FilmJournal Forum: Last 35 Posts

Paul on "Comments disappearing?"

Paul — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:06:54 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Colin - not sure if you get notified when someone replies at Blogspot.

Paul on "Comments disappearing?"

Paul — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:44:09 +0000

Have been working on the new Grim Cellar at Blogspot this afternoon and I'm really impressed with the level of control you have (much greater than expected) - check it out and comment if you like (only one post so far): http://thegrimcellar.blogspot.com/

Paul on "Comments disappearing?"

Paul — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:32:11 +0000

Just saw your comments, John - the same happened with Colin's. I used to get an email when a new comment appeared but now it just wanders into the waiting-for-approval page so I don't even know it's there unless I happen to look! Anyway, they're now posted. I'm toying with shifting my page to Blogspot in light of the eventual disappearance of Filmjournal.

John Hodson on "Comments disappearing?"

John Hodson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:07:30 +0000

In the case of one of them - the Gratia Artis blog - I know that's not the reason. The other was Paul's Grim Cellar blog; I'm pretty sure they are in the spam trap...

Livius on "Comments disappearing?"

Livius — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:02:52 +0000

This phenomenon does seem to occur from time to time - it's always a good idea to sift through the spam before it grows to the point where it's a chore.
Of course it's also possibe people have just been offline and haven't noticed comments.

John Hodson on "Comments disappearing?"

John Hodson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:56:44 +0000

Now it could be that they are plain being ignored, which is fine, but I've made a couple of comments recently which I fancy have disappeared into the Filmjournal spam trap - if you've posted recently and are disappointed by the lack of response, it might be worth checking your spam...

ColinP on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

ColinP — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:36:27 +0000

The upgrade and migration path is looking to be a major nightmare unfortunately :( WP has changed a little too much to give us a smooth way of upgrading.

Therefore I'm resigned to a change of plan:

1. FilmJournal will continue to exist as it does now
2. Blogs @ The Digital Fix will launch as part of our relaunch next year
3. If you want to migrate your content, I will attempt to copy all of the images to the new site allowing you to attempt to bring your content over.

In terms of linkage with The Digital Fix, I will keep the FilmJournal posts included alongside the Blogs posts for now, but the top rotation will almost certainly feature only posts in Blogs @ The Digital Fix as of next year.

ColinP on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

ColinP — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:32:46 +0000

Just a quick update - sorry for the wooliness of my answers - most of them are 'don't knows' but I'll be trying to migrate EVERYTHING over :)

In the interim, FilmJournal articles are now included in the top headline banner too at http://www.thedigitalfix.com. This allows us to highlight specific articles that stand out.

Is there anyone who would be interested in managing this - it would just be a quick update every time you see a REALLY good blog post that adds the title, link and a suitable 500x200 image to display in the top banner. It's really really easy so would someone be willing to do this?

Mike on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

Mike — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:51:15 +0000

Can now see the Blogs link and most recent updates on the Digital Fix homepage....

http://www.thedigitalfix.com/

Mike on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

Mike — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:32:07 +0000

Can you not normally just export the entire blog via 'Manage ---> Export' and that exports pretty much everything apart from images as an XML file? I usually run an export after each posting (not that that happens very often) just in case the plug is pulled, and I guess on that note a heads up on specific closing dates would be appreciated once you know.

My apologies for being less involved in recent months - nothing against FJ, and I've never done it for the hits or love, obviously, just real life bobbins creeping in, even though I often find myself watching something - or contemplating a box set - with a view to writing about it on my Film Journal.

What Colin says certainly looks like a nice way to go, however, if I'm correct in envisaging something along the lines of Gaming and Television @ Digital Fix where it's accessible via a tab at the top of whichever Digital Fix area you're in and from there you get the lovely, clean interface those sites use these days. I hope I'm right in assuming this is what lies ahead - it seems that as it stands, Film Journal is like the lost, forgotten brother of the old DVD Times family, visited only by those who remember it...

oldboy on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

oldboy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:57:40 +0000

Will we be able to move comments? How about pictures in blogs or unpublished drafts?

ghostof82 on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

ghostof82 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:09:47 +0000

Be good to see some activity regards the blogs. I'd hate to see Filmjournal continue the long slow death it's been suffering. Other than a few of us persisting with it the whole thing seems to be as dead as the dodo. I dare say the blogs get read by a handful of people at most (comments seems to be just a core circle of people). It all needs a push. There is some very good writing and some inciteful comments in there, hate to see it go to waste.

badblokebob on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

badblokebob — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:25:43 +0000

Thanks for the answers, Colin - my curiosity is suitably satiated.

ColinP on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

ColinP — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:21:21 +0000

Moving blogs - honest answer is I don't know right now - I've got the new Wordpress running and am just starting to test things out on it. Hope to know more on this soon but I want it to be as painless as possible, even if that means I have to hack something together!

Prominence - I am planning to highlight certain blog posts in the top roller on the front page and we're actually sketching out plans for a new front page that would give ALL sections equal exposure and prominence. Depending on how quickly this goes we may launch with things as they are but changes are coming

URLs will be blogs.thedigitalfix.com/blogname - HOWEVER, we'll be adding the ability to have your own domain name pointing to the blog and we'll have many more possible themes than we have on FilmJournal.

badblokebob on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

badblokebob — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:26:29 +0000

Sounds interesting. A couple of quick questions I have, just out of general curiosity, to which there may or may not be answers:

How easy will it be to move blogs over? Is there a handy "move everything" button, or is it a lot of copying & pasting?

Will the blogs be given any more prominence on the Digital Fix front page? They're rather far down thanks to the 10 items about Music/Home Cinema/Cinema, and not currently linked on the top menu either.

What will the URLs be? e.g. blogs.thedigitalfix.com/blogname, blogname.thedigitalfix.com ...?

ColinP on "FilmJournal RIP? Not quite!"

ColinP — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:21:26 +0000

OK after some months of uncertainty, I've made some decisions about the future of FilmJournal - it's going to close...

HOWEVER, in its place I will be launching Blogs @ The Digital Fix - this will be live within the next couple of months on the most recent version of Wordpress and we'll run the two sites in tandem to give users the chance move to The Digital Fix (or another platform entirely) if they wish to. Blogs @ The Digital Fix will have a wider remit than the current FJ site but I hope it will be even more successful.

I envisage that we'll stop new posts being added to FilmJournal when Blogs @ The Digital Fix opens with an aim to closing the site totally at the end of 2011. We will also be looking into content archival for any blogs that aren't migrated to ensure that the writing remains visible.

I WILL be needing someone to take the reigns of the new Digital Fix centric blogs - effectively just keeping an eye on things and hiding any blogs that may be inappropriate and maybe picking the odd post or blog to highlight. It'll all be simple stuff so no need to worry about the complexities - is there anyone interested?

Blogs @ The Digital Fix will have a soft launch (much like the recent gaming section did) which will allow those 'in the know' to start using the site as early as possible to highlight bugs before it officially opens.

I will be posting full timelines for the plans here as soon as I can.

Adrian Smith on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

Adrian Smith — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:42:43 +0000

Just tried to export my blog so I can import it as a normal Wordpress blog, but it doesn't work. The export file from filmjournal isn't recognised by wordpress when I try to import it! Even thought they're the same people! Anyone else tried to do this?

oldboy on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

oldboy — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:34:42 +0000

I now know why I couldn't find the link. I had kept the site in my favorites list since it was DVD times and the link had changed to http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/index.php for the DVD and movie reviews but there's no link on that page or the supporting pages.

Livius on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

Livius — Mon, 30 May 2011 22:16:51 +0000

I agree that hits emanating from the main Digital Fix page are negligible at best; that may be down to the location of the links compared to the, literally, higher profile on the old DVD Times site, or it may be that the visitors to the site are no longer the ones who are interested in filmjournal posts.

Personally, I find that Twitter and various sites that have linked to me, or vice-versa, provide the bulk of my hits these days.

John Hodson on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

John Hodson — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:51:34 +0000

There is; but my stats have shown negligable throughput since the redesign; I know I've not been the most prolific (to say the least) but my last post has received virtually nothing from that source (actually, any source...)

oldboy on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

oldboy — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:36:21 +0000

It would be a shame if this were the end of film journal and for people's hard work to be all for naught. There was and still are some really great blogs that I enjoy reading.

We'd get a lot more activity if there was a link from digital fix.

John Hodson on "McAfee reporting filmjournal.net as malicious"

John Hodson — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:24:10 +0000

...and links to filmjournal from Facebook are prefaced by a warning that the site is 'potentially abusive'; apparently the site's rating is 'poor'.

Mad.

John Hodson on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

John Hodson — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:22:55 +0000

Hmmm; there used to be a forum where like-minded classic film fans could meet and chat...name of it escapes me now...

primus on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

primus — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:15:12 +0000

I agree with everyone's thoughts above, and it would be a shame to disband the FilmJournal community. But unless someone has the time and technical skills to drive it forward, then I wonder if it would be better to simply wind it up and allow people to transfer their content elsewhere. Perhaps a forum could be set up to allow FilmJournal bods to keep in touch, post links to new posts, etc?

Adrian Smith on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

Adrian Smith — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:41:36 +0000

I'm open to discussion, but like you Colin, I'd hate to take something big on when I have a day job!

ColinP on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

ColinP — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:40:40 +0000

I accept full responsibility for the lack of support here :( Too much going on now that I'm back to full-time employed work means I have limited time and need to spend it on the larger sites.

How would you guys feel about taking FilmJournal on yourselves? Create a team to manage the site and I'll happily continue to host for free and would like to retain a 25% share of the site, but I'd be happy to hand over control of the site direction etc to someone else if you would like?

Happy to discuss all aspects of this here.

badblokebob on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

badblokebob — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:12:41 +0000

I like the sense of community FilmJournal sometimes fosters, but I can see where you two are coming from. Might this (quickly found & perused) link be of some assistance? http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

Livius on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

Livius — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:19:29 +0000

I've been entertaining exactly the same thoughts for a while now Adrian.

Adrian Smith on "FilmJournal - plan for 2010"

Adrian Smith — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:38:49 +0000

More tumbleweed. I get the feeling Filmjournal has been all but abandoned. I'd like to work out how to transfer my blog so it's just with Wordpress rather than going through Digital Fix. At least that way I could use Wordpress plugins!

Cal on "Journal of The Month"

Cal — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:47:02 +0000

Yes, I was quite surprised to see I'm still on there when I returned yesterday. Please give someone else a go.

Livius on "Journal of The Month"

Livius — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:48:50 +0000

Seeing as Cal has placed his journal on hiatus for the moment, and bearing in mind that we haven't had a new featured blog for a long time now, and the fact that we've recently seen a most welcome flurry of activity from new and returning members, it's a perfect opportunity to see some kind of update.

ColinP on "Spam on the front page of FJ"

ColinP — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:43:40 +0000

I've deactivated his blog for the moment

Livius on "Spam on the front page of FJ"

Livius — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:35:06 +0000

I don't know if anyone is monitoring things any more but Michael's Kinoblog seems to have been hacked and there are constant spam posts showing up on the front page.

Livius on "Journal of The Month"

Livius — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:31:47 +0000

*cough*

John Hodson on "Picture Uploading"

John Hodson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:40:28 +0000

Is there anybody there...