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New Feature: Comment Subscriptions

If you have been commenting, you may have noticed two new fields appear in the site's comment form. These two additions allow you to subscribe to someone's individual blog entry when posting your comment. What does this mean? Well, if you want to get email notifications when another user posts...

March 14, 2009

new homepage browse tabs

If you haven't noticed yet, we have a new addition to the homepage of mckinneytree.info! Above the list of the latest (20) blogs, you should see tabs next to the text "BROWSE RECENT BLOGS". If you click on these tabs, you can quickly browse the last 100 blogs across the...

June 30, 2008

tree updates

The homepage and everyone's own blog landing page layouts have changed a bit. The new homepage shows the 15 latest blog entries throughout the whole site, featuring the most recent at the top and showing a few more lines of text from the blog as well. This means if someone...

January 19, 2008

multiple photo module

The new multiple photo flash module is here! There are still some extra steps you'll have to take in order to use it - and in no way is it required or anything - but it is easier to implement then the first css/code version we were using. I'll go...

January 9, 2008

mckinney tree chat

NEW! Now we can chat on the mckinney tree - just look for the cbox chat box below the nav on every page. You can also go into the mckinney tree chat room at mckinneytree.info/tree_chat by clicking on "tree chat" in the site navagation to the left to see the...

January 6, 2008

viewing slideshow images

Tip! I got a great question yesterday that I'm sure everyone either has already or will eventually wonder about: "Is there a way to look at all of the pictures that rotate in the slideshow at the top of the page?" So, the following is my e-mail response - if...

October 28, 2007

blog brief tabbing

NEW! Some functionality has now been added to the featured blog modules on mckinney tree's homepage. You will find that within everyone's blog brief feature there are now tabs (numbered 1-3) that allow you to quickly cycle through the last three posts by the author. In addition, I added a...

August 15, 2007

tip - text linking

You can create links within your comment while posting on anyone's blog! If you copy and paste the entire link (http and all) it will automatically link to that website. SAMPLE URL LINK: You can also jazz up a link and type in your own text to then link to...

August 10, 2007

tip - blog publishing

For anyone interested in blogging back to the future - here's a quick explanation of how to schedule, publish and unpublish blogs. When creating an entry, just above the send button, that is a pull down menu that is automatically set to "Published". This means when you click the save...

August 3, 2007

tip - going home

Some people may have noticed that if you roll over the 'mckinneytree.info' text in the header (under the branch/photos) a word pops up. A few people mentioned they thought it said 'note'. It actually says 'home' and I apologize for my poor penmenship. :) If you would like to return...

July 31, 2007

tip - website slideshow

I just added some fun/useful functionality to the website slideshow. If you see a photo that you'd like to view longer than the slide duration, just click on the image as it is in the frame. It should open up that photo in a new window for you to view....

tips category

October 15, 2010