That’s right, it was finally time to take the plunge and move the site over to WordPress. The upshots of the move are more flexibility and the dedicated domain name SeattleBubble.com. The downsides are that I’m sure a bunch of links won’t work, and it will probably take me a few weeks to iron out all the kinks.
Make sure you update your links. The new address is http://seattlebubble.com/blog/ -or- http://seattlebubble.com/.
Please let me know if you find anything that is awry. I will be working to improve things as I am able.
Lake Hills Renter » May 20, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Can’t say I’ve ever been on a WordPress site. This will take some getting used to.
MisterBubble » May 21, 2007 at 2:04 am
Hey everyone…Lizzie Rhodes is hosting an online chat tomorrow (May 22) at noon. You can pre-submit questions here.
Make ‘em good!
peckhammer » May 21, 2007 at 7:08 am
From urbnlivn about attending the condo expo:
“Economist Matthew Gardner from Gardner Johnson on Seattle area economics and forecast – Matthew’s was the best talk. Not only is he a good public speaker but his PowerPoint deck was full of charts and numbers. He was also very adamant that we were not in a bubble situation, that Seattle could absorb the inventory and that we developments were handling investors much differently than other cities. Absolute prices will come down, price per square foot will go up to $750/square foot, unit sizes will come down. HOA prices will peak at $0.60/square foot. “
Rhonda Porter » May 21, 2007 at 7:23 am
Your new site looks sharp and I like that I don’t have to remember my google account info to leave comments. Congrats on your move.
The Bruce » May 21, 2007 at 8:29 am
Danger! Market partying like it’s March 2000
Joel » May 21, 2007 at 10:13 am
From: Housing glut: From bad to worse
Some of the markets ZipRealty covers suffered far bigger inventory expansions than the total jump. Los Angeles reported a 39.7 percent leap since April of 2006, Miami climbed 53.9 percent and Seattle soared 63.2 percent.
deejayoh » May 21, 2007 at 10:26 am
Hmmm. can’t get rss feeds to work.
Comments field shows up intermittently
seems to hold the last user’s email info in the comments field (It shows “Joel” for me)
geon » May 21, 2007 at 11:13 am
I like the font size. “test”
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 11:40 am
Deejayoh,
Are you referring to the links under “Subscribe/Feeds” on the right-bar, or those under “Meta” on the left-bar?
I hadn’t updated the right-bar links yet, those were still pointing to the old feeds. I have updated them now.
I have subscribed to the new feeds in Google Reader and am not having any problems. Could you give me more details about the issues you’re having? What URL did you subscribe to, what feed reader program are you using, etc.
Thanks!
Lake Hills Renter » May 21, 2007 at 12:12 pm
The link to the comments on the main page (at the bottom of each post) disappears when I mouseover it. It’s still there and I can click it, but it disappears.
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Ok that’s weird. Seems to only happen in IE, and to varying degrees each time. I’ll look into it. Thanks.
Madrona » May 21, 2007 at 12:52 pm
@ geon:
I was just going to comment the opposite. I’d like to see the post font size closer to the navigation menu size. Seems like a waste of space to be so big. : \
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 1:53 pm
LHR,
Okay I think I mostly fixed it. Apparently this theme has odd instance of this IE bug.
In general, I highly recommend Firefox. But it should look ok in IE now too. :^)
klio » May 21, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Are the forums inactive now? Is it the link in the upper left corner? When I click on it, it takes me to the old website, with no new posts…?
Rich Hodge » May 21, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Wow, good stuff! Feed’s working and I too like big fonts :)
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 2:22 pm
klio,
The Forums are definitely not inactive. They are alive and kicking: Seattle Bubble Forums.
In the upper-left corner where it says “Forum” it should take you to http://seattlebubble.com/blog/forum/, which should automatically forward to http://seattlebubble.com/forum/.
If this does not work for you, please tell me exactly what you are doing, and what browser you are using.
Thanks!
klio » May 21, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Has anyone posted anything today on the forum? Tried link in corner, plus all three you supplied and they take me to the same place; but with no new posts… that’s why I found it peculiar, usually there’s something new to read. Oh, and I’m using Mozilla.
Lake Hills Renter » May 21, 2007 at 2:57 pm
In general, I highly recommend Firefox.
Not sure how well that would go over here at Microsoft. ;)
Lake Hills Renter » May 21, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Oh, and that did fix it.
redmondjp » May 21, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Hi Tim,
Using IE6.0, the main section (articles/comments) of this page doesn’t show up at the top as do the LH and RH columns–I have to scroll down to the bottom of the LH column in order to see the top of the center section. Probably an IE problem but thought I would let you know.
The very first time I saw this new page this morning, it was right at the top where it should be, but every time since it’s way down the page.
Lake Hills Renter » May 21, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Interesting. The disappearing text is happening at home still — IE 7.0 just like at work.
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 7:12 pm
The disappearing text thing and the middle section getting bumped down thing are apparently some kind of catch-22 IE death trap.
When I fix the disappearing text bug in IE 7, IE 6 dumps the middle section way down below the sidebar. The only way I can figure out so far to fix that bug in IE 6 is to bring back the disappearing text bug in IE 7.
I’m trying to find a solution and going back and forth. That’s probably why the disappearing text bug came back on your home computer, LHR.
Anyway… Argh! I hate IE!
The Tim » May 21, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Ok I finally got a fix for the IE 7 disappearing text bug that doesn’t cause the middle section to bump to the bottom in IE 6. However, there does appear to be some strange rendering errors in IE 6 on some posts (only when viewed on the main page). Don’t know if there’s anything I can do about that.
My recommendation is to switch to the superior internet browser: Firefox. Of course, LHR, being a ‘Softy, I rather doubt that’s in the cards, eh?
Lake Hills Renter » May 21, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Not at work any way, so probably not at home either. Seems to be fixed now. Thanks for the effort. :)
BanteringBear » May 22, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I like the font size. The new site looks good. I think it’d look even better with some sort of color contrast on the side links rather than the white. Kind of feels like I’m in a pharmacy ;O).
The Tim » May 22, 2007 at 3:57 pm
For those of you who don’t like the font size, unlike the Blogger site, here it is dependent on your browser’s settings. If you want the fonts smaller, just hit “Page -> Text Size -> Smaller” (in IE 7) or “View -> Text Size -> Decrease” (in Firefox).
You have the power.
Eric » May 23, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Looks great..nice and wide..very readable.Congrats on the migration.