Category: Website Changes

We have posted a new version of the sortable spreadsheet which we initally released on 12/16/2019.

The new version has new issues added and redeemable issues removed–no other changes.

If you copied the original version you may want to delete the old version and replace it with the new version to have new issues (through 2/10/20) added and redeemed issues removed.

You can access the spreadsheet here.

I have posted the new “Broker/Brokerage” discussion thread in the right hand menu (under additional links”.

If folks have comments, notices, complaints etc about particular brokers or brokerages please go here.

Like all the threads in the right hand margin the more folks stick to the topic the better it will be as a resource to others.

I have made a couple of tweaks today–hopefully not anything that is very noticeable.

The fonts on the right margin have been reduced 1 font size. I am always looking to gain ‘space’ and I a trying to squeeze in some new stuff on the right margin. Hopefully this is not too small for folks.

2ndly – today David and mcg were discussing a weird situation that popped up before, but I couldn’t isolate the issue, but this time they noted the issue more precisely so I could address it. When you are commenting there was a block that said “website”–honestly I don’t even know what it was for–some default setting I guess. Anyway when anything was put in that box it converted into a link which attached to the commenter’s name. This was not harmful, not any security issue, but it was annoying. The box ‘website’ has been eliminated so that annoyance should go away.

Just a quick blurp that if you see Matt McPartland in site comments just know that he is my son.

Matt will be helping to keep up with comments–while I don’t moderate them too closely I do try to skim through–in particular for ‘errors and omissions’ reports. I have a screen that lists all comments made on the site, all on 1 page–so one can see everywhere with a glance.

Additionally I skim looking for ‘spam’. The spam filter on the site works terrifically, but on rare occasions something slips through and I have to manually delete it.

Also maybe once a week a legitimate comment ends up in the spam filter inadvertently – I then manually approve the comment.

Lastly I look for any ‘dust ups’ of participants. We are fortunate that there really haven’t been issues. I do see some minor ‘skirmishes’ on occasion, but as long as they resolve themselves there is no reason to get involved.

So Matt will be helping to watch over these things so I can make timely corrections to errors and we can catch spam that slips through.

Just a quick note that the sortable Goodle sheet link has moved to the right side menu.

The link will remain there and I will give notice on any new version of the sheet that I post.

Chad and I have been making some changes in the top menu area–new logo etc., that limits the top menu area.