Free-Conversant News http://www.free-conversant.com/index en Copyright 2007 Conversant's Weblog II plugin default Happy New Year http://www.free-conversant.com/264 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:12:38 GMT http://www.free-conversant.com/index/2007/01/01#item264 http://www.free-conversant.com/264/reply <p>To all the Free-Conversant and Conversant users out there: happy new year! 2006 was a great year for Conversant and for it's creators (Macrobyte Resources). We hope 2007 is an even better year, for everyone.</p> Brian Carnell (Still) Loves Conversant http://brian.carnell.com/archives/years/2006/05/000025.html Thu, 18 May 2006 19:49:21 GMT http://www.free-conversant.com/index/2006/05/18#item263 http://www.free-conversant.com/263/reply <p>Long-time Conversant user <a href="http://brian.carnell.com/">Brian Carnell</a> just posted <a href="http://brian.carnell.com/archives/years/2006/05/000025.html">some praise for Conversant</a> on his web site. This time it was about performance (he's serving about 2.5 million pages per month).</p> <p> Here's a list of all of his other <a href="http://brian.carnell.com/archives/related_topics/internet/content_management_systems/conversant/">Conversant-related posts</a>.</p> <p> Thanks, Brian!</p> Ruby Scripts for Conversant http://greg.turtleprod.com/fullThread$msgNum=2517#MSG2517 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:37:33 GMT http://www.free-conversant.com/index/2006/04/14#item262 http://www.free-conversant.com/262/reply <p><a href="http://greg.turtleprod.com/">Greg Pierce</a> has produced a set of <a href="http://greg.turtleprod.com/fullThread$msgNum=2517#MSG2517">Ruby scripts for editing your Conversant</a> site's templates, javascripts, and stylesheets <span style="font-style: italic;">*locally*</span>. It downloads them all via xml-rpc. You edit them in your local editor, then run the upload script and it sends back whatever has been modified.</p> <p> Very handy when you're doing a lot of work on a site... such as when you're perfecting the design for your <a href="http://www.free-conversant.com/patterncontest/about_the_contest.html">next entry in the patterns contest</a>!</p> Patterns Contest http://www.free-conversant.com/patterncontest/index Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:42:40 GMT http://www.free-conversant.com/index/2006/04/10#item261 http://www.free-conversant.com/261/reply <p>Want a top-of-the-line iPod, some free music, or a year of Conversant hosting?</p> <p> There's a <a href="http://www.free-conversant.com/patterncontest/index">new contest</a>, going on through May 31st, where you can win those prizes! Design a great Conversant site, submit your pattern, and you could win one of the prizes.</p> <p> Note: �patterns� are XML files that contain the templates, pages, stylesheets, and preferences to configure a Conversant site. All Conversant sites include easy-to-use tools for <a href="http://support.free-conversant.com/8276">creating patterns</a> and/or <a href="http://support.free-conversant.com/8287">installing patterns in your site</a>.</p> Slight Update http://www.free-conversant.com/255 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:26:32 GMT http://www.free-conversant.com/index/2006/01/07#item255 http://www.free-conversant.com/255/reply <p>We've made some minor updates to this site's design, as a baby-step towards a much bigger update coming in the next couple of weeks.</p> <p> If you see any bugs in the design (any serious layout problems in any browser) <a href="mailto:[email protected]">please let us know</a>.</p> <p> Thanks!</p>