CBS News clearly has some work to do. So does CNN but not as much maybe… I just heard via Jeff Cheney that CBS (TV) is reporting that Saddam Hussein has (possibly) been captured. Amusingly enough, neither CBS.com nor CBSNews.com has anything about this at this very moment, though no doubt they will soon. On… Continue reading

Again this week, I hooked up with the weblog-writers meeting via webcast and IRC. For your reading pleasure, I’ve got the IRC transcript: IRC Transcript in HTML (44KB) There was a rumor that the webcast would be archived for future listening, but in case that didn’t work, I’ve got a recording here too. If anyone… Continue reading

I recorded the webcast of the weekly weblog-writers meeting at Berkman tonight. You can listen to it in MP3 in four parts here: Part 1 231KB (pre-meeting) Part 2 3.4MB Part 3 4.9MB Part 4 9.3MB Marc Nozell has the IRC transcript here. (updated URL — thanks, Marc) Continue reading

A new feature for Manila which makes it possible to subscribe to RSS feeds in Editors-Only Manila sites using any RSS news reader which supports HTTP authentication: This is especially useful for people who run private sites for a workgroup or project, or for people who run Manila sites in educational environments where the sites… Continue reading

A feature of Manila that I forgot to mention earlier: When you’re setting the path for a story or discussion group message, clicking the path field in the Admin box automatically chooses the “set a path” command. One less step needed for a commonly used feature… Continue reading

We’ve released some enhancements for Manila’s news item departments feature: News item departments now each have their own RSS 2.0 feeds. In addition, each Manila site now has a page which lists all the departments in the site, along with links to each department, and its RSS feed. See this page on the Manila site… Continue reading

Previously, there was no way to read RSS feeds for Editors Only Manila sites in an RSS news reader, because Manila uses a cookie for authenticating membership. This feature enables basic HTTP authentication for the RSS feeds in Editors Only Manila sites, so that any RSS news reader which supports subscribing to password-protected feeds can… Continue reading

A couple of small changes for Radio: The RSS enclosures prefs page now includes a setting for choosing where to save downloaded enclosures. A few macros which weren’t previously explained in Radio’s help system have been added to the Built-in Macros help page. Update Radio.root to get the changes. Continue reading

New feature for Manila users: Discussion Group RSS Feeds. Your discussion group’s RSS feed makes it easy for you and your readers to follow discussion on your site using any news aggregator which supports RSS. Here are a few example feeds from the Manila, Radio, and Frontier sites (all served by Manila). Continue reading