Site updates
Submitted by B Peret on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 18:32
I have updated the RS theory site and subdomains to the latest version of Drupal, and upgraded all the modules. This corrects a number of problems with the site, particularly the custom, domain-based views. If you experience any site problems, please contact me. Thanks.
I have added CAPTCHA to registration and new password forms to try to cut down on the number of bogus registrations by spambots. It seems to work OK. If there are problems, just try again and it will give a new sequence. Note that the code is all uppercase letters and numbers, and I eliminated obvious conflicting characters like 8 and B.
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More updates and added "Bookmarks" feature
I have updated the site to the latest version of Drupal.
A new "bookmarks" option is now available to ISUS members in good standing, that allows you to bookmark pages on the site--any content, audio, videos, chapters in books, etc., as a type of personal "research" link. To use the feature, just click "Bookmark this" on the bottom of any page. You can list and manage your bookmarks by clickon on "My bookmarks" in the user navigation menu.
Help correcting typos
Posting here since I don't see a way to send you a message directly.
I have enjoyed reading the online books, but have noticed typos here and there (or more probably character recognition problems, like "all" when it should be "an").
Also recently, I noticed a website that uses "community driven" typo/language correction. Any visitor can highlight some text, press Ctrl-Enter, and a form pops up where you can type in the correct text. Apparently the webmaster gets informed of the typo through an email or something.
I looked into the tool, and it's a javascript library called "Orphus." Here's a link to the English page about what it is and how to install it: http://orphus.ru/en/
You can test it on there site. Just highlight some phrase that isn't quite correct (they're russian, so there are plenty :), and press Ctrl-Enter. It's the fastest feedback/correction system I've seen so far. I'd love to see DB Larson's works completely error-free!
Any help appreciated
I had a contact form at one time, but the 15,000 spam emails a day made it pretty useless. We just updated to a new server with much better antispam software, so I may put it back again.
I checked out Orphus and it looks pretty cool... using Drupal as a CMS right now, and I'll add it when a module gets developed for it. I don't have enough experience with Drupal themes to try to add it myself.
I'd love some help with editing and proofreading. Right now, I'd just have to give you global editing privs (does have a wsiwyg editor) and explain the conventions. I still have several hundred more articles to put out, but they need some basic editing and conversion of the equations to LaTeX,which is very time-consuming work.
I'll contact you via email.
I can help
Please email me if you still need any help.
Email updated, willing to edit
I just updated my email in my profile to an account I actually use.
I've worked with Drupal before. Not an expert, but we use it here at work, so I've authored and edited pages in our internal Drupal system.
Wouldn't mind being in the editors group and correcting typos.
Keep up the good work!
Welcome new editor
OK, I've added you to the editors list, so you can edit typeos on pages. Let me know if you have any questions regarding procedure. I have a LOT more to add to the site, but probably won't get around to it until this winter. Trying to get out the 50th Anniversary Edition of Structure of the Physical Universe at the moment... it's a lot more work than it appears.
Thanks for your help.