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Jul 03, 2007 19:16 perm link Readers: 545

I am in the midst of adding a reader count to the articles. It's not terribly accurate since many people read the articles via an RSS reader (I'd have to use a web pixel or something to track that).

Right now the issue is caching, currently the site only updates its cache when something changes (by me, or a comment) so the numbers aren't real time. I will probably clear the cache once per hour or something so that the counts will update. Articles from the past couple of days are incorrect (and mostly zero).

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  • K: Jul 15, 2007 05:28

    Why not using javascript to overwrite the cached number with a fresh one?

  • codist: Jul 16, 2007 15:05

    That's on my list to do.

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Site Redesign
Jul 01, 2007 12:49 perm link Readers: 581

I just put up a new site design. It's a little cleaner, more flexible and easier to read.

More changes to come. Let me know if anything odd appears. I haven't tested in IE 6/7 yet so probably a few oddities will appear.

Those using Safari 3 Beta will see the css3 shadows, although they aren't always updating correctly.

Also the ads have disappeared; these were mostly a test, programmers and ads don't really mix well.

My Tags:

  • Remover: Jul 01, 2007 16:49

    Looks fine in IE7. Very nice look, very clean and organized

  • Pedant: Jul 03, 2007 02:24

    As a site which champions good practice do you think "I haven't tested in IE 6/7" which probably accounts for 70+% of browsers is that acceptable?

    I realise the stats for this site are probably not representative of the general populis but still :) It does appear to work fine though.

  • codist: Jul 03, 2007 07:49

    Actually IE accounts for less % than Safari these days on this site (Firefox is almost 75%). I do plan to test some on my laptop (running parallels), consider this design still a "beta".

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