Onvertigo Social Network

BuddyPress Functionality

trent — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:27:36 +0000

While the project of BuddyPress is not completed yet, we are now using it on Onvertigo Bloggers as we feel it is a great addition! I will be adding more information as it arises!

New Features: Domain Mapping

trent — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:05:17 +0000

It hasn’t been officially released until now, but we have enabled domain mapping for all blogs right now for free! If you have a domain registered and want it tied to your blog, please feel free to follow the directions on the “Domain Mapping” page in your administration!

Domain mapping is the ability to take your favorite name and map it to your blog. For instance, in my example here, I have registered the domain http://trentadams.com and want it for my end blog URL. My blog is http://trent.onvertigo.com. I followed the directions in the admin and changed the DNS for my domain name to this server. Then I added the domain in the simple procedure in the admin and voila! All requests now hit http://trentadams.com

Best bet would be to try it out! As I mentioned before, this is currently a free service and we encourage people to use it! It is easier to have your blog mapped to a domain in case you ever decide to move your blog or just want to make sure that you have a constant name for google to find you! Have fun!

Onvertigo Media

trent — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:23:58 +0000

We are getting closer to the official release of Onvertigo Media which will be the new video and audio site for our members. I have it working right now on a software called PHP Motion which allows you to have a video site much like YouTube. It is really cool! After testing it out more, getting it integrated with the users of Onvertigo Bloggers and a few cosmetic changes, we will be beta testing with a few users! Contact me if you are interested!

Here are a couple of screenshots for an idea of what it is like!

Speed Up Browsing Of This Site

trent — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:38:38 +0000

One of the changes that is now with Onvertigo Bloggers is the adaptation of “Google Gears” in the administration area. Not sure what that is? It really is a simple thing for you as a blogger here. There are quite a few “files” that are loaded when you are viewing the administration of your site and what “Google Gears” does is allow you to download copies of those files to your computer so that it loads much faster.

So how to I do it? Simple as clicking the “Turbo” button in the top right hand corner of your administration area (dashboard):

It really is that simple! A note though, this is not wise to use on a computer that is either shared or public, but if it is your own home computer, it is a nice addition!

YouTube, Flick Video, Embeds, Etc.

trent — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:53:18 +0000

After doing some serious thinking on this issue and the inability to find a video plugin that works for multiple services, we have decided to allow embedding in posts. So what does this mean? When you are viewing a youtube video, flickr video or something similar, it usually has a “share” embed code. Now you do the following:

Copy the embed code
In “write post” click the HTML tab
Paste embed code
In “write post” click the Visual tab
Finish writing your post

It really is that simple! Have fun!

Service Updates Blog!

trent — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:05:10 +0000

This blog really should have a purpose of displaying changes and information for the “blogging service” in general and all the little problems and issues that happen with the server and the software really are not something that should be in here! It should be reported though for you all to see! That is why the server has a new blog dedicated to service updates, scheduled updates and outages and explanations if things occur that we didn’t figure on!

So, why wait! Head over and find out about the most recent news on trentdv.com about the service and servers we use! This of course includes the latest entry about our recent server move and backup services!