http://news.criticalblogs.com All CriticalBlogs related news. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:56:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is now possible to embed video from a video host (Youtube, Daily Motion, etc.) in a review. This could be useful for looking at previews to upcoming movies as well as scenes from movies you’re reviewing. To embed video, copy the embed code from the video host, then on your ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2007/07/30/embeddable-video/ I’ve installed a plugin that will show your Netflix queue, current, and/or past rentals in the sidebar. To activate it, login and go the the ‘Plugins’ menu. Hit ‘Activate’ under the ‘Actions’ column then go to the ‘Netflix’ submenu. Make sure you’re logged into your Netflix account ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2007/02/01/netflix-sidebar-plugin/ About an hour ago I got some portion of a spamblocker working and so far it’s stopped the deluge of comments we’ve had the past couple days.  I still need to do some work on it - I think it’s actually completely disabled comments from non-cb users - not exactly ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/12/07/knock-on-wood/ I’ve installed WPMU Sitewide Feed. This generates 2 new RSS feeds - one is all new reviews and one is all new comments made on CriticalBlogs. There are still reviews and comments feeds for each blog and a feed for each movie title. You can now also ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/08/12/new-rss-feeds-and-possible-downtime-sunday-am/ We’ve been hit with a spammer the past couple days so I’m going to install an anti-spam plugin this weekend. Until then, and if that doesn’t work, you can go to your Admin Panel>Options>Discussion and moderate or blacklist based on certain words. There’s a link to common spam ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/08/09/dealing-with-spam/ ReelViews is running a banner ad for CriticalBlogs for the next month. James Berardinelli is one of, if not the most popular and respected online critics, and I hope CB can serve as a platform for undiscovered Berardinelli’s. Or you could follow my model and scribble down nonsense ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/07/18/welcome-to-reelviews-readers/ After thorough alpha testing and even thorougher beta testing, we’ve deemed CriticalBlogs fit for public consumption.  The only outstanding issues are minor cosmetic ones and nothing can possiblie go wrong.  Um, that’s possibly go wrong.  Hmm. That’s the first thing that’s ever gone wrong since the official release.  So please ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/06/21/criticalblogs-official-release/ New look for the main page and the default theme. The Critical Default theme is just Wordpress Default with a new header.  The front page is much tidier than before, but still being ironed out.  And I put the nice Ajax search form on the front page too.  It’s neat.  ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/06/08/re-design-and-new-features/ Alpha testing is over, and CriticalBlogs is now open for public beta testing. Sign up and start writing reviews! There are a number of known issues left over from alpha testing — most cosmetic, one functional. Beta testing will certainly uncover more functional issues, so please be aware ... http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/03/26/criticalblogs-goes-beta/ New features: starred reviews, favorite movies, favorite critics, movie lists, and the AKA title search. Also added two new themes: Back in Black and Copperleaf Plus. As always, if there are any features or themes you’d like to see, comment here or email me at admin@criticalblogs.com http://news.criticalblogs.com/2006/03/22/new-features-and-themes/