Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Craig changes relative short URLs sometimes

Hello:

I go in to the database occasionally and fix the relative short URLs if they are wrong. So if you notice a change like the following, it was probably me.

  • If you had something like http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/856/categoryid/2540/editionid/26419/Default.aspx then I have gone in and deleted the bolded part so it will work. If that isn't done, people will always be redirected to a particular edition, which is not what you want.
  • If you had something like http://my.hsj.org/va/reston/asne in the relative short URL, I deleted it because the computer will keep going in loop and it will never work.
  • If you had something like http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/856/Default.aspx in the relative short URL, I deleted it because the computer will keep going in loop and it will never work.
  • If you had something like http://thenationaledition.com then I deleted it because we don't allow you to redirect off the site.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Your stories in National Editions past

This is a new feature we added recently to the Dashboard: A list of all the stories from your students that have ever appeared in the National Edition.

This is useful if you have forgotten or missed an edition and it's getting to be award time at your school. This and that handy-dandy certificate right above it (just add calligraphy!) and you've got yourself a little journalism award ceremony!

I have edited the short URLs again

I have removed the editionid/xxxxx part of any relative short URLs that were in the system. This should make the link work for you if it wasn't before.

I have also removed some OTHER sites that were in there. You MAY NOT redirect off our site in this manner. I will delete these.

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