Author: Matt Collins
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Yet Another Localmouth Facelift
Yes, it was time for another round of CSS fun and some delving into istockphoto. I’ve been a bit freer with the colours with this version which I think makes the site look a bit more inviting. I’ve also added some graphical buttons to make the site look a bit more professional and hopefully encourage…
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Localmouth limerick competition winners
OK, I’m a bit late with this post, but for completeness, here are the short-list and winners of the Localmouth Best Local Limericks Awards 2007: 50 Top Limericks Winning Limericks Enjoy!
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How to add nofollow to links in Rails
It’s really very simple, but this one took me a while to figure out, so I thought I’d post it in case it helps someone else. If you want to add a rel='nofollow' attribute to a link generated with a Rails helper, you just need to specify it in the html_options hash argument to link_to…
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Localmouth limerick competition launched
Fancy a bit of fun? Here’s your chance… In a blaze of publicity (well, sort of), the localmouth Best Local Limerick Awards 2007 were launched last week.
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Getting content
Localmouth was feeling a bit empty. To help counter that problem I’ve hooked up a number of information feeds from other websites. Localmouth now pulls in listings for local news, events, property, jobs and personal ads. I’ve also added a Google map of the local area. Here’s how the new local homepage looks.
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Another new look
The localmouth site now has an updated look, incorporating the new logo. I think it looks a bit more professional, but could be a bit more lively. Maybe the photos should make a return…?
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Back online
Right, 67 minutes after I reported that I’d fixed the problem, my sites were back online.In total my sites were down for 5 hours. Here’s a rough breakdown of where the time went: 2.5 hours before I saw email telling me my site had been taken down 1 hour to be allowed access to server…
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Account suspended
As I write, my web hosting account has been suspended for “abuse” for a little over 3 hours and counting. It’s the first time this has happened to me, and as I don’t have any real traffic to speak of, it’s an interesting fire drill. I am particularly keen to see how my web hosting…
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localmouth
Listier is not the only new creation here. Localmouth is a new site I’ve set up over the last week which provides a local community homepage for every village, town and suburb in the UK. The residents of each place can use it to share local information such as details of local clubs and things…