Site Upgrades

by Eric Simon on Apr 4, 2007 1:26 AM EDT

In the very near future, AA will be going through some site upgrades to enhance functionality and usability of the posting/commenting here. Yay! The upgrades have already been guinea-pigged at Athletics Nation and a couple of our college blogs, and AA is at the top of the list of baseball blogs to receive the makeover.

Here are the biggest components of the upgrade:

Ajax commenting: you will now be able to expand/collapse comments as you see fit. Basically, you can see what you want and hide what you don't.
Comment auto-refresh: you won't have to press [F5] or refresh the page in order to see new comments on the page; this will be especially helpful during game chatters. The comments are refreshed dynamically and new comments will be indicated as such. This can be disabled on a per user basis if you decide you hate it.
Ajax editor: the diary posting interface has been beefed up and will be much more impressive and intuitive. Posting will happen much more quickly without having to reload the site.
Tags: AA authors will now be able to "tag" stories (right now we are limited to a single "Section"). This will allow more elaborate organizing and searching of posts at AA.

If you want to see the new features in action, you can click through to Athletics Nation. As soon as I know the exact date of the change I will let everyone know. The new features may take a few days to get used to, but they will make the site better in the long run.

In addition to the site changes I have added a new "Game Chatter Hitlist" table to the right sidebar. In essence, this table keeps track of user comments during game chatters so everyone knows who is contributing to the game threads. For instance, DocMets16 is pacing the circuit with 88 comments through the first two games. Right on!

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AACK

You have stung me directly in my competitive nature. Last place in game chatter? Embarassing.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 4, 2007 7:54 AM EDT reply actions

Well

It only shows the top ten, so you're only last in that respect. And if we're being technical, you are actually tied for ninth!

by Eric Simon on Apr 4, 2007 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

tied for last!

I am six posts ahead of ZaBlanc's kid.

newbie junit3123 has me doubled up.

erik from the bx has 25 more posts than last year.

elifriedman has 13 posts on me already. what happens when beltran slumps?

i can't keep up.

this is what happens when you don't take spring training seriously.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 4, 2007 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Somebody's

going to end up in New Orleans if he doesn't start to produce.

"He even tried to pimp it," Floyd said. "He's got no pimp." Said Wright: "I don't even know what that means."

by Billy Everyteen on Apr 4, 2007 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I wish I was Phil Humber

but I know I am chan Ho park

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 4, 2007 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Pick me up a beignet

"He even tried to pimp it," Floyd said. "He's got no pimp." Said Wright: "I don't even know what that means."

by Billy Everyteen on Apr 4, 2007 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Chickory Coffee too?

While I am at Cafe du Monde, I might as well hook it up proper.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 4, 2007 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Mmmm

Tell you what, I'll take the demotion.

"He even tried to pimp it," Floyd said. "He's got no pimp." Said Wright: "I don't even know what that means."

by Billy Everyteen on Apr 4, 2007 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Ha!

All it means is that DocMets16 is a slacker. :-)

"Step 1: Put Milledge in right. Step 2: ... Step 3: 2009 MVP!"

by ZaBlanc on Apr 4, 2007 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

yea!

This is great news. Ajax is awesome, as a lot of people here probably know from Daily Kos.

I am psyched.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Apr 4, 2007 9:35 AM EDT reply actions

second place

just like our fantasy league last year. wasn't good enough then, not good enough now! The baby is slowing me down!

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Apr 4, 2007 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

No comment "rating" capability

I take it? Also, as long as we're going meta - there was talk of having the Mets roster on a sidebar, and a new suggestion would be results from the AA fantasy league.

I propose all this because I know you're just sitting around with nothing to do, Eric.

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Apr 4, 2007 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

Comment Ratings

These will actually be included in the upgrade but disabled by default (comments will show 0/0 as the rating). They *can* be enabled, but AA hasn't really blown up enough yet to make the ratings meaningful. We're getting there, though, so maybe in the near future it might make more sense.

I actually didn't make it into the fantasy league in time, so I don't have access to the standings to post here.

I can definitely add the 25-man roster to the sidebar since I don't have anything else to do. I'll try to carve out some time to do that this weekend.

by Eric Simon on Apr 4, 2007 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll try send the standings periodically

If you want. Maybe I'll write some kind of feed that you can install or something.

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win!!!

by DoctorK16 on Apr 4, 2007 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Damn I talk too much

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win!!!

by DoctorK16 on Apr 4, 2007 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

you're just padding your lead

damn you doc!

i have a hockey game at 11 tonight, so i won't get a full game chatter in. i'll come back afterward all full of adrenaline and provide some frantic post-game analysis.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 4, 2007 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions

pace yourself Doc

or you're gonna have some sore fingers by September and be useless for the post season.

end the madness.stop the war

by elifriedman on Apr 4, 2007 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

The whole season is the POST season.

Ba doom boomp.

Thank you very much - I'm here all week.

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Apr 4, 2007 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

worst to 2nd best

in one game.

not enough sleep: check
too much caffeine: check
unbearable stress of life: check
john maine dealing: CHECK!

look out doc, i am sleep-deprived, hyper-active, and emotionally-disturbed! i thought my ncaa bracket would solve all my problems, but now i know that amazin avenue game chatter will get me through these troubled times.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Apr 5, 2007 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions