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Chris Leonard
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Running Headline: Big Changes Coming to CR4

09/13/2006 12:11 PM

In the early evening of Wednesday, September 13th (EST), we will turn off the existing CR4 and release our new platform. The new platform, which we have built from the ground up over the last 9 months, is a radical improvement over the existing site. We've updated the graphics, improved the site performance, and have added a lot of tools to make your CR4 experience better. The new site has a WYSIWYG editor for posting (no more HTML coding), will allow for image insertion, has tools for tagging and private messaging, will allow for better tracking of stories, will give blogs (previously journals) a higher profile and much, much more. We do not expect any significant downtime when the transition takes place.

We look forward to seeing you in the new CR4!

Sincerely,
Chris Leonard and the CR4 Admin Team

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Spelling check

09/11/2006 6:29 PM

I kant spel two gowd wats up wid dat

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Re:Spelling check

09/12/2006 10:42 AM

Believe me, spell checking is on my to-do list! In the mean time, you should check out the Google toolbar and its Spell Check feature... very nice.

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New CR4

09/12/2006 2:12 AM

This should make an excellent forum even better! In the long run, maybe even a bit of TEX for formulas?

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Re:New CR4

09/12/2006 10:45 AM

Hi
We've been looking at different options for entering and displaying formulas. We'll be in touch when we have something more concrete to talk about.
Thanks,
Mark

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 12:04 AM

Hi Chris, mgaulin, One possible issue with negative consequences is that some of our journal entries found their way to near the top of Google search results pages. Will such links now be broken?

An example: http://cr4.globalspec.com/~Jorrie/journal/ today comes up third third in a Google of: relativity+engineer.

Is there a plan to redirect these links in any way? (Google takes a dim view of broken links!)

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 9:04 AM

Hi Jorrie
Yes, the old urls for cr4 will map to proper urls on the new site as much as possible, including journals (if they are converted to real blogs, as yours will be). We like our search engine rankings as much as you do!

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09/13/2006 9:58 AM

Tx mgaulin, great work. Good luck for tomorrow!

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 6:44 PM

Ok, we're live!

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 7:21 PM

The new site will take a little getting used to, be it looks GREAT!

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 7:33 PM

You took the words right out of my mouth.

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 7:42 PM

Hey guys, thanks for good words. We've still got some kinks to work out of the WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor, but we're working on it.

Well, the folks here in the office doing the site upgrade are about to head home and try it out from there. (Thanks Tony, Rob, and Ron!)

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Re:New CR4

09/13/2006 9:20 PM

I like the new look. I'm trying to use these cool widegets here. Hey it worked.
Cool!
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Re: Running Headline: Big Changes Coming to CR4

09/13/2006 11:56 PM

Much happier on the eyes! Great job!

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#14

Abbreviated Daily Digest

09/14/2006 7:27 AM

I really like the new looks for the site, however, I miss being able to read the entire entry in the daily digest without having to click a link. Is it possible to change the daily digest to include the entire initial entry like it used to?
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Re: Running Headline: Big Changes Coming to CR4

09/14/2006 8:22 AM

Chris and team,

I like the new format. I know you have worked hard and it shows.

Thanks,

Hugh
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