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20 April 06 - 10:08Fixed the thread indexing issue
I found time to fix most of the thread indexing issue this
morning. As you may recall - it is one of the main things
stopping my from doing what I planned with the archive. (ie
expanding to include other lists, and providing a decent agregated
search system to dig up hidden technical gems)
Still doesn't cover all of it - when a post is made using Yahoo's web
interface it puts no thread reference in at all (pity for those using
email viewers and of course alternate archives).
For those bored enough to ask what I did: The gateway code was
looking at "reference" values only. I changed it to also check
"in-reply-to" and "thread-index" values as well. The parent
message is found using these three different ways.
The only option to fix Yahoo's hassle is to fix the email account by
looking at the website for any message with no parent message - to
check if there really is one. I am likely to do a qmail script
for this that can be plugged into the email account you use to get
messages.
Cheers
UPDATE: okay it seems there is also another non-trivial
bug in the gateway code. I have set the forum up to collect data
on what the system IS doing so I can work out how to fix it.
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12 January 06 - 14:19Anti-Bot code now working, and restyling
I am happy to say that the anti-bot code is now in operation (and if
you know somebody with this same problem I had feel free to point them
in my direction if they need a hand). If you find it has been
triggered when you are just browsing the site
please let me know.
You may also notice some restyling of the forum/archive. I have
cleaned up the default header (always took up too much space in my
opinion) and added what I hope are unobtrusive Adsense adds in a few
blank spaces.
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07 January 06 - 13:35Post Indexing, bots and a call for contributions
For those of you wondering what is happenning with this site, I hope you will find the following illuminating:
I had planned by now to have a number of other email lists being
archived here by now (as this sites potential is only realised when
there are more on-board) however I have been trying to work out a
problem with the emails received from Yahoo! Those of you
subscribing to emails directly from Yahoo! (not using Yahoo!s web
reader) and using a threaded display would have noticed this
problem. The problem is that Yahoo does not provide the
"reply-to" email reference when a reply is posted via their web
interface. This means that threads are often broken into pieces
if viewing with an email client - or anything else that subsribes to
the email system - like this website.
It is very annoying that Yahoo! is refusing to honor one of the
oldest standards online - the email RFC. I need to get this fixed
before I extend the archive to cover other Locost references. The
good news is that I have worked out how to do this (it helps that I
write code for a living). The bad news is I may have to reload
the entire archive once I put my "fix" in.
From checking my logs today for January I noticed two things:
- It is gratifying that it seems people are using the article
archive both to keep up to date, and to look things up using the search
engine (especially since the latter is a large part of why this site
was started)
- I notice with dissappointment that 75% of article lookups are
"bots" sucking up information. (the expensive kind that grab a
post a second and attempt to kill your webserver as a result).
I'll update the forum software to block this action in the future.
A call for contributions
One thing that I would like this site to become, is a source of
information on "how I did x". Now obviously the forum archive
does achieve that, however if you do have something to say on Clubbie
technical topics, I would love to hear from you.
Cheers
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01 October 05 - 06:26Movies featuring Se7ens
Just discovered this site - its an imdb for cars, essentually. This page is for movies featuring sevens:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Lotus_model-Seven.html.
I've seen RPM - its a car thief film where the main character spends
quite a bit of the film driving the clubman (including under a truck -
don't worry the truck doesn't drive over the "novelty speed bump")
The list however is only 3 - surely there's been more than this? Anybody?
clubman-library.com
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27 September 05 - 20:19How to improve your welds
If you want the welding inspector to say something like "that weld is too pretty to hold" then you will find
this post - complete with video - of interest. (Me I'm just happy when it's not full of slag inclusions and such!)
I found this from a post on OzClubbies.
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26 September 05 - 21:35So what have I been doing
I've been mostly organising links to the site (kind of useless of
nobody sees it...) particularly since we are a week or so off he next
"Google Dance" when web page link scores are allocated - this happens
only 4 times a year.
I will be changing the header picture to a better clubbie picture (I
still don't know what that picture I have actually is!). I had a
great chat to Mike Laws who had been kind enough to send the pics from
the Clubman Roundup.
My plans after getting these links better organised (if you link to me
please tell me) I need to get the directory sorted, and then add other
lists to the archive. Once that happens I have some really cool
stuff planned.
Clubman-Library.com
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17 September 05 - 22:48About - Why This Site Exists
I have had the dream on building my own Seven Clubbie (Locost in
particular) for the last two years. Due to a lack of time and
finances I am still at the "thinking" stage, however I have spent much
time researching options, re donors and so forth, on the various online
forums and email lists. There is a veritable gold-mine of
information on such lists, however it is hard to find.
As a long time lurker and sometime poster on Yahoo's Locost lists, I
would often see posts such as these: 'I have had a look in the
archieves but cannot find...' due to the strange and frequently
misunderstood search system.
This got me thinking about a viable alternative - at least for my own
use in looking up the vast knowledge-base of information available on
those lists. The answer is the system I have now assembled - a
fully searchable archive of all the posts in Locost_oz, with more to
come.
It seemed logical to make such a resource public so that others could
use it in constructing their own clubmans so here it is on
clubman-library.com
Please let me know what you think.
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17 September 05 - 20:24Clubman-Library.com Launched!
New - the Clubman builders resource library
Clubman-library.com has just launched with over 10,000 archived posts
relating to all aspects of building, upgrading and maintenance of
clubmans, lotus seven, locost versions. It is a site is by an
enthusiast, for enthusiasts.
The site has a directory plus full text search capabilities of the
archives and will be a constantly updated technical resource for all
those interested in this amazing car. In the following months this
technical resource will start to expand to include all manner of other
kit cars as well.
Mathew, the webmaster has this to say:
"as a long time lurker and sometime poster on Yahoo's Locost lists, I
would often see posts such as these: 'I have had a look in the
archieves but cannot find...' due to the strange and frequently
misunderstood search system.
This got me thinking about a viable alternative - at least for my own
use in looking up the vast knowledge-base of information available on
those lists. The answer is the system I have now assembled - a
fully searchable archive of all the posts in Locost_oz, with more to
come.
It seemed logical to make such a resource public so that others could
use it in constructing their own clubmans so here it is on
clubman-library.com"
(more)
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