Hmm... this is something I don't know what to make of.
Below a user's headshot on their page, it shows "Online Now" or "Last Log In MM DD."
I never really thought of this as much of a problem. I think Y!360 had something like this but it was hardly ever right. On Multiply, here, I never worried about the feature. Somewhere while I was looking at Multiply information, I came across a piece of CSS code that took the "Online Now" thing off of my page, so I figured why not and went ahead and added that.
Now I noticed on the Official Multiply Blog that the online status is now available in mini-profiles. Frankly, this didn't bother me either since it didn't bother me before. Reading the comments, a lot of people seemed perturbed at this. Some people even insisted it was an invasion of privacy.
I think an invasion of privacy would be having CCTV hooked up to the FBI in my living room, not my friends knowing if I'm online or not. When I post this blog, it is safe for you all to assume that I'm online. When I post a comment, or a PM, I'm online. If someone is going to attack you or spam you, they'll do it irregardless of your online status.
I think it's a frivolous feature in the first place, but for people to start such a brouhaha over it makes me chuckle. I guess it would be nice to have an option to turn that on or off, or at least an "Invisible" bypass option.
Anyway, judge for yourself, and let us know your opinion (here and at the staff blog.)
-Ze Baron
Link (Again)
http://multiply.multiply.com/journal/item/217/
Friday, February 29, 2008
A MERRY BLOG ON BIGOTS
Ahh, yes, the sweet smell of hypocracy in the morning!I'm not voting for Barack Obama. He's a dirty negro.
I'm not voting for Hillary Clinton. Her place is in the kitchen.
How does that sound? Doesn't it make me sound so arrogant? That's because that sort of talk is bigoted. Whoever talks like that has another thing coming. Somewhere Hillary Clinton was, I think it was getting off a plane, some man repeatedly yelled, "Iron my shirt!" As much as I hate Hillary, that's despicable.
I think discrimination on anything that a person has no control over -- such as sex or race -- is discrimination in the highest form. What gets me, though, is something of a different matter.
Jesse Jackson endorsed Barack Obama as his candidate of choice. We know Jackson's rash behavior when it comes to racism... what does it say about the endorsement?
The Alabama Democratic Conference recently endorsed Obama, providing him with a key black endorsement. A county commissioner involved was quoted as saying Clinton was most likely to win in November "because of her husband and because of some other things, mainly because she's white." What does that say about the endorsement?
The National Organization for Women (NOW) endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for President. Their Political Action Committee calls it "Make History With Hillary." What does that say about the endorsement?
Isn't it racism or sexism to endorse someone solely on those traits? What makes liking someone based only on those traits any better than disliking someone only on those traits?
A Democratic calling cardThe NAACP has confused me this election cycle. The California NAACP endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton for 2008. I can only assume that they slipped up and actually endorsed a candidate that they might agree with. Then again, this isn't the national NAACP.
People have criticized John McCain as being too old. At least AARP doesn't have an agenda.
-Ze Baron
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Question
Does anyone know who this is? I do believe it's either Lenin, Marx, or Engels... but I'm not sure.
-Ze Baron
WHO IS IT?
I posted this in my welcome message, but it is hardly noticeable. I took this photo I had saved and did a little (admittedly poor) Photoshopping to the flag there for my blog logo and blog title.
The question is, who is it? Or, what's happening?
If you've got any hunches, go ahead and google. I'm interested to see who gets it first.
-Ze Baron
Monday, February 25, 2008
CUSTOMIZE YOUR MULTIPLY PAGE (with themes)
Previously I discussed how to use the Custom Colors theme to edit your page in a method similar to that on 360 with a post called, "CUSTOMIZE YOUR MULTIPLY PAGE (with tools like those on 360)." Today we are going to take a basic step into the world of themes.
Please realize that while we're happy to help you out as best we can here at Y!360 Refugees, I don't know all that much (read: near zero) about writing CSS. I do know about themes, so there is some hope...
If you've got questions, you can post them here in our notes. We've got some folks that hang around that are pretty good at theme writing. If the problem is pretty difficult, we'll refer you on to someone who can help you.
That brings me to the next point. If you have questions about themes, whether it be implementing them, writing them, or anything that has to do with the look of your page, I give the highest accreditations to Multiply Design, an emerging group with some of the best admins far and wide.
I even had the opportunity to design an official group badge for them, below. Click to follow through to the group.
Many of you are members of Modify, another theme help group. Due to recent actions taken by one of the admin there, I feel that that group will be unable to provide you with the best and speediest service. There is currently only one admin who acknowladges that he does not have time to properly help members out. That is why I am encouraging you seek help at Multiply Design. User Support Group apparently has reached the same conclusion. They list some of the most reputable groups in their right rail; Multiply Design has replaced Modify there.
If you are looking for pre-made themes, or looking to get yours out, I suggest Customized Themes. This group is the largest group on all of Multiply, consisting of over 91,000 members. On Alexa.com, customizedthemes.multiply.com consists of an amazing 1% of traffic on Multiply, while multiply.com grabs 22% and everything else makes up the rest. For one group to seize 1% of the traffic is unheard of.
Anyway, at Customized Themes, you can use the search box at the top or the tags to search for a theme of your liking. Choose the correct base theme on your page, then copy the CSS provided into the CSS box on your page, and you should be done. If you have questions, first check out how to install a theme (found here.) Any further questions regarding that process can be directed to our notes section or Multiply Design. Customized Themes is not prepared to handle questions of any sort. They are, in essance, an art gallery. You wouldn't go to an art gallery for painting lessons, you'd go to an artist or art lessons.
I will nto be writing a tutorial on how to make a theme or on how to install a theme, but I'd welcome a guest writer to please PM me about writing one.
-Ze Baron
Please realize that while we're happy to help you out as best we can here at Y!360 Refugees, I don't know all that much (read: near zero) about writing CSS. I do know about themes, so there is some hope...
If you've got questions, you can post them here in our notes. We've got some folks that hang around that are pretty good at theme writing. If the problem is pretty difficult, we'll refer you on to someone who can help you.
That brings me to the next point. If you have questions about themes, whether it be implementing them, writing them, or anything that has to do with the look of your page, I give the highest accreditations to Multiply Design, an emerging group with some of the best admins far and wide.
I even had the opportunity to design an official group badge for them, below. Click to follow through to the group.
Many of you are members of Modify, another theme help group. Due to recent actions taken by one of the admin there, I feel that that group will be unable to provide you with the best and speediest service. There is currently only one admin who acknowladges that he does not have time to properly help members out. That is why I am encouraging you seek help at Multiply Design. User Support Group apparently has reached the same conclusion. They list some of the most reputable groups in their right rail; Multiply Design has replaced Modify there.
If you are looking for pre-made themes, or looking to get yours out, I suggest Customized Themes. This group is the largest group on all of Multiply, consisting of over 91,000 members. On Alexa.com, customizedthemes.multiply.com consists of an amazing 1% of traffic on Multiply, while multiply.com grabs 22% and everything else makes up the rest. For one group to seize 1% of the traffic is unheard of.
Anyway, at Customized Themes, you can use the search box at the top or the tags to search for a theme of your liking. Choose the correct base theme on your page, then copy the CSS provided into the CSS box on your page, and you should be done. If you have questions, first check out how to install a theme (found here.) Any further questions regarding that process can be directed to our notes section or Multiply Design. Customized Themes is not prepared to handle questions of any sort. They are, in essance, an art gallery. You wouldn't go to an art gallery for painting lessons, you'd go to an artist or art lessons.
I will nto be writing a tutorial on how to make a theme or on how to install a theme, but I'd welcome a guest writer to please PM me about writing one.
-Ze Baron
STAFF SURVEY
The Multiply staff at the Multiply official blog have asked the MP community to take a quick survey.
http://multiply.multiply.com/journal/item/216/
I personally would not approve of basic services being a paid-service, but thing like how we are currently able to order prints and mugs from our photos are nice additions. I think if Multiply provided a back-up service (for a charge), they might find a lot of folks interested in that. Those things I can see succeeding. Paying for things like bandwidth, picture or music space on your page, and other features would merely create a caste system. I love blogging, but I would not want to pay to host my page here or have these many photos, etc, etc. I'd be reluctant to the point of moving to pay for anything except what is above and beyond.
To make it clear -- these features are likely barely in the planning stages. Multiply is not going to become a fee site any time soon.
http://multiply.multiply.com/journal/item/216/
I personally would not approve of basic services being a paid-service, but thing like how we are currently able to order prints and mugs from our photos are nice additions. I think if Multiply provided a back-up service (for a charge), they might find a lot of folks interested in that. Those things I can see succeeding. Paying for things like bandwidth, picture or music space on your page, and other features would merely create a caste system. I love blogging, but I would not want to pay to host my page here or have these many photos, etc, etc. I'd be reluctant to the point of moving to pay for anything except what is above and beyond.
To make it clear -- these features are likely barely in the planning stages. Multiply is not going to become a fee site any time soon.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Multiply.Design GROUP BADGE
Multiply.Design now has their own group badge, similar to a user's group badge.
Simply copy the HTML code into your Welcome Message on your site (or most anywhere else) and show your support for this group!
Once you install the code on your site, you'll get a badge like this:
Simply copy the HTML code into your Welcome Message on your site (or most anywhere else) and show your support for this group!
Once you install the code on your site, you'll get a badge like this:
The picture is actually a hyperlink, so clicking on it will take you to multiplydesign.multiply.com. It's a great way to get the word out about the best page design group on Multiply!
-Ze Baron
-Ze Baron
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