Everything tagged "site news"

A little tweak to tags

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2010-06-26 18:35
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If you click on a tag, you'll see a small change.

There's still the list of everything with that tag, but there are also two new options:

  • A gallery of any photos with the tag
  • A map showing any places with the tag

Here's an example.

Regards, David

New maps for Gwulo.com

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2010-06-25 13:18
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I've been experimenting with a different way of showing maps on the site, and will start moving over to this new style. Here's an example to try.

The basics are the same as the current maps on this site, though the user interface is a bit different. eg you need to click the '+' on the right of the screen to change between the different Google views (terrain / hybrid / etc).

One nice feature is the 'fullscreen' option in the top right corner, which I find very useful. Read more »

Dates on Places: automatically added to the place's name

Submitted by David on Fri, 2010-02-19 13:42
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Another stint in the boiler room, this time adding dates to a place's name (aka its 'title'). eg if you look at this 1945 photo, you'll see these places listed: Read more »

Dates on Places - second attempt

Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-01-18 18:21
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I haven't written much these last few days. Instead I've been working down in the engine room on a couple of new features: Read more »

Follow Gwulo.com on Twitter

Submitted by David on Sun, 2009-12-27 17:19
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If use Twitter, you can now follow Gwulo to be notified whenever we publish a new article.

Gwulo sells out

Submitted by David on Fri, 2009-10-30 12:10
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You'll have noticed that Tuesday's photo is a bit different from the usual. But what won't have been obvious is that it's a first step towards selling old photos on Gwulo.com. Here's the story so far.... Read more »

Improvements to photo galleries

Submitted by David on Tue, 2009-10-13 22:50
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I've just finished making a couple of changes to the photo galleries:

  • Galleries now also show the 'Image (external)' photos, ie photos from Flickr, as well as the photos that have been uploaded to gwulo.com.
  • Paging through a gallery is now much easier, as each time you move to the next page you don't have to scroll back down to the photos.

Please visit one of the galleries if you'd like to try out the changes. Read more »

A timeline for Hong Kong's buildings

Submitted by David on Thu, 2009-08-20 22:07
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This new feature helps you see how a given location has changed over time.

How to use it

To try it out, please start with the Place for the current HSBC building in Central.

On the right of the screen you'll see a new menu item 'Previously at this location', showing a single option, 'HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation)'. Click it, and you're taken to the Place for that building, along with associated notes and photos. Read more »

Spam

Submitted by David on Tue, 2009-08-18 21:39
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The spammers have found us. Sigh.

So, if you post a comment as an anonymous user, the comment won't appear until I've checked and approved it. Which is a pain for all, but better than subjecting you all to the spam.

If you're logged in, there's no change. ie your comments will be displayed immediately after you save them.

Regards, David

 

New image-zoom tool

Submitted by David on Sun, 2009-05-03 17:04
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[Update, 5 Oct 2009: We've changed again, details below.]

We're trying out a new tool to help make it easier to view old photos and newspaper clippings. If you move your mouse over the image below, you should see a magnified copy shown above. Currently it only works on images that are uploaded to this site, not images linked to on other sites such as Flickr. I'll be interested to hear if you have any problems using it, and whether you find it useful or not. Read more »

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