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Nick Ramsay replied on November 22, 2009 13:27 to the problem "It says my story is either invalid or contains error...." in JapanSoc:

Hmm, I see what you mean. Okay, the bad news is that I can't fix it. The good news is that I'll be moving JapanSoc to a new CMS within the next 8 weeks and the url works there: http://demo.hotarucms.org/internet/fr...

Thanks for joining JapanSoc, I hope this problem doesn't put you off!

Nick Ramsay replied on November 22, 2009 12:48 to the problem "It says my story is either invalid or contains error...." in JapanSoc:

What's the url of the post you're trying to submit? I know some sites like Bloomberg and Microsoft use redirection in their articles which cause that "invalid" error.

Nick Ramsay replied on November 02, 2009 06:28 to the question "Submitting story - is any source OK or there are preferable one?" in JapanSoc:

"it really doesn't matter as far as it is about Japan and it is interesting"

Yep, that sums it up!

Nick Ramsay replied on October 30, 2009 03:28 to the problem "Submitted storry not appearing" in JapanSoc:

Sorry about that, not sure what happened there. Either you didn't click confirm on the last step of submission, or I didn't get the email which alerts me to the first post from a new user (which I then have to approve).

Either way, I found the story in the database and have approved it. I've also updated the timestamp a bit.

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Nick Ramsay replied on October 21, 2009 17:24 to the problem "Necessary?" in JapanSoc:

Absolutely! JapanSoc is the hub of the Japan blogging community!

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Nick Ramsay replied on September 25, 2009 00:06 to the problem "strange comment bug" in JapanSoc:

I think I found the problem. It seems the date of your own comments on a thread were getting updated to the current time when the comment subscription option was changed. It should be fixed now, but only time will tell for sure.

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Nick Ramsay replied on September 01, 2009 03:18 to the question "How do I change the URL for a site that has moved?" in JapanSoc:

I'm afraid you can't. If there were such an option, spammers would submit dozens of posts from JapanToday, etc. then a week later switch them to their spam sites. That's no exaggeration either. Even now, for every 1 legitimate story on JapanSoc, there are about 20 spam submissions. You never see them, though, because I manually remove them before they appear on the site.

If it's of dire importance that the link must be changed, I can do it for you, but since it's quite time consuming, I'd rather just let it go.

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Nick Ramsay replied on August 28, 2009 14:14 to the problem "Stuck in registration loop" in JapanSoc:

I think I've managed to fix this issue (at last). Vague details here:
http://blog.japansoc.com/2009/08/28/r...

Nick Ramsay replied on August 25, 2009 15:29 to the problem "hummina hummina hummina two socs on way submission for one commenter!" in JapanSoc:

That's not a bug! It's a secret trick, like unlocking a hidden room in Mario land or something! :-D

Nick Ramsay replied on August 22, 2009 07:09 to the question "can I install Intense Debate on my localhost test site like Disqus? Thanks" in IntenseDebate:

Same question as gausarts. I made a Disqus plugin for a new CMS using localhost on WampServer and wish to do the same with Intense Debate. When trying to add localhost as a website, ID refuses it with an "invalid url" message.

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Nick Ramsay replied on August 14, 2009 01:26 to the problem "strange comment bug" in JapanSoc:

Yep, I've seen that a few times, but its cause remains a mystery. I'm in the process of rewriting the entire site (see http://hotarucms.org), but it will probably be early next year before we change platform.

Thanks for the report, Jordan.

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A comment on the problem "Stuck in registration loop" in JapanSoc:

Update: As of June 22nd, 2009, provider identifiers are saved in the database, so I can manually map accounts with RPX if contacted with a username. – Nick Ramsay, on June 22, 2009 01:49

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Nick Ramsay replied on June 16, 2009 17:35 to the problem "Stuck in registration loop" in JapanSoc:

Hi LB, thanks for letting me know. The way it's supposed to work is you first register, and the moment you confirm you email, JapanSoc maps your account to RPX - the site that deals with the login/registration. Looking in the database, it seems your JapanSoc account registered okay, but failed to map your account to RPX. I don't know why yet, so I'm hoping it was a one off server connection problem or something...

Unfortunately, I can't map your JapanSoc account with RPX manually because it needs your Yahoo (etc.) id, so I've deleted the JapanSoc account leaving you free to try again. Sorry about the hassle. Perhaps try your luck with Google or Twitter this time.

If anyone else reading this has trouble, please let me know which provider you tried to sign up with. If it's a Yahoo issue, I'll just drop Yahoo from the choice of providers - that would be the safest bet.