you from the Land of Many Beers
Works for me ...
you should post your browser, operating system so the programmers can look into the problem.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I think..
I was just using it wrong. But it does take quite a while to load the page before I can press c. And it seems if I start to scroll any then I can't use c to find the new posts.
I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.12 on XP.
Coming to you from the Land of Many Beers
Where is the spell check feature?
I love the new site. Is there a way to spell check comments before they are posted?
Thomas Walker
I go away for a few days...
.. and everything changes. Next thing you'll tell me is the A's actually resigned Keith Foulke. What's that? Oh...
Enjoy the game
Different browser, different experience
For the first time since the redesign, I'm viewing New AN on a computer at the place where I work one day a week. The computer I use 99.9% of the time is a 13-inch MacBook running Safari. Here at the office I'm using a Dell 21-inch display with IE on Windows XP.
Three things seem different:
-- the font, while still somewhat difficult to read, is much bigger -- not just because the display is much bigger, but relative to the size of the screen;
-- the right-hand margin is still a huge expanse of wasted green space, but the left-hand margin is gone;
-- I stay signed in even after I've navigated away and closed and reopened the browser, instead of having to re-sign in every time I visit AN.
So it seems like New AN may be optimized for IE and a larger screen. Bad news for me, but possibly this explains why some of us are having a lot more problems than others.
Speed seems to be the same at home (cable modem) and at work (T1). I never had any problems with speed of old AN, though.
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