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Liquidfractal news and developments, as well as periodic updates on scholarly research (invited talks, publications, etc).  You can also find tips on how to use site features.

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temporary downtime: site IP switching

Hi everyone, Just a quick message to let you know that there might be some very temporary downtime on the site.  Apparently, the last owner of the site's current IP address was something of a spammer, so the site's IP address is listed on some anti-spam databases.  I've applied to have the IP delisted since it's now in good hands, but given that some of these people aren't exactly interested in talking to humans(!), I'm moving the site over to a clean IP. What does all this mean?  It m

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

The Editor Buttons: An Overview

Embarrassingly late reply to Tegan's request for some information on the writing buttons . I think most of them are self-explanatory, but  AB2 is for inserting footnotes, and the notepad icon inserts a page break (although I haven't really experimented with it). The magnifying glass is a Post Preview function (which I admittedly forgot was there until now!), which will show you how your post will look in desktop, tablet and mobile views.  The Tx button removes all formatting from your

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

@ mentions

Hey everyone, Just letting you know about a useful site feature - "@ mentions." if you want to include anyone in a forums or blog post, simply type the at (@) sign.  You will see a revolving circle icon, and a list of current members will be generated.  Select the Member you want to include and their name will be included (boldfaced) in the post, e.g., @Gord Barentsen.  Depending on what their notification settings are, the Member will be notified that you mentioned them in your post. 

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Advanced Forums Quoting: "Quote This"

The CMS software we're using has a great feature for advanced post quoting for when you want to reply to several different passages in a Forums post without quoting the entire message and without manually copy/pasting each passage into a Quote box. Simply hold down your mouse button and swipe to select the passage in the post you're replying to.  When you take your finger off the mouse button, a small Quote This link will appear above the passage.  Click that link and the passage you select

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Embedding content

Hello everyone, One of you asked me about how to embed content (e.g., from Facebook or Youtube), so I thought I'd post about it here. The software will automatically embed linked content from the following sites: College Humor Facebook Flickr Gfycat Google+ Hulu Instagram SoundCloud Spotify Ted Twitter Vimeo Vine YouTube When you're posting, just paste your link in.  Please be patien

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

getting off the ground

Well, at long last, after server migrations, software updates and various species of ghost in the machine, LiquidFractal.org is assuming the (amorphous, indeterminate) shape it was meant to have! Thanks to clients and friends who have patiently waited for the site to get into working order.  You people are awesome! More as it happens...

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen


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