Joel Patrick

Server problem

Something on the server chewed up some files. I am not sure what did it, but it was not fun trying to fix things. Please let me know if you think there is still something amiss. Sorry about the disturbance.

Making Links "count"

I received a very good question about link counting on the CICS blogging scoreboard. The question was why there are blog entries with links that are not counted. The answer is that the links are not active links. Here's the difference:

• Here is a link that is not active: http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2007/db071111.gif
• Here is the same link made active: http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2007/db071111.gif
• Here is the link in the text.

The first example is not counted by the scoreboard because the algorithm does not find a link unless the html grammar of is used. If you are puzzled by this, you can learn more at the following two links that are a short browse from the CICSWorld home page:

• From the link "Learning Movable Type" you can find this entry on adding links.
• From my howtos you can watch: Adding some value to a blog entry.