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Ken Edwards replied on December 12, 2009 07:16 to the problem "Water/Sewer not showing on Entry Detail" in BG Views:

I found the error in my template coed and have corrected the problem.

Ken Edwards reported a problem in BG Views on December 12, 2009 07:15:

Water/Sewer not showing on Entry Detail

One of our current subscribers brought up the fact that Washer/Dryer were not showing properly.

Ken Edwards replied on December 11, 2009 18:03 to the idea "Sort Embedded Shelf By Title" in Issuu:

Martin,

I have some thoughts here that I would like to hear your opinion on.

1) Shouldn't it be a priority to give Pro customers more value for the $19 we are spending with you every month? It seems to me that on the web site you would have a flag for which accounts are Pro or not. I believe that the right column should be populated with other documents in my Library, not entirely unrelated, other people's documents. This is beyond the fact that Issuu Shelf being made for Pro or not.

2) Wouldn't it make more sense to sort by Title A-Z by default and then have a flag to allow for a custom sort order? Would you consider giving us the option to sort Shelves by Title?

Thanks,

Ken

Ken Edwards replied on December 11, 2009 08:11 to the question "URL already short (turn off?)" in twitterfeed:

Hi Mario,

I have this same issue. I am using Movable Type and am shortening my URLs already. Right now they are 23 char. long. That will change with the amount of articles, of course.

I am trying to figure out if I should write my RSS feed for Twitterfeed to just include our URL in the Title field, and turn off the Link check box in Twitterfeed.

Of course then we would have to be darn sure we were under 140. But the longest headline I have seen lately comes in at 92.

I am willing to put caution to the wind and do that. It would be nice if Twitterfeed had a NONE option in that drop down menu.

Would Twitter ever shorten links if the tweet comes in under 140?

Thanks,

Ken

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Ken Edwards replied on November 25, 2009 22:15 to the question "How to: Change Rich Text Editor" in BG Views:

If you have any questions about changing the Rich Text Editor, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on November 25, 2009 22:14:

How to: Change Rich Text Editor

By default, the Rich Text Editor (which you use to write the description for your listing) just has basic buttons for things such as Bold and Italic.



We have a more Word-like Rich Text Editor you can easily turn on. Follow the steps below to change it. This only has to be done once.

1.) Click your username in the upper right-hand part of the screen, as shown in this screen shot.



2.) Scroll to the bottom of the page where you see the section: Preferences. Change the Rich text editor drop down menu from Movable Type Default to YUIEditor. Click Save.

3.) As seen in the image below, click on the green/yellow arrow to reveal a drop down menu, and select the site you wish to go back to, such as the BG Views Housing Guide.



The next time you create a new entry or listing, your Rich Text Editor will have many more options.

Ken Edwards replied on November 24, 2009 07:28 to the question "Embedded Shelf Limit to 20, 50?" in Issuu:

Hi Martin,

I am pretty sure my problem was not the 50 cap. As my November 2009 folder had 15, and was showing 2. Good to know it is 50, we will not be doing Shelves by semester then.

What do you mean by "refresh." The only way I was able to work around this problem was to delete all the bookmarks out of the folder and copy them in again from All Documents.

Thanks,

Ken

Ken Edwards replied on November 24, 2009 01:22 to the question "Embedded Shelf Limit to 20, 50?" in Issuu:

Okay, I figured it out. And this is quite annoying. I have to delete everything from the folder and copy them back over from "All Documents."

Ken

Ken Edwards replied on November 24, 2009 00:52 to the question "Embedded Shelf Limit to 20, 50?" in Issuu:

Okay, riddle me this. I have *15* items in a folder. It is showing 2 of them.

http://bgnews.com/pdf/november-2009/

I really need an answer on this here people. I expect a little more when we are forking over $19 a month. We get a heck of a lot of traffic and would get more if Issuu would work as advertised. I love this product, but I do not understand these seemingly bizarre limitations. Why on Earth is it only showing 2 of 15 now?

What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this? I need to fix this ASAP, this is LIVE on my site right now.

Thanks!

Ken

Ken Edwards asked a question in Issuu on November 23, 2009 13:09:

Embedded Shelf Limit to 20, 50?

Hi,

We are paying for Issuu Pro, and really like the new embedded shelf feature, but it seems to have some serious problems.

One of my Shelves I made has 73 documents in it, it is the Spring 2007 archive of our newspaper. If I embed that shelf, it shows me 20 of them. Why?

One of my Shelves I made has 63 documents in it, it is the Fall 2009 archive of our newspaper. If I embed that shelf, it shows me 50 of them. Why?

Is there a limit to the amount of documents an embedded shelf has? If so, why this discrepancy?

Seeing as I have already pulled the trigger and have started using the embedded shelves on the site, this is quite frustrating to figure out after I put all the pages together. I was doing a spot check and noticed the missing documents.

So, what are the limitations to the embedded shelves? Why do those limitations exist? and why would Shelf X show 20 and Shelf Y show 50 when both have more than 60 documents in each?

Thanks,

Ken

Ken Edwards shared an idea in Issuu on November 23, 2009 12:41:

Sort Embedded Shelf By Title

Hi,

I would like to see a flag that you can set when embedding a shelf to allow you to sort by the Title of the document, and not the order it was placed in the shelf. Would that be possible to add?

Ken

Ken Edwards replied on October 29, 2009 05:29 to the question "Image Size & Resolution for Housing Guide" in BG Views:

If you have questions about resolution or size of photos for your Housing Guide listings, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on October 29, 2009 05:28:

Image Size & Resolution for Housing Guide

It is important that your images not be more than 72 DPI (standard for web graphics) and not be much larger than 800x600 px.

If you images are a higher resolution, it will take longer for the potential renters to see your photos; if the images are much bigger than 800x600 px. the user will not be able to see the navigation buttons for Next, Previous, and most importantly, Close.

You can do one of two things to make sure your images are at a good size and resolution:

1) Change the settings of your digital camera

2) Modify the size and resolution with an application such as Photoshop or my favorite free PC image editing app InfranView. You can also use the bundled Preview app in Mac OS X.

Ken Edwards replied on October 27, 2009 22:02 to the idea "Added Forms to Download" in BG Views:

We can add fields that have labels, such as Sample Lease and Parental Agreement. "Other" is just too vague, and I would much rather know what "Other" is. As it would be an optional field, if it is left blank, it would not even show up on the Detail page.

I think the best way to handle this is to add a new section below the map called "Additional Resources" or something, then list the application (again), sample lease, and par

Ken Edwards replied on October 27, 2009 21:57 to the idea "Property Management Address" in BG Views:

This will take some time to actually implement. I would want to tie it to the User Account, so it is not something that needs to be added for each and every listing. The work will be in adding the coding to the Detail page.

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Ken Edwards shared an idea in BG Views on October 27, 2009 21:24:

Property Management Address

From University Village:

They suggested adding address of property management office. This seems like a great idea, though no one has ever requested this before. I believe if I attach this to the User Profile, then this field would not have to be added every single time they add a listing to the Housing Guide. This will take some looking into.

The actual address of the management office would be mapped out in our Business Directory, which has not launched yet.

If someone else has suggestions to the Housing Guide, please post them (as a separate idea, not adding to this one), as our goal is to offer a product that is tailored to the needs of Bowling Green.