Comments on: TTAC Switches to New WordPress Platform

By: Martin B

Martin B — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:37:39 +0000

OK, it is working now. Here’s an additional comment:

3. Also, the caption doesn’t always show up when the cursor hovers over the picture.

By: Martin B

Martin B — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:36:55 +0000

Can this be… If I write a comment offline and paste it into the comment box and submit it, it doesn’t show up, but if I type it directly into the comment box, it does?

EDIT. I copied and pasted the above comment from my previous post. This worked fine. But I have attempted to copy and paste a relevant comment from a WordPad document, no dice. Will keep trying. (Maybe copy first to plain text file, thence to TTAC?)

By: Martin B

Martin B — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:29:02 +0000

Can this be… If I write a comment offline and paste it into the comment box and submit it, it doesn’t show up, but if I type it directly into the comment box, it does?

By: Martin B

Martin B — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:09:34 +0000

If I click on the pictures on the Auto News Blog items, to see them bigger, I get two different responses.

1. GOOD.
A white field opens on a black background, the picture appears with a caption and a CLOSE X button. I click on the X and I return to the news article.

2. BAD.
A white field opens on a black background, a rotating icon appears and just keeps rotating. No picture, no caption. To get back to the news item I have to press ESC and click on the RELOAD icon.

Taken from one page of news, from oldest to youngest:

GOOD
Metabo Mania Hits Japanese Automakers
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/004644-05-1.jpg]

Daily Podcast: Paralipsis
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/228862044_d1526dafd9.jpg]

Question of the Day: Do We Need To Make Sacrifices?
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/manhattan_project_lg.jpg]

Volt Birth Watch 62: “GM readies Volt unveiling to shift focus from crisis”
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/diversion_tactics.jpg]

TTAC Switches to New WordPress Platform
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/wordpresstitle.jpg]

Hybrid SUVs Hamstrung by High Demand?
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/green-car-of-the-year-tahoe1.jpg]

BAD
GM Denies WSJ Brand Termination Story
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/denial.jpg]

Gas or Cash? Lottery Players’ Fuellish Ways
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/megamillions2.jpg]

This is Not the New Prius (Engadget)
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/priuschop-resized.jpg]

Citroen Unveils C3 Picasso Mini-Minivan
[http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/citroenc3picasso-front.jpg]

Browsing with Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12, Windows XP Home SP2, 56 kb dial-up

By: shaker

shaker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:04:05 +0000

All I know is that I can log in now (at home) using Firefox 3 — happy boy! ;-)

By: Julianne

Julianne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:41 +0000

I deleted my RSS feed and then re-subscribed, and now it works fine. Thanks!

By: TEXN3

TEXN3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:45:02 +0000

I’ll try the new feed URL…. looks like it works!

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:17:16 +0000

Thanks for that. The programmers are on the case. And me on theirs. Obviously.

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:03:09 +0000

My RSS reader is not detecting any new posts since yesterday (Monday).

I use Google Reader. It is watching this feed:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-rss2.php

It looks like you changed the feed URLs. So I will update Google Reader to the new feed address at
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feed/

By: TEXN3

TEXN3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:00:29 +0000

RF: I’m having problems with my RSS feed.

I am using XP Pro, IE7, and Google Reader on my iGoogle webpage.

The RSS URL is: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-rss2.php

It gives the following message:
Information is temporarily unavailable.

By: miked

miked — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:44:07 +0000

I’m using Google Reader for RSS and just haven’t had any updates since the change over. I don’t see any error messages.

The URL I’m using is:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-rss2.php

By: Antone

Antone — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:36:48 +0000

Test… “Ground control to Major Tom”

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:49:30 +0000

If anyone’s having issues with the RSS feeder, can you please tell us…

OS
Browser and version
RSS application and version
URL they are using for the feed
Exact error it gives, if any

Thanks!

By: edgett

edgett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:21:12 +0000

I hope your Web 2.0 doesn’t look anything like Winding Road’s Web 2.0. Dear God did they mess up that site.

Amen to that. The Winding Road “experience” is pretty winding…

Amazingly seamless switch, Robert!

By: blankfocus

blankfocus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:09:28 +0000

I hope your Web 2.0 doesn’t look anything like Winding Road’s Web 2.0. Dear God did they mess up that site. Please keep it simple.

By: golden2husky

golden2husky — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:20:48 +0000

So far, so good. Correction of comments is a smooth affair now. I must publicly comment on the efficiency of this site. If GM ran as tight a ship as you guys they would dominate the market. Keep up the good work.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:06:46 +0000

Working much better on my home computer than the old format. Never had any problems at work with using the site. ;-)

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:53:40 +0000

Will TTAC be sharing its platform with the Acadia/Outlook/Enclave?

No, but we’re excellent lambada dancers.

By: SherbornSean

SherbornSean — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:27:22 +0000

Will TTAC be sharing its platform with the Acadia/Outlook/Enclave?

By: Julianne

Julianne — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:12:12 +0000

The RSS feed isn’t working (Live Bookmark on Firefox 2), but everything else seems to be going fine.

By: dhanson865

dhanson865 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:48:44 +0000

test, ooh snazzy

By: ZoomZoom

ZoomZoom — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:40:59 +0000

Well, now…that’s weird. My above comment says I have 59 minutes and (counting down)…15 seconds.

By: ZoomZoom

ZoomZoom — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:40:03 +0000

I noticed it, because I had to log in again. Flipping the switch during prime time; that’s gutsy.

It appears that you now have 20 minutes to edit your comments, rather than the original 60 minutes. That’s fine; if I can’t find a typo in 20 minutes, then shame on me!

Other than that, so far so good…