Comments on: Logo wanted… 3 hours later… logo got!

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:57:31 +0000

getafreelancer is definitely a buyers market. although, some of the good value work I have had done there has led to a lot more work going to the same person. If someone does something well for me for a comparatively low price, I always try and push more work their way even if I don’t need it done straight away so a) I feel better and b) they feel more worth.
I’ve seen evidence of some that do something for less to get established, once they have decent feedback and a good portfolio of successful jobs their ‘worth’ increases and can start to bid for higher paying jobs with more success.
a ‘one-off’ job that gets posted will predominately get a lot more cheaper bids, when someone has more experience of posting jobs and having the work done, they learn which people are worth paying that little bit extra for.

ref Feeds: I don’t think the extra characters on the end of the feedburner feed are permanent, they go back to normal after a while. I still can’t get their support to understand what I mean when I explain to them the problem.

By: Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma

Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:21:03 +0000

I agree the cheapest isn’t always the best.
You might be surprised I’ve actually seen people who’ve been writing for a while bid on those low paying jobs. However I think some of them don’t have faith in their writing abilities. It’s insane.

Re: Feed
That is odd. I’ve noticed the same thing with others also at least I’m not the only one.

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By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:39:35 +0000

opal: yes I saw similar things too, I think it’s a better deal for the buyer rather than the seller on GAF. There are many that will do work for next to nothing because they are new or inexperienced. as a buyer, I have to sort the wheat from the chaff. it’s not always the cheapest that is best.

about your feed: sometimes feedburner puts your feed as your normal location plus a few extra characters. In your case, your feed location of …com/blog/feed points to http://feeds.feedburner.com/veganmomma/khQh and CL has real problems getting forwarded to a feedburner URL like that so it used the last post it had in it’s cache.

I still haven’t figured out how to force the magpie rss function to follow that type of feedburner feed. it should do it automatically but for some reason it doesn’t

By: Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma

Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:07:05 +0000

That's odd, my link is still showing an old post, any ideas why? Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma's last blog post..Fun Art For Daughter, Nightmare For Mommy

By: Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma

Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:05:44 +0000

That’s quick and it looks great. I’ve checked out GAF as a freelance writer, and the amount that clients were willing to pay was insulting. It was mainly $2 – $5 for 300 – 500 word articles? Gah!

Opal Tribble – Vegan Momma’s last blog post..Fun Art For Daughter, Nightmare For Mommy

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:40:45 +0000

jenn: I have emailed wordpress about it as there should only be 1 php file and 1 readme file inside. just upload the commentluv.php that you find in the /trunk/ folder and that should get it working.

I’m away all day today so I will try and sort it out on the weekend

By: jenn

jenn — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:39:03 +0000

OKay, I will look into it, I downloaded the plug in from wordpress and it comes zipped up and when I unzip there is a lot of folders and then when it comes over to ftp it winds creating 2 directories. I will look into maybe I did something wrong Thanks! jenn's last blog post..Evolution

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:54:18 +0000

Jenn: there should be a single file called commentluv.php , that is the only file that you need to upload to your plugins directory. it should then show on your plugins page. I can’t make it any simpler!

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:13:10 +0000

Vladimir: the process for the AJAX part of commentluv starts when a keyup is deteced on the comment area, the script checks for the presence of a hidden attribute, if it is there then it will go off and search for the feed and at the same time remove the hidden attribute. This prevents it from firing every time a key is pressed. once it finds the feed it will put it in the div below the commentform. I haven’t noticed any CPU intensive periods when it does this as the javascript only fires once the first key has been pressed (or after the tab key is released if you’re tabbing into the comment area).

I use jquery to do the magic and that seems to work dandily for everything else without the cpu having a heart attack.

anyone else notice this?

By: jenn

jenn — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:33:15 +0000

hello, I downloaded comment luv and uploaded through my ftp but for some reason it does not show up up in the plug-ins page in the admin panel. So I deleted and readded and still nothing. I used the do follow plug in to make my blog follow but the plug in still isn't showing up. Can you possible help me out? I really would like to use this beecause I think it will encourage more people to comment. Thanks jenn's last blog post..Spring Fever