PubSub Sandbox

Yesterday, we launched the Literature Community List. There has been lots of discussion in the community about the list, but what I really like was what Steve Clakson did with the feed we provide which aggregates all of the blogs on the list

Using RSS to Javascript, he was able to copy and paste some code and put it in his blog. When his blog is accessed, the latest headlines from the Literature list is displayed.

Thanks Steve, for a wonderful expression and use of PubSub content.

-Steven Cohen

There may be a problem with users not obtaining their passwords via e-mail after signing up for an account. We are looking into it. If you have signed up for an account and have not received your password, first check to see if it has been filtered into a different folder or if it has been caught by your anti-spam software. If you still don’t see the e-mail, please send us a note at feedback@pubsub.com and we will manually get your password to you.

Thanks

Steven Cohen

Update - This issue has been fixed.

The little rabbit that runs around the Web and brings back the LinkCount information for us failed to show up for work today (maybe because we’re paying him peanuts instead of carrots?)

Seriously, one of of databases that stays up to midnight to run LinkCounts failed us. That has been fixed and we ran the statistics again. You might see some inconsistencies for February 16th.

Sorry about that.

Note: No rabbits are harmed during the running of LinkCounts.

-Steven Cohen
scohen@pubsub.com

Well, the “what the heck is wrong with my subscriptions” problem has been fixed. It seems that we had a post-matching issue going on. While that may not mean anything to you, it means a heck of a lot to us.

If you read the results directly from your browser (not an aggregator) and are still getting odd results, you may have to clear your browser cache. After you do that, the bad results will simply be replaced by the correct matches.

So, back to your regularly scheduled matches and thanks for your patience.

-Steven Cohen
scohen@pubsub.com

Many of you are seeing odd looking results in your subscription results having nothing to do with your queries.

The component responsible for packaging your results into ATOM/RSS format is having some reliability issues at this time, causing unexpected entries to appear in your subscription’s result feed. However, this problem is not present when you use the sidebar.

We just want to make you aware of this and also point out that this is not a problem with our matching engine and are working diligently on resolving this issue.

Thanks for your continued use and support of PubSub.