The 1:s and 0:s of Intense Debate are getting an upgrade. Sunday, April 20th, from 12AM-4AM MST we’ll be down for scheduled maintenance. We’ll throw up helpful messages to avoid any confusion on the blogs we’re on, as well as on the main Intense Debate site.
Posted by Isaac Keyet in News
We’re constantly working on improving the speed and usability of Intense Debate, and just thought we’d post something about our most recent achievements.
We’re extremely stoked about this! We now support Firefox 3, so if ID was keeping you from giving Firefox 3 a try, you’ve now got no excuse!
There’s a new feature in the Intense Debate comments that you’ll hopefully never use. If, for some reason, you browse away before posting your comment, or you login as you’re posting, you won’t lose your comment. Just open the page again, and you’ll find your comment right where you left it.
Some of you didn’t like the way the Intense Debate logo was implemented in the last revision of our widgets (by widgets we mean the Recent Comments, the Blog Stats widget, etc). We’ve now changed this to a non-intrusive text link.
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Posted by Isaac Keyet in News
As a part of our feature release week, we’ve also added some new features to our comment sorting functionality. In addition to what was previously offered (sorting comments by date, user rating, & last activity), Intense Debate users can now choose the default setting for sorting comments on their blog. This option is now available on the blog settings page. By default, Intense Debate comments are now sorted by date, which is the sorting most native commenting systems use.
So go ahead, indulge your inner control freak….setup your blog to sort comments by user rating as the default. Or really go crazy and have your comments sorted by last activity as the default. Your readers will still have the option to view it the way they want, but let them know that this is how your blog is really supposed to be enjoyed!
Posted by Michael Koenig in features
We’re very pleased to make this new feature available. You asked for it, so you’ve got it! Now you can designate multiple admins for any single blog with Intense Debate. We’re making easier than ever to manage your blog’s comments with this new admin feature. Intense Debate just became the perfect commenting platform for your company’s blog (internal or external). With multiple admin capabilities, you can make moderating comments on your company’s blog easier than ever.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t just a great feature for companies. This is an amazing feature for anyone who needs to give another person admin access to their blog’s comments.
Think about it…managing your mom’s blog has never been easier! Helping your folks setup their answering machine and DVD player will still be a pain, but at least you’ve got blog comments covered. In fact, you owe it to yourself to set them up with Intense Debate. I mean, take a load off. You’ve got enough on your plate. Mind as well make something simple.
Blogging mom not a problem? Got an IT guy who ensures that your blog is running smoothly? Yeah? Well Intense Debate is perfect for you. Now you can give him his own login to help manage Intense Debate on your blog.
Don’t have a blogging mom or an IT guy? Multiple admins is still something for you. Do you have that special someone that has been pushing you to take things to the next level, but you’re just not ready for marriage and certainly not ready to move in together? Problem solved!
Give them the gift of making them an admin of your Intense Debate account. It’s perfect really – you’re showing them that you trust them without giving up your account info. It’s the gift that says, “I trust you and want to bring you into my life, but I’m at a point where I still need some personal space.” It’s the perfect way to say, “I’m willing to baby step it to the next level. Keep your chin up. Who knows? Marriage may be right around corner!” And remember, Intense Debate makes it easier than ever to remove an admin, just in case things don’t work out (I mean let’s face it, sometimes even the best laid plans don’t pan out).
Setting Up Multiple Admins
Here’s how you setup additional admins for your blog using your Intense Debate account. Once you login to IntenseDebate.com, select the tab that shares the same name as your blog. This tab will be to the right of the “All Blogs” tab. Once you’ve selected the tab named after your blog, you will notice the following new tabs: “Overview, Moderation, Comment History, Settings, Tools, Comment Theme, Widgets.” Select the “Settings” tab. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and on the right side of the page you’ll find “Add another blog admin.” Just enter in the email address of the person you want to add as an admin, select the “Promote User” tab to the right and you’re all set.
As always, we’d love some feedback. Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!
Posted by Michael Koenig in features
What can I say? We’re on a roll right now! Everyday we’re thinking up innovative ways to improve your commenting experience, and everyday the Intense Debate community is submitting new awesome feature ideas. To top it off, our Intense Debate developers have somehow managed to keep up with all of this obsessive enthusiasm! What we’ve got now is a bunch of new Intense Debate features to introduce to you. In fact, I’d say that we have a plethora! (such a great word…I never get to use it.)
It wouldn’t be cool of us to slowly release these features over the next couple of weeks and deprive you of their incredible commenting power. So instead we’re just going to open the gates and release new features each day this week!
Today’s new feature for the Intense Debate commenting system is the shiny new Subscribe Menu. Now you can subscribe to comments through a variety of common RSS readers such as Google Reader, Netvibes, and Newsgator.
Using our new Subscribe Menu, you can subscribe to either the comments of a blog post or to the entire blog. Plus there’s a direct link to the RSS feed.
What do you think? Got any suggestions on the services you’d like to see in the Subscribe Menu? Are there some services that shouldn’t be there at all? Drop us a note at feedback@intensedebate.com, or post a comment below.
Be sure to check back tomorrow to learn about additional new features.
Posted by Michael Koenig in features
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