37 responses so far ↓

• 1 Mike Theodore // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:30 pm

  I got one, methinks.
  You know how LFV has a listing of all the articles each author posted. You could have that as something you click on the names in the “about” section.
  Plus, you never added Ross in that.

• 2 paulie cannoli // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:36 pm

  Stats update

  1,252 posts,
  1,018 tags
  15,000 comments

  VISITS

  Total 192,283
  Average Per Day 2,264
  Average Visit Length 3:52
  Last Hour 102
  Today 1,032
  This Week 15,849

  PAGE VIEWS

  Total 557,387
  Average Per Day 6,135
  Average Per Visit 2.7
  Last Hour 415
  Today 3,280
  This Week 42,946

  compare:

  TPW

  VISITS

  Total 585,015
  Average Per Day 1,426
  Average Visit Length 2:27
  Last Hour 42
  Today 454
  This Week 9,981

  PAGE VIEWS

  Total 1,320,361
  Average Per Day 2,771
  Average Per Visit 1.9
  Last Hour 69
  Today 737
  This Week 19,395

  Plus 317,987 visitors before joining Site Meter on December 13, 2007

  We are beating TPW in recent stats, although they have a big head start.

• 3 G.E. // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:45 pm

  IPR = blue
  TPW = brown

  

• 4 sunshinebatman // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:49 pm

  The author’s name/handle doesn’t show up on the individual article pages, just the index…

• 5 G.E. // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:56 pm

  Oops, my graphic didn’t work.

  Here:

  

• 6 paulie cannoli // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm

  It worked for a while.

  I think maybe they are set up to be time-limited?

• 7 G.E. // Sep 21, 2008 at 5:58 pm

  Yeah. I stole the graphic and put it on IPR. It’ll work for good now.

• 8 paulie cannoli // Sep 21, 2008 at 6:01 pm

  The author’s name/handle doesn’t show up on the individual article pages, just the index…

  Yeah, that’s a big one.

• 9 Mike Theodore // Sep 21, 2008 at 6:09 pm

  Likewise

• 10 Peter Orvetti // Sep 21, 2008 at 7:52 pm

  Would it be possible to have more posts show up on the front page? I tend to add five or six stories at a time, just because of my schedule, and I hate to knock others off the front.

• 11 paulie cannoli // Sep 21, 2008 at 7:53 pm

  I suggested the same thing a while ago on our internal group.

  GE was against it.

• 12 Jared // Sep 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm

  I’d love to see just a box in the side, similar to a comment box, that would allow anyone to submit stories.

  I also wouldn’t mind seeing a list on either side showing stories from local newspapers that are available online related to 3P/Independent candidates. Not all newspaper articles are worthy of an entire blog post but I don’t know any source online that just lists all known current 3P stories.

• 13 Mike Theodore // Sep 21, 2008 at 8:55 pm

  Ya, and with that little listing on the side, anyone could submit stories. Like ones from small local papers that most don’t stumble upon.

• 14 wesbenedict // Sep 21, 2008 at 9:14 pm

  I think readers would like would appreciate an advertisement from FreeLibertarianStickers.com on the side-bar. I emailed an offer to advertise on 7/30/08, but got no reply.

• 15 Mike Theodore // Sep 21, 2008 at 9:19 pm

  That would be great, I love the stickers. As does my brother that got one too.

• 16 Arthur Torrey // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:03 pm

  I would agree with the suggestion of having the author’s name show on the article page – I never seee th front page as I’m reading in Akregator – a feed reader.

  Also, LFV has a feed subscription for comments on previous articles, that would also be useful as I don’t try to track stuff I’ve commented on, which means I seldom see replies to my comments, or more than the early comments on threads that get a lot of discussion.

  ART

• 17 Ross Levin // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:26 pm

  The articles are a good idea. I’ve thought of the “allowing anyone to write” idea, like they have at DailyKOS. Not sure about it, though.

• 18 wesbenedict // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:36 pm

  Mike Theodore,
  FreeLibertarianStickers.com is having a 48-hour “give me 10 free” sale starting at 9:35 PM central time 9/21/08 for up to 100 customers. All you have to do is put “give me 10 free” in the comments section of the form requesting free stickers and you’ll get 5 Barr’08 and 5 Libertarian More Freedom Less Government stickers for free–and shipping is free. This offer is available to previous requesters of free stickers.

  I’m expecting maybe three or four customers (not even close to 100) unless this offer hits the Florida email lists–Floridians have been big customers of mine.

• 19 Mike Theodore // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  YAY!!!!

• 20 wesbenedict // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:54 pm

  Mike, this comment is to confirm I received your order for 10 free stickers via my website. Again, I think readers of this blog would appreciate having my “for pay” stickers available as well. I think I’d be the most appreciated advertisement on this blog which would make readers happy. Nothing against Scotty Boman, vote.stra.us/donate, etc. I just think advertising for a service that offers great stickers at a great price that are relevant nationwide would be a good thing for this blog.

• 21 G.E. // Sep 21, 2008 at 10:58 pm

  I suggested the same thing a while ago on our internal group.

  GE was against it.

  I rule with an iron fist!!

• 22 G.E. // Sep 21, 2008 at 11:01 pm

  wes – You emailed about an advertisement? I did not receive the email. The contact.ipr@gmail.com message goes to all of us, too.

  My apologies for not responding. Send me a message to my personal account at jasonxxseagravesxx@gmail.com (with no xx’s).

• 23 VTV // Sep 21, 2008 at 11:07 pm

  How about a banner exchange between IPR and RevolutionBroadcasting.com? I could arrange that on my end.

• 24 kalipay // Sep 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm

  contact information ought to be a little more centrally and obviously located.

• 25 pdsa // Sep 22, 2008 at 12:46 am

  The Authors list can be implemented through a plug-in. If it’s just author names with a link to a page listing their articles, that an easy widget create. Google News can be sucked for their RSS feeds on topics (check right column of site my pseudo is linked to) , but their AUP might prohibit the use for sites with ads. Need to read it. The number of articles on the home page can be adjusted through the admin panel. Not sure about article submission form, but would be surprised if WordPress did not have a plug-in for that purpose ready for free usage.

  The majority of web users have screens resolutions wider that this fixed display layout. Might want to think about moving to a liquid display theme.

• 26 darolew // Sep 22, 2008 at 1:54 am

  “Also, LFV has a feed subscription for comments on previous articles, that would also be useful as I don’t try to track stuff I’ve commented on, which means I seldom see replies to my comments, or more than the early comments on threads that get a lot of discussion.”

  I like this idea. I also tend to read IPR through an RSS feed reader, and it’d be nice to have a feed to keep track of comments as well.

• 27 G.E. // Sep 22, 2008 at 1:55 am

  Someone needs to show us how to do all this stuff. We are very humble bloggers.

• 28 paulie cannoli // Sep 22, 2008 at 2:53 am

  Someone needs to show us how to do all this stuff. We are very humble bloggers.

  Well, putting contact.ipr@gmail.com on the front page should be easy enough.

  Banner exchanges, ads – you already have some in the sidebar, so clearly you know that part.

  I would agree with the suggestion of having the author’s name show on the article page

  I know you could do it by changing the theme. I’m not sure exactly how to implement the plugin/widget suggestion, but it should be easy enough to find someone who does.

  pdsa, would you help out with that, since you brought that up? Anyone else?

  The majority of web users have screens resolutions wider that this fixed display layout. Might want to think about moving to a liquid display theme.

  Ditto.

  I like this idea. I also tend to read IPR through an RSS feed reader, and it’d be nice to have a feed to keep track of comments as well.

  I figured that out in LFV settings, but my junior level membership does not allow me to monkey around with stuff like that here.

• 29 pdsa // Sep 22, 2008 at 3:48 pm

  GE; you have an email contact for me in my registration for this site. It is a valid POP3, which I check at least once a day, and usually several times a day.

  Email me, so we can have a non-public discussion about changes you’re interested in implementing. I’ll do what I can to help, gratis. WordPress is not that difficult to implement, but I’m one to drift off into geekalese, and need to be reminded of this.

  It’s best if actual changes are not talked about publicly though, as they could unintentionally expose security holes. Email me, and let’s keep our political differences out of the discourse, ok?

• 30 kalipay // Sep 26, 2008 at 6:46 pm

  What I would very much like to see is a little check box to “notify me of follow-up comments”, like a blogger account now offers. I lose track of the posts that I want to check… and would find it highly convenient to have further comments and a link to the original post just sitting in my email.

• 31 mdh // Jun 8, 2009 at 5:26 am

  Wordpress really is one of the simplest things to work with. I have no PHP experience (disclaimer: I am fluent with Perl which is similar) and have been able to hack the crud out of wordpress with ease.

• 32 paulie // Jun 8, 2009 at 6:13 am

  If Trent has no objection, I can make you a writer here, maybe we can get some of these suggestions implemented.

• 33 libertariangirl // Jun 8, 2009 at 10:50 am

  i want IPR to buy Paulie a laptop so he can be online mor like before.

  in case noone noticed , things have fallen off since Paulie moved:)

• 34 paulie // Jun 8, 2009 at 11:42 am

  Thanks, darlin’.

  I do have a laptop now, kind of, although it is not mine, and it has a very annoying habit of jumping back into a previous word or sentence of text and inserting letters there, rather than where they should be. I’m not sure if I am describing that understandably, but it slows my already slow typing down even more.

  The reasons I don’t get a laptop, besides money:

  I’m an internet junkie, and it really reduces the time when I manage to get out and work when I have easy internet access. For the same reason, I can’t have a job or business that comes with internet access at work.

  I tend to lose things. A lot. All the time. Wallet, eyeglasses, water bottle, backpack, phone, jacket, charger….I’m always having to go back and retrieve them, and occasionally fail to do so. Thus, it is not good for me to have a laptop, as I am likely to lose it.

  I also travel around the country without a car or drivers license, and really can’t have another bag to lug around.

  What happened before was that I was out of work for the better part of a year, longer than any time in my life since age 11 (1983), and sitting around in a place where I had access to a computer no one else used, all the time, with fast internet, and nothing else to do (no car, no easy walk or bus anywhere, no access to radio or TV, etc).

  While that was good for IPR, it wasn’t good at all for my weight, overall health, or any sort of income. Thus, it’s a situation to be avoided, not restored.

• 35 jarchow1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 3:14 am

  Don’t quit taking the medication because you feel better and think you don’t need it anymore. This is a common mistake that can throw you right back into mania.

• 36 Big Tent Bozo // Sep 21, 2009 at 10:16 pm

  jarchow1,

  I know. Tell me about it!

• 37 UnafGroolluff // Mar 1, 2010 at 9:37 pm

  OMG! – How can animals like Bernaldo Bicoy – who is a twice convicted child sex offender get bail?

  This punk faked himself as a lawyer and business investor consultant to win trust of kids. Out of all people, the govern lets him out on bail!

  It’s sad but the neighborhoods of Lake Forest are now dangerous. How can I petition?

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