OPML Editor Revisit, April 07

Storing a selected Archive of the OpenAllNight OPML Editor weblog, here for now. As of November 23, 2008 the weblog is still hosted as a sub-domain on the OPML.org site.

The new updated OPML Editor site.

The old OPML Editor Support documentation.

April 2007:

OPML Editor: Blog Rendering
I posted earlier today about Tom’s progress on OPML Editor blog rendering via PHP. Then I remembered issues I had running Dan’s Optimal Renderer. Then I re-read “it’s based on PHP5’s DOM and XSLT support” from Tom’s Progress on Blog 2.0 post.

Dan has a PHP test script to determine support on your server. Although my web host provider has a selectable option for PHP4 or PHP5, my sad server returns “You DO NOT have XSLT support”. Beyond disappointed. I am writing to my Congressman, better yet, I am writing to my web host.

Update:
My web host replied, “At the moment, we do not offer the XSL extension. It has been added to our list of client requested features and may be included in a future service upgrade.” Sigh.

Fountains and Mountains of Information
A decade of Scripting News to celebrate. On this day, ten years ago, a weblog named Scripting News appeared for the first time … today (April 1st) its in “retro mode“.

I have been reading Scripting News and strolling through DaveNet since 2004. Thanks Dave! Even though you have intimated otherwise, I look forward to the next 10 year celebration. And a personal thanks for the OPML Editor, Uncle Skippy, from a happy member of the peanut gallery.

Since Scripting News is in “retro mode” today (04-01-07), Dave is blogging on twitter for the day.

OPML Editor: Testing the latest Windows Release
Congratulations, the little birdie told me that the latest release installation worked OK! Installed and re-registered with existing user.

Looks good so far on my test laptop. Win98, Firefox V2.0.0.3. Sorry, I do not have IE7 to test with.

Preferences:
What is the easiest and/or most direct way to save Community and NewsRiver preferences before installing a new OPML.zip? I always end up re-doing my preferences. Is there an easier way?

NewsRiver:
I always forget to re-import my NewsRiver Subscriptions opml file after installing a new release zip.

OPML Editor:
Occasionally crashes on open or exit for me, but this was happening previously. It seems more related to lack of resources on my PC ( I am seriously working on getting another but I love the overall reliability of this one, sooo, what’s the rush). The occasional Oh! Editor crashes are not new to this release.

I need a personal editor for the Oh! Editor entries. I have too many “typically-graphical” typos. Coffee, coffee.