Mar

15

2008

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Application Bar & Blog Network

12:43AM by Hoc

There’s been a blank white space about 150px in height under the logo of each site. A couple of people thought it was a design goof. What’s suppose to go there is a list of icons for the various applications we plan to develop and host. Currently we have one application up and running, social news. Since putting only one icon there would seemed odd, we decided to wait until more applications were ready. Don’t worry, we’ll be filling in this bar pretty quickly in the next few months. We’re currently near finish on three applications, blog network, wiki and forum.

In a week or so, our blog network application is next to go live. We already have half a dozen bloggers lined up for Ningin and Jetdrop and we’re in talks with many more. Each blogger who joins our network has a strong passion for the community they’ll be blogging for. They’ll be reporting on the issues and buzz within their respective Mixr community and provide commentary, features, analysis, highlights, interviews, and news bites on all the related happenings in the world. Consider them community reporters as well as industry experts. The Jetdrop Community blog will be up sometime towards the end of next week and Ningin will follow shortly thereafter. 

Right now the blog icon will link to our ”Join Our Blog Network” page. We’ll still looking for a lot more passionate, opinionated people to join the ones we have so far. If you already spend a lot of time writing about Gadgets, Cars, and Asian Media, why not join our growing communities and be compensated for something you do for fun. 

Mar

14

2008

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Recent Activity

07:04AM by Hoc

Haven’t had time to blog much since the transitions. Between dealing with the various bugs/errors that naturally follows a huge code addition, meetings, and catching up on sleep, there just isn’t enough time in the day. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a bunch of new features and changes that needs highlighting. The first change/feature up for discussion is the recent activity section of the member profile page.



It’s basically the same as it was in the old system, but this time it shows all the activity in a feed format whereas the old version separated the activity into different tabs. For now, it’s set to show activities within the last 45 days; however, that’s open to change. To view a complete, sortable history of all your activities, there’s the history feature which also got a face lift. 

Once we incorporate more applications, the recent activity will show all actions from those as well. Later on, you’ll be able to track your recent activity, and those of your friends in a RSS feed. 

Mar

8

2008

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Work in Progress

06:56AM by Hoc

We’ve been steadily preparing for this transition all week and we’re just about ready to start. Regular updates will be posted here.

8:00am EST: We’ll most likely take down the sites in about 5-6 hours and we expect the process to take 1-2 days.
1:00pm EST: Ningin, Jetdrop, and Ziggytek offline now.
12:00am EST: We’re about halfway home. Should be done on or before Monday morning.

Sun, 3/9:
6:00pm EST: There was a couple of issues that slowed us down today, but all sites should be ready up soon.
9:00pm EST: Beta Users can now login and play around with the new system. On a side note, today we move the clock forward...personally I hate doing that.

Mon, 3/10:
3:00am EST: We’re basically done with everything. Just doing the final run-throughs. Site will be back up sometime today in the late afternoon most likely.
12:00PM EST: Few more hours folks!
1:00pm EST: Ningin is up!
6:00pm EST: Ziggytek and Jetdrop are up! Now time for a little nap.

Mar

5

2008

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Letter to the Community, March 5th

08:46PM by Hoc

Dear Community Members,

Our goal is to become the single, most valuable resource for all the communities we serve. Taking a big step towards that goal, we will be transitioning all of our Mixr Media websites, Ningin.com, Jetdrop.com, and Ziggytek.com to a new system this weekend!  This new system introduces many new features and allows us to add more applications in the future going beyond social news. Again, all Mixr sites use one common profile and common login making it easy for you to switch back and forth between communities. We will also be giving all our sites a complete redesign to make these new features and functions accessible and easy to use.

The date for this is currently set at March 8th. This process will take awhile, possibly 1-2 days. During that time, all the sites will be offline. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Updates of this process will be posted here on our blog.

We are very excited about this evolution of our online communities and we’re glad that you’ll be a part of it. We welcome any feedback you may have. Thanks again for being a member!

The Mixr Media Team

Mar

3

2008

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Reporting Bugs

06:11PM by Hoc

Technically all Mixr sites are in a beta stage. Even though we don’t have a beta image next to our logo, we’re in beta. One can argue that all web applications are in a perpetual beta stage since new features and functions are constantly being added. Mixr certainly isn’t an exception. Which is why we put up a bug tracking system and we need your help to find any possible bugs out there. Don’t forget to login or register as only registered users can report bugs.

Also, we have a special award icon for bug submitters...the “Bug Hunter” award. Thanks in advance for helping us track down bugs!