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Quick RSS Update

Liam — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:20:23 +0000

Those of you who use Internet Explorer 7 and/or Windows Vista may have had some trouble viewing the Filmonic RSS feed recently. The problem is an annoying one and it will hopefully be sorted over the next few days.

Update: Problem solved!

Site Update: RSS Problem Fixed

Liam — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:39:15 +0000

Over the weekend I updated the site to the latest version of Wordpress (the program Filmonic runs on) and earlier today I noticed that the there was a huge drop in RSS subscribers. After doing some digging I found that the RSS feed was actually broken and wasn’t showing up at all, which I assumed had something to do with the recent Wordpress update. After further digging and troubleshooting I found the cause of the problem and the RSS feed is now working normally. Sorry to those subscribers who had no updates over the past few days. All is now well.

If you are currently thinking ‘What in the Dark Knight is an RSS?’ then fear not, I shall explain. RSS basically lets you know when a site has been updated with a new post, so you kinda get news ‘as it happens’. You can get RSS updates in an RSS reader, such as Google Reader, or by email. I have subscribed to the RSS feeds of many news sites and blogs to I can stay up to date with the latest news to update Filmonic with.

If you want to sign up to Filmonic’s RSS then click the big orange button in the left sidebar, or just click here.

Filmonic is 1

Liam — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:30:00 +0000

Sometime last week (I think it was the 5th) Filmonic had it’s 1st birthday…Hooray!

To ‘celebrate’ I thought I’d take look at the numbers and boost the ego a little:

Hello to the 1,225 of you reading this post from your RSS readers. (To those of you who don’t know what RSS is click the orange button in the left sidebar and all will be revealed)

Hi to the 53 people who get daily emails, I hope you have set it so that you get 1 email round-up per day, as I imagine getting around 5 emails a day would get annoying!

A shady hello to those 465 of you who typed ‘brutal rape’ into Google this month and found yourself on Filmonic. I never knew the post Watchmen Rape Scene Will Be Brutal would get so much attention from you perverts.

Hello to the 144 Twilight fans who continue to comment furiously on the Twilight Cast Pic that was posted in May. I am sure more of you will comment as the film gets even closer to it’s release.

An even bigger hello to the 1 person who visited Filmonic from Malawi in southeast Africa. Could you spread the word of Filmonic around your tribe? I would appreciate it hugely!

And finally, thank you to the 150,000 people who visited Filmonic in October. I will think of you all when I move into my 15 bedroom mansion complete with swimming pool and aeroplane runway next week.

Site Update: We Have A New Layout!

Liam — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:08:56 +0000

Good evening Filmonic readers,

Those of you who visit Filmonic regularly will notice that things look a bit different than they did before. Filmonic will be 1 year old this November, and I thought I would celebrate by giving the site a resdesign. A guy called Sam has been working on the design for a while, and the theme is now live, although I will be fixing things over the next few days.

If you notice something is out of place, looks odd or have complaints or praise then post it below. I will keep this post at the top of the site for a day or two so I can get feedback and so that people know of the change (if they don’t notice it instantly).

Let me know what you think via the comment box!

Site Update: Server Migration Completed

Liam — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:52:40 +0000

Since Filmonic began back in October 2007 it has stayed on the same hosting service, however the site has now outgrown that and I have just moved the site onto a VPS (Virtual Private Server). There have been a number of occasions when the site posted news that brought in a lot of attention. Sites such as Digg, Reddit even PerezHilton.com brought in thousands of visitors, which ended up crashing the site.

Now the site is on a better server it will be generally faster, and when there is a surge in visitors it will not crash (hopefully). I have now placed social bookmark buttons at the bottom of posts to take advantage of the faster server.

In some cases with moving sites, there can be errors. So if you notice anything out of place please contact me through the contact page.