P2P Foundation Blog Maintenance

Issues, upgrades and maintenance for the Foundation's blog at http://blog.p2pfoundation.net .

Maintenance Issues

• http://www.mytoday.com/p2p/ appears dead
• Place whole entry back into blog feed (not just the title)
• Subscribe by email on the blog no longer works. Powered by feedblitz. no account. (this service places ads)

Interface and Skin

• Saving our pennies for a new skin for the foundation
• Should integrate with the p2pfoundation wiki

Blog Upgrades

Google Custom Search

• A custom engine has already been created that is indexing the Foundation's sites.
• It provides familiar and fast results.
• Integration appears painless, and is reversible
• Link to module: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13996/
• P2P Foundation Google Custom Search Engine

Tweet and Share with Apture

• Apture is easier than almost any other alternative
• Everyone who tweets uses Javascript. I guarantee it.
• There's a plugin ready to go: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/apture/
• You can read more about the service offering there or here: htp://apture.com
• Integrate now with easy instruction. Paste within the body tag the following: <script id="aptureScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.apture.com/js/apture.js?siteToken=09HgjkE" charset="utf-8"></script>
  • Copy the code above to your clipboard. Now we are going to install the search bar code onto your website.

    In your site template find your Site Footer and paste the installation code just above the </body> tag.

    If you are on Blogger add an HTML/Gadget and paste the code inside. Save the changes.Once you have saved the changes click the button below to make sure you have the magic installed correctly.
  • Make your own if you don't like that one: http://www.apture.com/createbar/