PF Blogs: Up & Running, Old Entries Lost

[Greg Bernhardt]

The new blog system is up and running
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php

Unfortunately I was not able to import the old entries. I tried my best! The old system is no longer supported. This new system is authored by vbulletin so this won't happen again.

If needed I will create a little applet so users can access their old blog entries in a plain text format.

The good news is that since the new blog uses current vb functions chroot is working on getting latex working.

 

[Moonbear]

Accessing the old blogs as plain text is better than nothing for those who may not have had time to preserve their old entries, even if it's only available for a month or so to give them time to save them and copy entries into the new blogs if they want.

Enabling LaTex in the blogs sounds like a more positive move.

 

[Demystifier]

If needed I will create a little applet so users can access their old blog entries in a plain text format.

Yes, that would be great. Please inform us when you create it and give us short instructions how to use it!

 

[jal]

Will there be a "hit" counter?
jal

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Will there be a "hit" counter?
jal

in the future

btw, if you didn't already see this:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=239834

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Note that we will be ending service of https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/

All entries in that blog have been imported into the member blog at https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php to the appropriate users.

 

[robphy]

I wonder...
if you redirect
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/
to
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php
you might be able to hold on to its current google ranking [at least for a short time] when http://www.google.com/search?q=physics+blog".

I'm not sure how well that would work... or if it is desired.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I wonder...
if you redirect
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/
to
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php
you might be able to hold on to its current google ranking [at least for a short time] when http://www.google.com/search?q=physics+blog".

I'm not sure how well that would work... or if it is desired.

Yes I am planning on that

 

[jal]

The box "Blogs' Statistics" is overlaying the blog on the right.
Does anyone else get this?
jal

 

[jal]

The problem is fixed for me.
jal