I just completed work on Flickr compatible Atom Feeds.

You can use any plugin, gadget, or widget that will consume flickr feeds with schmoto.  Instead of flickr's feed url, feed it the schmoto one instead (ex:  http://yoursite/schmotolog/atom.xml )  The atom.xml file will always be at the root of your schmoto site.

Wah?  What's that in the sidebar?  why, it's a "make a donation" paypal button.  Why not click it, type some numbers in and hit pay?

I need some help getting a move on.  Think of it like that time in the Peter Pan play when you had to clap to keep tinkerbell alive.  It's like that; but with money instead of clapping.

"Why not" indeed.

I grew tired of the tediousness of creating the administrative website.  So I decided to start over with it using .net 2.0 and all the built-in functionality I could find.  The good news is that it took me a quarter of the time to get something even more functional than what I had.  And it looks way better, and the ajax is a lot more smoothly integrated.

I just need to put some more spit and polish on it and flesh out the features.  Then I'll be ready for a public beta.

I can feel it now.

soon.

I've reached a point where all the initial features are implemented, and I've begun to use the beta with my own schmotolog.  I've deployed the new engine and site, and I'm ready to entertain beta testing requests.

If you would like to test, please us the Contact Us page to send your email address to me.

Thanks to those who help me through the alpha.

and I'm busy testing it with my own log.  I've found some rough edges in my admin interface.

I expect to have things smoothed out and ready to go by January 9th or so.

To those of you using the pre-Alpha version "Denniker," I have good news.  I'll be migrating you to the new "Schmoto" codebase soon.

I think you'll enjoy the new features

• Image and Post sorting
• Image resizing
• Easier to use templating system
• Web 2.0 Administration UI
• RSS feed generation
• Monthly Archive menu and pages

Thanks for hanging in there with me.  And Happy Holidays!

I just completed the basic structure of the admin site.  I have only to put some polish on it, deploy it, and create migration scripts, and I'll be ready to launch the Schmoto Alpha.

If you would like to join this private alpha test, drop me an email.

I had planned to release a private beta by the start of September; but instead I was derailed by a Java class.

I'm always excited to learn a new language.  Java is cool for a few reasons.  I like it because it's OOP, and you can do so many things with it on so many platforms.

I'm looking forward to writing software for my phone.

Haloscan is a comment hosting and managing service.  It's free as long as you don't mind some small adds on your comment page.

The nice thing about it is that you don't have to have any kind of dynamic web tech on your website.  This makes it easy to incorporate into schmotologs.  It just takes a bit of template hacking to add the necessary javascript calls.

I've added to this page, and to my blog page.  Check it out.

I've been working on the admin site GUI for the past week and I'm almost finished.  I've only got two more pages to code.  I'll then go through the pages again to test and tweak. 

I plan on releasing a private alpha very soon.  If you'd like to help me out by using this and testing, let me know.