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New Year, New Site!

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Hello and welcome to a revised Vancouver Condo Info! I was having some problems with blogger so I’m going to try out wordpress – I’m still working out some of the rough edges, but hopefully everything works.

I’ll be posting the standard Friday Free-for-all open topic post after this, but here’s the place to make comments about the new site format. Kudos? Complaints? Post ’em here!

Here’s a few of the new features happening with this site redesign:

-You can now reply directly to a comment, just click ‘reply to this comment’
-I can auto moderate older posts – this means current posts show up, but spam on post older than 15 days has to be approved.
-Anyone can post, but if a bunch of garbage posts show up from one IP it can be banned.
-You can send in anonymous notes via the feedback form on the general information page.

Things that will likely be changing, but I’m happy to hear feedback on:

-The color scheme
-Graphics in general
-Minor useability issues

I hope you enjoy the new site and have an excellent new year!

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admin

I'm enjoying having the best of both worlds – I find comments can get messy following replies whether they are linear or nested.

I've added a 'recent comments' box on the upper right hand corner of every page that makes it easy to see if there are new comments on the site and I like the RSS feed for chronological comment updates on specific posts or for the entire site.

Thanks for the feedback!

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Anonymous

Nesting comments are fine though most blogs I visit are linear. The issue is many will still keep linear posts and some will thread, making the whole thing a bit more messy.

If everyone adhered to nesting comments properly I'm all for it, otherwise linear is best. IMHO.

Either way I'll get used to it. Comments RSS is great.

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Dave

Hell ya, Blogger sucks. I was on Blogger for a very short time and then switched to WordPress.

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Digi

Nice update to the site!

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casual observer

Reply to Spoofing Issue Resolved, posted in this thread as per Pope's request

Thanks Pope, for addressing that issue, and for all the work you do in keeping this blog up and running. BTW, registering does not allow you to delete your own previously posted comments. At least I couldn't figure out how to do it.

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admin

Nope can't delete your comments, thats a seperate issue. You can preview your comments before you make them though which will enable you to check links, spelling, logic, etc.

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gregg

Hi Pope

Great site, easy to read with the white background. I have lurked here for quite a while, and enjoy your comments and the 'crowd' also. I have been in RE for over 25 years, my father was in the biz. Try to remember Whistler lots going for $175,000 my Dad developed Whitegold, Emerald Estates etc. I have been in and out (currently out) of RE for years. I have a very hard time helping young couples buy their first home (a lot of disclosure is needed) before you hand them the shovel and let them bury themselves. The market sucks…..I am waiting on the sidelines for the big enema…it is going to be f*cking BRUTAL. I am in cash and metals.

Congrats on this 'better' site.

Best Wishes

g

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betamax

great move, I was having problems with blogger too.

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testing

how to use my blogger's id here

or do i've to register with wordpress?

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admin

Just type your blogger handle into the 'name' field, no password neccessary. the site should remember you when you come back. You can register here, but its not required to take part in the discussion.

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mohican

Nice job pope. I like the change. I have also thought about switching too but I'm being lazy! As long as the colors are clean and in keeping with your theme I'm not picky.

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admin

Alrighty then! It's back to The Pope by popular demand.

I'm glad to see a lot of the regular posters coming over and maintaining their identities, so I'll do the same.

Anonymous: Thanks for the link, I'm aware of the multitudes of themes available, but I think this one's a good base to start from. I'm tweaking and changing things to make it my own so it becomes a bit of a drag to change to a different theme.

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aetakeo

Yeah, I miss you as the pope, but otherwise I like it a lot.

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mk-kids

It's weird seeing you as VanCon and not Pope… I don't like that so much. Otherwise the site is great, my little experience in the blogging realm makes me like wordpress better than blogger.

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Anonymous

There are many options. http://themes.wordpress.net/

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solipsist

Maybe you ought to just ignore me your eminence, my wife certainly does.

Don't mind my high falutin' comments, like all babes and fools, I know not of what I speak (a little biblicality for your eminence).

The site is as cool as ever.

Cabernet Sauvignon, over and out.

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admin

There it is – a more monochromatic version of the site and a more topical header graphic, thats it for me today.

strataman, I can fix the alibi problem and I charge very reasonable rates – just let me know what timestamp you need on your post 🙂

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Strataman

"I’ll try to edit stratamans comment to set it back in order."

Damn there goes my aliby! 🙂

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solipsist

The template does not seem to put things in order (my comment was inserted before earlier ones). strataman's comment shows to be posted at 3 AM, and your response 5 hours earlier.

strataman, where on earth are you (physically)?

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admin

Thanks for the comments Solipsist – The time displacement is my fault and should be temporary thing, I originally set this up without the -8 timezone adjustment, I'll try to edit stratamans comment to set it back in order.

I'm thinking if I go a bit less acidic on the color scheme it will be a less jarring transition. I like the way the blogger template looked, but I'm an inveterate tinkerer and wanted to play with a few new blogging features. I do like the way this template highlights the comment count – the reader comments are what makes this site interesting to me.

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solipsist

I've been bandying about the idea of going to WordPress for a while, but so far have no real complaints about Blogger (and, I'm overcome by inertia…).

It is a bit jarring, but perhaps that is good.

I might say that the colours are a bit acidic, but then again, maybe I am just so attached to the old paradigm.

I'll still read you 5 times a day.

Maybe I'll photoshop something for your header.

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Mold City

I think I like it, but I reserve judgment. I'm slow to adapt to change. 🙂

Some of the new features sound good though!

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Strataman

Mostly I like the time travel I've already seen 3:00 am tomorrow and I've just started the wine! 🙂

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admin

We're operating on a whole 'nother plane here.. 🙂

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richard

i don't like the color scheme.

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admin

Prefer a more monochromatic theme? I think we were mostly grey/black and a bit of orange on the blogger theme.

The area where I'm least sure about this new setup is the color scheme, perhaps its a bit much?

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Strataman

Looks good Pope!Wordpress does have an attractive simplicity to it. Think you have to come up with a picture on the opening banner that fits your personality!

🙂

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admin

Thanks Strataman – I agree, like I said its still a little rough around the edges. The header definately needs some work to make it topical.

There are some nice things about the wordpress platform though, You can now reply directly to a comment which should make following the big discussions easier.

I'm open to critisicm on the new platform, anyone think we should return to blogger?

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