Back From Germany
October 19, 2006
Well, I am back from Germany and my business trip. You may have noticed the lack of posting here. I went over there last Saturday for a conference that my company was hosting in Landshut, Germany. Landshut is about 40km North of Munich.
During the trip, in fact on the first day, you may have noticed that Mr Papa’s World was hacked by some Turkish hackers. I apologize for the crap they left here. Luckily, they didnt do any lasting damage other than replacing the front page and I was able to walk Suzanne through fixing it over the phone from Germany. They also hacked one of my other websites. I think that one is actually where they got in though they left two others alone.
The trip was very successful and loads of fun. I really enjoy business trips to Germany. I hadnt taken one there in about 4 years. Prior to that, I was going there about 3 times a year. I had been thinking I was missing the trips, but it really hit home after getting there. As conference hosts, we had lots of hard work to do, but most of the evenings and nights were ours. I really love walking around the Germany towns and sampling the local food and drink.
Well, I need to unpack and get squared away, just wanted to make a quick post that I was back and apologize for the hackers. I will try to post some more tomorrow on my trip.
Website Updates
October 9, 2006
If you are a frequent visitor to Mr Papa’s World, you may have noticed some of the recent enhancements to the website. I thought I would spend a couple of minutes and let everyone know about the recent improvements.
- Print this Post – I have added the capability for Mr Papa’s World readers to print out a post in a nice formatted fashion in case I happen to write something that gets enough interest from someone that they would want such a feature. The Print this Post feature is located in the header section of each post.
- Rate this Post – I have added the ability for readers to rate each post from 1 – 5. This gives me some feedback on what folks think of the stuff I am writing on Mr Papa’s World. The current post rating is displayed below the post header information. If you have havent voted on a particular post, just click on the number of stars you want to give that post.
- Advanced Search – I have added in an advanced search feature to Mr Papa’s World. The built-in search ability of WordPress is a bit limited. This new feature adds in a whole bunch of options for searching for information on this site. You can access the advanced search page from either the nav menu at the top of the page, from within the Website sidebar on the right side or from the mini quick search area at the bottom of the sidebar.
- Social Bookmarks – Social bookmarking seems to be the recent rage on the web. Wikipedia defines social bookmarking as “Social bookmarking sites generally organize their content using tags. Social bookmarking sites are an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources through the practice of tagging and inferences drawn from grouping and analysis of tags.” While I dont really use social bookmarks, I thought I would make it easy for those who do, to bookmark Mr Papa’s World if they so desired. The currently supported social bookmark sites are shown via a strip of small images right below each post.
- Clickable Smileys – I have also given readers the option now of easily using smileys when making a comment on a post. Below the comment entry textarea is another box that contains the currently available smileys on Mr Papa’s World. Simply click on the smiley you want and it will be inserted into the comment.
There have been a few other behind the scenes modifications that I wont bother you with as they are really aimed at helping me create content and maintain the site. I hope you enjoy the new changes and continue to stop by and read what I have to say.
As always, comments, suggestions and feedback are always welcome.
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