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Posted by Siren  
[spoiler]There is yet another way to keep the software from displaying an excerpt from your blog.

Simply select the entire entry, and then choose the "spoiler" tag from the "Other Styles" menu.

That way, anyone who wishes to read your blog must click on it, regardless of what the viewing permissions are.

Now there are...
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Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"][size="4"]How to Enable and Disable the Blog Tracking Option

[color="#FF0000"]NOTE: At the moment, this information is only true if you are using the default Pandora's Aquarium skin. The blog tracking link is still available in the IP.Board skin. Anyone who wishes...
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How to Not Show Excerpts

28 January 2010
Posted by Siren  
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Did you notice how this entry didn't display any text, but only showed an ellipsis ("...")? I THINK I've figured out a way you can get your entries to do this, too.

UPDATE: Okay, maybe I'm losing it but now it seems all you have to do is put your entry...
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Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]The old blog format displayed each entry in its entirety, and you would scroll to read downward through previous entries (also displayed in full). In order to read the comments for an individual entry, you had to click on that entry's title.

The new blog format displays windows in rows, ordered from left to right...
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What Is an Entry Poll?

24 January 2010
Posted by Siren  
This entry is just trying to figure out what the "Entry Poll" option does. This text is text I entered into the usual blog entry field, which in editing mode displays above the entry poll option, but which in actual blog display mode displays below the entry poll itself. If what I just said made sense the first time you read it, then...
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Blog Troubles 1

22 January 2010
Posted by Siren  
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[*]It seems it is now the default for fellow Pandy's members to be able to track your blog. See that link up there that says "Subscribe to [name of blog]?" If someone hits that, it means every time you publish a new entry, that person will receive an email that includes the full text of the entry.

Guests (i.e., the...
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Posted by Siren  
Well, things are morphing from moment to moment, ha!

But...can anyone tell me if my blog "Siren Song" is appearing in the main listing? I tried to set it as private until the major tweaks are worked out, because it was offering the tracking option and I couldn't get rid of the content block, but when I logout and view the...
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Blog Software Update

19 January 2010
Posted by Siren  
Just heard that Pandy's is now in line for an update to the blogging software. Yay! I'm excited to check out all the new features.

And then, of course, come here and describe every miniscule thing in excruciating detail.

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Blog Tags Torture Test

31 December 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Blog Tags Torture Test

Oh, that's funny. Software can't handle long tags with no spaces. Look at that poor content block. And, alas...so far, no way to widen the block anymore.

I sure am glad I don't have pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I'm doubly -- no triply...
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Tags: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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Blog Tags Limit Test, cont'd

31 December 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Blog Tags Limit Test, cont'd

Testing to determine if the limit is related to the number of tags or the number of characters. (Findings at bottom of this entry.)

This entry has multiple super-long blog tags, each of which is the tag "super-long blog tags."

When I typed the tags in...
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Tags: super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags, super-long blog tags

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Blog Tags Limit Test

31 December 2009
Posted by Siren  
Blog Tags Limit Test

Now let's find out many tags can a blog entry have...

This blog entry will only take 25 "tags" tags.

Is it about number of tags or number of characters?

Time for a new "tags" test entry, ha.

Tags: tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags

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Posted by Siren  
Just to bloat that "Tags" tag.

Tags: tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags, tags

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More Blog Tag Stuff

31 December 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]More Blog Tag Stuff

Tag Sizes
If you want to artificially inflate the size of a blog tag, you can just repeat the same tag over and over, separated by commas, on a single entry. If you do this on a published entry, it will show the tag repeating at the bottom of the entry ("Filed in...
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Tags: BLOG TAGS, tags, Tags

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Community Blog Statistics

22 December 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Community Blog Statistics

Blog statistics appear on the bottom right when you go to the "Community Blog" page. It says "Community Blog Statistics," and underneath it lists the total number of existing blogs, the total number of existing blog entries, the total number of...
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Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Shortly after I posted the previous entry, Shannon explained that the "Total Posts" counter on the main page only counts posts that actually exist, which means posts that used to exist but have been deleted are not counted.

This explains the discrepancy between the number a new post is assigned (which does...
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Millionth Post?

18 November 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Have been checking the front page for the last ten minutes or so, hoping to catch a screenshot of the "Total Posts" count at the million mark. Things were moving nice and slow, about a post a minute, and then shazam, three different people posted four different posts within about six seconds of one another...
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Adding Selective Blog Links

18 November 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Adding "Mark As Read" and "Mark As Favorite" Links

You always have the option of adding the content block "My Blog Links" to your blog to get access to the "Mark As Favorite" and "Mark As Read" links. The problem is this block also allows readers...
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Tags: mark as "read"

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Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Miscellaneous Small Thoughts and Complaints


Main Page Personalized Announcement
Okay, that was a little unnerving, to log back on and see that there, with my name blaring out of it! I guess it's kind of a cool feature...but I think it has the potential to border on cheesy, kind...
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About the New PM System

16 November 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]About the New PM System

After much careful and controlled sirentific experimentation and exploration, here are some nerdy observations and opinions about the new PM system.


NOTE: Most of the basics are covered in the Help files. ...
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Need a Regular Member's Help

14 November 2009
Posted by Siren  
[font="Arial"]Need a Regular Member's Help

(as opposed to a member who has special editing privileges, like an administrator or board moderator or guest editor on this blog, etc.)

Would you mind looking in the "Tags" content block on the right and seeing if the first tag you see is called...
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This is basically my space to spill out everything I'm thinking and feeling.

Please note that some of the content here may be triggering.

What I write here is just me being honest with myself. Mostly just venting about things, realisations, and my path through healing.

There will be talk of CSA, SA, R, SI and ED here.

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