Category Archives: Site and Admin Stuff

Should we ban the phrases “illegal alien” and “illegal immigrant” from comments?

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Ampersand

A rule of this blog is that undocumented immigrants are not to be referred to as “illegals” or “illegal.” But I do allow “illegal alien,” even though it’s not a phrase I’d use myself. Back when I made the rule, … Continue reading →

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Aaaand We’re Back!

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Ampersand

Sorry for the outage, everyone. We’re back!

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These are the RSS Feed Addresses That Work For “Alas”

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Ampersand

Here are the rss feed addresses for “Alas” that you should use (if you use RSS): For the blog itself: https://amptoons.com/blog/?feed=rss2 For the comments: https://amptoons.com/blog/?feed=comments-rss2 Some of the other feed address are no longer updating Alas, alas.

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“Alas” errors: I’m not sure what’s wrong, but I’m looking into it. UPDATE: I think it’s fixed now.

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Ampersand

As you may have noticed, although the blog is here and can be viewed, trying to look at any individual post gets a “not found” error. Which means, of course, that no one can view or leave comments. Aaargh. I … Continue reading →

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Alas Bugs Have Been Driven Out Into The Cold Where They Suffer, Shivering, Uncared For And Soon To Be Forgotten

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Ampersand

Hey, so “Alas” is back up, and many bugs that have plagued “Alas” (most notably, the inability to edit comments) have been defeated. (For now). Suggestions? Comments? Are people okay with the new setup of the comments sidebar (quoting the … Continue reading →

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Maintenance mode

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Ampersand

Hey, folks. We’re doing some maintenance stuff that involves switching the servers. Any comments you post during the next day or two are “provisional”; you might have to repost them once maintenance is done. I’m really sorry for the inconvenience. … Continue reading →

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Comment editor isn’t working

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Ampersand

Hey, folks. The comment editor Alas uses, “Ajax Edit Comments,” has stopped working. This was probably caused, in some way, by a recent server upgrade. For me (and, I take it from some comments, for other folks), there’s a “Are … Continue reading →

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How To Fix “ShareThis” so it no longer adds “See more at…” message to text that you copy and paste

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Ampersand

Without warning users, the folks at “ShareThis” added a new function to their social buttons plugin. Now, anytime someone copies text from a blog with “ShareThis” installed, when the text is pasted, a new message saying “See more at [insert … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts regarding civility and blog moderation

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Ampersand

Over at Family Scholars Blog, the powers-that-be are planning to modify their moderation policy, and they’ve asked bloggers there to throw in some thoughts about civility over the next month. So this is a post I wrote for FSB, in … Continue reading →

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Alas, A Moderation Policy

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Ampersand

Our Approach To Moderation 1. We don’t have hard-and-fast rules that people aren’t allowed to violate; we just have a goal for the discussions we’d like to have, and we’d like people to move us towards that goal rather than … Continue reading →

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