Also various people pointed out that /monitor either doesn't work right and/or doesn't make any sense. I've changed it a bit, although it still might be the case that it doesn't make much sense.
When you go to /monitor the system looks and sees if there is anything you haven't read on any pages you are tracking. If so, you immediately get sent to the front page of the site where the unread stuff should be apparent (although it's possible to track a page that is not listed on your home page, so this could be confusing - hmmm, I'll have to think about that.)
If there is nothing new for you the page will go black and it will list any other people who are presently using the monitor (this wasn't working quite right either, but should be now.) It checks the site once a minute (probably too often, but there's so few of us and it's so little bandwidth, I figured what the hell) and either reloads the black page (with updated list of people monitoring) or takes you to the front page of the site as soon as there is anything new. The idea is that you can leave it up on your desktop and tell at a glance if anything new has been added without actually going to the site yourself. As long as the screen is black, nothing new has happened. When something does happen it takes you to the front page and stops reloading, so even if you leave it up on the black /monitor page it won't just reload to infinity (it will only reload until anyone else posts something.)
Yes this is not terribly useful, but it should at least work now.
rock on my super pal!!!!
I am confused. Clicking on your /monitor link brings me to the home page. Adding /monitor to the end of the homepage url seems to do nothing but take me to the home page. Is this correct? The other day I found what I thought was the monitor page and it simply said "new posts" Clicking on the link just took me to the home page. Am I doing something wrong or am I not understanding what the monitor page is for? Is it like having eudora set to automatically check for new mail every 5 (or one) minutes?
Yes, it's like having Eudora set to check. Seems like it's not working for you. If you just get taken to the homepage then it is the case that the system thinks you have unread post and/or comments on some page you are tracking (although this page doesn't necessarily have to be on your homepage.) I'll look into your case tomorrow.
In general, please let me know if, like this case, it seems like something isn't working for you.
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When you go to /monitor the system looks and sees if there is anything you haven't read on any pages you are tracking. If so, you immediately get sent to the front page of the site where the unread stuff should be apparent (although it's possible to track a page that is not listed on your home page, so this could be confusing - hmmm, I'll have to think about that.)
If there is nothing new for you the page will go black and it will list any other people who are presently using the monitor (this wasn't working quite right either, but should be now.) It checks the site once a minute (probably too often, but there's so few of us and it's so little bandwidth, I figured what the hell) and either reloads the black page (with updated list of people monitoring) or takes you to the front page of the site as soon as there is anything new. The idea is that you can leave it up on your desktop and tell at a glance if anything new has been added without actually going to the site yourself. As long as the screen is black, nothing new has happened. When something does happen it takes you to the front page and stops reloading, so even if you leave it up on the black /monitor page it won't just reload to infinity (it will only reload until anyone else posts something.)
Yes this is not terribly useful, but it should at least work now.
- jim 11-16-2001 5:47 pm
rock on my super pal!!!!
- Skinny 11-16-2001 9:09 pm [add a comment]
I am confused. Clicking on your /monitor link brings me to the home page. Adding /monitor to the end of the homepage url seems to do nothing but take me to the home page. Is this correct? The other day I found what I thought was the monitor page and it simply said "new posts" Clicking on the link just took me to the home page. Am I doing something wrong or am I not understanding what the monitor page is for? Is it like having eudora set to automatically check for new mail every 5 (or one) minutes?
- steve 11-16-2001 9:26 pm [add a comment]
Yes, it's like having Eudora set to check. Seems like it's not working for you. If you just get taken to the homepage then it is the case that the system thinks you have unread post and/or comments on some page you are tracking (although this page doesn't necessarily have to be on your homepage.) I'll look into your case tomorrow.
In general, please let me know if, like this case, it seems like something isn't working for you.
- jim 11-17-2001 4:25 am [add a comment]