Updated Velocidocs and Javadocs for Roller

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javadocs.org

javadocs.org 05/30/2004 01:44 AM
Via the excellent Russell Beattie, a pointer to javadocs.org. Given the amount of Java programming I am apt to do in the next few years, I suspect this could save me several weeks out of my life, in aggregate. I’m making a donation, and I think my employer should help too; maybe we already are.

"javadocs.org"

"javadocs.org" 06/02/2004 11:21 PM

Finally... Interactive JavaDocs

Finally... Interactive JavaDocs 08/10/2004 10:59 PM
- Javal obby launches jdocs.com with comments and RSS.

Updated: ActiveWin.com: Microsoft
Security Bulletin List - Updated

Updated: ActiveWin.com: Microsoft
Security Bulletin List - Updated 06/08/2004 06:38 PM
We have re-updated our Microsoft Security Bulletin List for 2004. Be sure to check it out to see if you missed any of the 17 bulletins released this year.

What happens after Roller 1.0?

What happens after Roller 1.0? 01/07/2005 12:07 AM

Now that we're getting down to the last couple of bugs, it's time to think about what comes after Roller 1.0. I've been reviewing the bug database and making sure all the things folks have been asking for are in there as bugs, new features, or improvements. I've put together a list of the new feature areas that I personally think are most interesting with links into our JIRA issue tracker.

I'm posting this to get feedback from anybody and everybody willing to give it, but this is not a democratic process. My manager will ultimately determine what I work on (since the book eats all of my so called free time) and the other Roller developers will decide what they each want to work on. But we'd all like to hear what you, the Roller users and fans and victims (like Charles at Javablogs.com) have to say. You can respond here, on your blogs, in the issue tracking system (as votes or comments), or on the Roller mailing lists.

Group blogging

Group blogging is a long requested feature. We've always known that eventually, each user would have more than one blog and each blog could have more than one user ( ROL-598). We've also discussed the idea of a simple workflow, where only designated "editors" in a group blog can post and regular authors can only save drafts ( ROL-599).

Better front page / community area

Better front page and community features are also much requested. We need better ways to explore the blogs on a Roller server, better reports, and some way to browse users. Right now, you can only see who posted recently and the top 40 blogs for the day, based on hit counts ( ROL-561). Rick Ross has suggested adding a language field for each weblog entry, so that visitors can switch between the all languages front page to view only French entries, only Spanish, or whatever they prefer ( ROL-423). We've also discussed the idea of adding a community aggregator to the fron page ( ROL-596).

Better comment management

We've come a long way with comment spam protection in Roller 1.0, but have a ways to go. We have both CAPTCHA and simple math-question comment authenticators, but we could use some others. And we need better ways to manage, edit, and even bulk delete comments ( ROL-563).

Better plugin support

We have plugins now -- such as the read-more, wiki, and others -- but they could do so much more. We have discussed a proposal to expand plugin support to allow plugins to add arbitrary metadata to blog entries and to allow plugins to hook into the weblog editor ( ROL-601). Such a plugin would make it very easy to add support for Podcasting ( ROL-597).

Better URLs and GUIDs

Tim Bray commented on Roller's "lame" perma-links, which need fixing ( ROL-594). Also, Roller permalinks include the publication dates which can be changed so they don't really make good GUIDs -- we should fix that as well ( ROL-595). We'd better fix those are the same time too, so that Charles at Javablogs.com doesn't have to endure multiple floods of new JRoller and blogs.sun.com entries.

Administrative Improvements

Changes are also needed to help support Roller administrators. For example, a Roller admin should have a super-user capability so that they can view, edit, and delete any blog entry or comment in the system. ( ROL-600). To ease the pain of Roller installs, we need a real installer (we've discussed this on mailing list and IRC, but there is no JIRA issue). And poor old bug #9   which calls for a forgot-my-password page, has been ignored for far too long.

That's all I have for you tonight. Now it's your turn. What features do you think Roller needs most?

Roller 1.0 is available

Roller 1.0 is available 02/01/2005 10:03 PM

Finally! Roller 1.0 is available. There will be a slightly more formal announcement on the Roller blog a little later.

• Roller 1.0 downloads
• Roller 1.0 Installation Guide
  
• Report bugs at Roller's JIRA site

If you have problems during install, join the Roller mailing lists or join us in the #roller IRC chat room on Freenode. BTW, I'll be updating the User Guide for 1.0 next week.

Roller 1.2-dev

Roller 1.2-dev 06/05/2005 11:32 PM

This site is now running Roller 1.2-dev (the latest from Roller's CVS HEAD), which includes Allen's cool new configuration system, Anil's new configurable ping feature and Anil's new topic tags plugin which makes it easy to add Technorati tags to any post, for example:

Tags: RollerWeblogger

Update: I'm not sure why Technorati is not picking up my tag. The tag looks to be properly formatted and I have "pinged" Technorati several times now (included a couple of manual pings).

[FLSA-2004:1546] Updated utempter
resolves security vulnerability --
Reissue: updated 8.0 version numbers

[FLSA-2004:1546] Updated utempter
resolves security vulnerability --
Reissue: updated 8.0 version numbers 05/19/2004 11:45 AM
Jesse Keating (May 19 2004)

Dice Roller

Dice Roller 05/27/2004 09:27 AM
Dice Roller 1.0 Released

Pixel Roller

Pixel Roller 03/22/2005 04:46 PM

More goods from the Interaction Design WORK IN PROGRESS show manifest in the Pixel Roller, by Stuart Wood and Florian Ortkrass.

It can be viewed like a hand printer, the pixel roller can roll out any image, video or text manually, at any speed or direction, round corners and over surfaces. ... The pixels are in the form of a series of 12 ultra bright UV LEDs situated along its axis. These UV LEDs excite phosphorescent ink and leave trails of pixels that fade with time.

They're working on a paint version as well, which will let you use inks to paint any surface directly and watch them glow. The project page has a video gallery so you can see the Pixel Roller in action.

Project Page [rAndom via WMMNA< /a>]
Earlier WIP: Emergency Keyboard Airbag [Gizmodo]

Mobl0gging Roller.

Mobl0gging Roller. 03/11/2003 09:43 AM

Matt Raible has successfully tested Russell Beattie's world-fa mous ManyWhere Moblogger with Roller.

Roller 1.0 status

Roller 1.0 status 12/29/2004 11:21 AM

I'm doing what I can to help folks with Roller 1.0RC2 issues this week, but I'm not doing any substantial work on Roller. I'm using the Winter break to work full-time on Blogs, Wikis, and Feeds in Action, so the 1.0 release will have to wait until the new year. The good news is, although there are some bug reports rolling in (pun always intended), Roller 1.0 has been running very well at blogs.sun.com.

encryption-roller

encryption-roller 11/13/2003 02:56 PM
new features that will be included in 0.1.8

IBM bl0gging with Roller

IBM bl0gging with Roller 03/14/2005 04:48 PM

I'm not sure how many of the reported 2,800 internal blogs at IBM are running Roller, but it's pretty clear that the blog in the screenshot is a Roller based blog. I've heard from multiple sources that they're running a forked version of Roller (looks to me like circa 0.9.7). It's time to upgrade to 1.0 guys and join the fun on the Roller dev-list. We'd love to see your mods.

First Planet Roller win

First Planet Roller win 03/14/2005 04:49 PM

Planet SST has converted from PlanetPlanet to Planet Roller. OK, so "Students and former students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute" is not a big planet, but it is a start.

FeedDiff for Roller

FeedDiff for Roller 09/25/2004 07:20 PM
Yesterday, I had lunch with Dave Johnson.  He asked me how hard would it be to add support for the &lt;a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3229.txt"&gt;RFC 3229&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bobwyman.pubsub.com/main/2004/09/using_rfc3229_w.html"&am p;gt; "feed" instance manipulation method&lt;/a&gt; to Roller.  I said that I would take a look into it. ...

Roller is nofollowing along

Roller is nofollowing along 02/01/2005 10:02 PM

I added nofollow attributes to all links displayed from incoming comments, referrers, and trackbacks to Roller today. This fix and a couple of others will be included in a Roller 1.0.1 release sometime next week.

Solar Roller

Solar Roller 08/30/2004 10:33 AM
Dave Johnson: It's official. Roller is now my full time job. I just accepted a job with Sun Microsystems to "design, develop, and deploy the primary blogging system for Sun in conjunction with other engineers" and to evangelize blogging both inside and outside of Sun.

No Limits Roller Coaster

No Limits Roller Coaster 04/23/2004 01:29 AM
While I continue to enjoy it immensely, it will probably seem to be more of a novelty to most folks. By Tom Burns, Inside Mac Games (via MyAppleMenu)

Roller coaster model kit

Roller coaster model kit 08/04/2004 03:24 PM
Build your own scale model roller coaster with this $500 kit from Coaster Dynamics. The video shows the coaster in action as mesmerized geeks move their heads around like cats watching a fly stuck between a window and a screen. Link

HTTPS logins in Roller 1.0

HTTPS logins in Roller 1.0 02/05/2005 10:07 PM

I just wrote up some instructions for configuring Secure Logins for Roller 1.0.

I had to make one minor change in Roller 1.0's Secure Login feature. I found that, when Roller is running behind a web switch, I can't rely on request.isSecure() to tell me if I have an HTTPS connection. I had to add an (optional) request header test. In my case, I have to test for a header named X-SSL to determine if HTTPS is active.

Roller 1.0 goes live at bl0gs.sun.com

Roller 1.0 goes live at bl0gs.sun.com 12/22/2004 01:24 AM

We made the cut-over to Roller 1.0 (actually 1.0RC2) at blogs.sun.com today. We had some minor glitches, but overall the upgrade went pretty smoothly after we flipped the switch and started directing traffic to the new server.

Anil's new Roller plugins

Anil's new Roller plugins 02/05/2005 10:08 PM

Anil has put together a couple of Roller plug ins for Google links and Technorati tags. He has also set up his very own wiki.

Levels of Roller Customization

Levels of Roller Customization 02/01/2005 10:02 PM

Junkfood has a nice summary of the different levels of Roller customization and the documentation you need to do customization. He writes "Roller is poorly documented" and he's right. I haven't updated the user guide since 0.9.8 and the macro reference, which is auto-generated from tags in the Velocity code just doesn't cut it. I'm working on user and install docs now. Next up are the customization docs.

Here are Junkfood's levels of Roller customization:

1. Edit CSS stylesheets to customize styles.
2. Edit page templates to add/delete/move page elements and Roller macros.
3. Select different theme packages to get different base page templates and CSS stylesheets.
4. Create and use new macros.
5. Override existing Roller macros.
6. Change Roller configuration and installation.
7. Change Apache configuration.
8. Edit Roller source code.

Roller 1.0 RC2 is out (with JCaptcha
integration)

Roller 1.0 RC2 is out (with JCaptcha
integration) 12/22/2004 01:24 AM

The full Roller 1.0RC2 announcement can be found on the Roller project blog. In addition to lots of bug fixes, we also added a new JCaptcha based comment authenticator. I've got it running on this site if you'd like to try it out.

JCaptcha integration was really easy because JCaptcha developer Marc-Antoine Garrigue did all the work. He implemented the Roller CommentAuthenticator interface and documented the integration process. Now all you have to do to enable CAPTCHA support in Roller is to uncomment a line in Roller's web.xml file. Thanks Marc-Antoine.

Roller 1.0 is very, very close, possibly only a day or two away. I'm still fighting a mysterious bug that is preventing Firefox 1.0 browsers from logging into my test server. We use Apache mod_rewrite to rewrite the blogs.sun.com URLS, so we can have http://blogs.sun.com/<username> redirect to http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/<username>. For some reason, this prevents Firefox 1.0 from logging in (via standard Servlet Authentication). All other browsers work fine and if I turn off mod_rewrite Firefox 1.0 works too.

Roller Coaster DataBase

Roller Coaster DataBase 04/11/2005 11:27 PM

Configurable pings for Roller?

Configurable pings for Roller? 03/31/2005 08:04 PM

Currently, a Roller user can ask Roller to "ping" weblogs.com when a new post is made. That was a nice feature back in the day, but in modern times there are many different ping targets. Some users might prefer to ping Javablogs.com, while others might prefer to ping Technorati. Some might even want to configure a different ping target for each weblog category.

Anil Gangolli has written a proposal for configurable pings in Roller and has asked for comments. If you're interested in joining the discussion you can join the Roller dev mailing list, comment in the wiki (write me for a login), or if you're really lazy leave a comment here.

Are Roller Coasters Safe?

Are Roller Coasters Safe? 07/12/2004 09:04 AM
The latest coaster accident in Disneyland has some wondering if park attractions are no longer safe.

Roller bookmark bookmarklet

Roller bookmark bookmarklet 03/22/2005 05:09 PM

Lars Trieloff has created a very nice bookmarklet that makes it easy to add bookmarks to Roller's bookmark manager. I've tried it and works. It and captures both the URL of the page you are currently on, as well as the newsfeed URL (if the page includes the autodiscovery tags). Read more here: Roller bookmark bookmarklet

Roller 1.1 progress and bogus wuffie

Roller 1.1 progress and bogus wuffie 03/31/2005 12:01 AM

We deployed a beta of Roller 1.1 at blogs.sun.com today, featuring the new built-in "Planet Roller" blogs.sun.com aggregator, which includes both BSC hosted and externally hosted Sun bloggers.

On the planet page, we substitute Technorati rankings (via Te chnorati.java) for the normal hot-blogs listing because we don't track hit counts for external blogs.

And, if you're looking at the Technorati rankings and wondering what a bush-league blogger like me is doing up there with MaryMary and Tim Bray? Well, I'm sorry to say, it's all due to bo gus whuffie. At the time, I actually wrote to the Technorati folks to point out to them that my place in the Technorati 100 was undeserved. They have since rejiggered their formulas (sorry to get so technical) and I'm out of the list, but still highly ranked.

Elderly Wis. Man Accused of Roller Rage
(AP)

Elderly Wis. Man Accused of Roller Rage
(AP) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
AP - A 77-year-old man is accused of running a group of roller skiers off a rural road. Eugene A. Hruby told a detective he was tired of seeing roller skiers on the road, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

Wal-Mart's Roller-Coaster Summer

Wal-Mart's Roller-Coaster Summer 08/23/2004 12:20 PM
Charley throws some water on Wal-Mart's August sales forecast.

Talking Roller in Florida next week

Talking Roller in Florida next week 12/19/2004 03:30 PM

I'm going to take a short trip to the sunny southern state of Florida next week to speak at a joint meeting of the Gainesville and Orlando Java User Groups. I'll be presenting an updated version of the presentation I gave to the Triangle JUG earlier this year. I added some slides on blogs.sun.com, I updated the Roller architecture section, and I moved the whole presentation from Evil Empire format to Open Office format. For more information, check the GatorJUG web site.

Grand8 - Roller-coaster Simulator

Grand8 - Roller-coaster Simulator 03/15/2003 10:13 PM
Grand8 on Ice walkers

Multi-functional Dice roller

Multi-functional Dice roller 06/11/2004 07:07 PM
First Code Release

Roller docs in Chinese and Japanese

Roller docs in Chinese and Japanese 02/01/2005 10:03 PM

Thanks to two very generous contributors, we now have translations of the Roller user guide, installation guide, and FAQ. Take a look:

• Japanese: Noniko translated the User Guide, Installation Guide, and the wiki front page.
• Chinese: Nan Chang translated the  User Guide,  Installation Guide, and FAQ.

Thanks Noniko and Nan Chang. I'm sure your efforts will be appreciated by many new Roller users.

By the way, the Installation Guide is in sync with Roller 1.0, but I still need to update the Use r Guide to document the new Roller 1.0 features.

GoGo Kidz Carseat Roller

GoGo Kidz Carseat Roller 06/24/2005 04:01 PM

My wife has been eyeing strollers with an intensity that I've only seen in gadget freaks. Therefore, this one is for you pregnant ladies out there. Wave your hands in the air. But not too quickly, because you don't want to strain anything. Here, just sit down. Did you take your vitamins today?

The GoGoBabyz GoGo Kidz Travelmate is a removable set of wheels you can attach to your car seat for maximum portability. Instead of lugging around a seat, a stroller, a baby bag, and one of those phlegm removing bulb-things, you can just drag a lot of this stuff behind you.

[For clarity's sake, please assume that all baby posts are by me, John, re: my wife, Joanna. I know it gets kind of weird with this Economist-esque no byline thing, so just use this rule of thumb: Baby == John. - John]

GoGo Kidz Travelmate: Airport Wheelies For Your Car Seat? [DaddyTypes]

New versions of Qubix and Brush Roller

New versions of Qubix and Brush Roller 11/14/2003 04:38 AM

Roller planning done, now I'm heading
home...

Roller planning done, now I'm heading
home... 04/13/2005 10:40 PM

I've had a very productive week so far in MPK and I'm heading home early tomorrow. Working with new blogs.sun.com developer Allen Gilliland, I wrapped up first drafts of requirements and design for group blogging in Roller (check the wiki if you want the details). Allen and I also spent a lot of time discussing possible "supportablity" enhancements like configuration consolidation and load balancing. I posted some notes from these discussions to the Roller dev list for feedback. The posts spurred a flurry of comments and discussion that touched on topics of search (Matt R and Matt S want to fix it) and ditching container managed authentication (Matt R is interested in moving to Acegi).

I haven't been nearly so productive on the book. Before I left N.C. I picked up the same cold that hit rest of my family, so I've been sleeping instead of writing. So it goes.

Nice thing is, I was able to spend a little time with some of my other co-workers. Roller committer Anil Gangolli (more of a friend than a co-worker I guess) kindly invited me over for dinner with his wife and some friends on Sunday and we had some great indian food and conversation (Thanks Anil!). And today, I was fortunate enough to run into Tim Bray and Claire Giordano as I was wandering around looking for an empty table in the Sun cafeteria.

I'm coming back out here on the 26th for the chairman's award deal. Hopefully I'll feel better then.

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