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A NATION CHALLENGED: THE MAINSTAY; Musharraf, the Indispensable Ally, Grows More Confident
Published: November 5, 2001
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For the moment, though, the Americans are confident that the general has matters firmly in hand, or as firmly as any Pakistani ruler could, and his own demeanor seems to support that view. Far from the edgy, almost apologetic figure he cut in the televised announcement of his ''full support'' for the United States, he has seemed almost bouncy, as if the crisis were something he had been waiting for all his life.
Aides say that is the reflection of a deep-seated belief, rooted in a moderate but devout form of Islam, that all matters are decided by God.
''He's a man who believes in destiny, and that all we do is ultimately in the hands of God,'' said Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, General Musharraf's military spokesman, who has known him since they were junior officers. ''He's never been a particularly ambitious person, only a man who believes in letting fate decide where he's going.
''And now, he believes that fate has put him where he is, with the responsibility of saving Pakistan.''
Before Sept. 11 he had a reputation for mingling only rarely with civilians. The only moments when he really relaxed, his friends said then, were when he bantered with fellow officers over an evening drink or the evening games of tennis he favors.
At his official army chief's residence in Rawalpindi, he plays with his dogs, telephones his son Bilal, who is an actuary in Boston, and until the present crisis played the occasional round of golf.
Meeting journalists was not something he did often, and interviews brought out a certain stiffness.
But he positively bounded into his first news conference after Sept. 11, crisply saluting hundreds of reporters as if there were few greater pleasures.
In the weeks since, he has become something of a media hound, allowing few days to pass without appearances on Western television and even switching dress to match the occasion: British-style dress uniform for the BBC, business suit for CNN, the uniform again for fellow general Colin Powell, the suit for the visiting Tony Blair.
In a meeting with foreign reporters 10 days ago, he seemed to relish the toughest questions.
What did it feel like to have gone so abruptly from being a shunned military dictator to a member-on-probation of the international establishment?
''I don't think I was an unwanted military ruler,'' he said, almost winking.
Wasn't he afraid of assassination?
''I am stepping on the toes of some people who may not want me around,'' he said, adding, ''So therefore one has to be careful.''
And what of the dangers of a generals' coup?
''There is no fallout whatsoever in the army,'' he said.
But behind the amiable demeanor and the rimless spectacles, there has been a cut of steel.
Under pressure from the street protests, he has placed several of the most powerful Islamic militant leaders under house arrest.
In early October he moved swiftly against military commanders who resisted his support for the United States, retiring or sidelining many. Now all the top army posts are filled by men who owe their jobs to him personally. Pakistani military analysts say it has been a coup within a coup, and the most important change in 20 years.
General Musharraf, a former special forces commando with combat experience, renewed his own mandate as army chief of staff for an ''indefinite'' period. Next, late at night, he unseated three generals who played crucial roles in securing his power in 1999.
Most strikingly, he fired the chief of the powerful military intelligence directorate, Inter-Services Intelligence, Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed, an old friend who had riled the Bush administration with his pro-Taliban views when he found himself in Washington, by chance, on Sept. 11.
Associates of General Ahmed said it was he who brought back the White House's message that Pakistan would either support the war against the terrorists or be considered their ally and treated accordingly. Associates say General Musharraf interpreted that later as a threat that the United States and India, and possibly even Israel, might somehow try to seize Pakistan's nuclear armory, believed to comprise about 20 bombs.
In his address announcing his decision to side with the United States, he said archly that Pakistan's ''strategic assets,'' meaning the nuclear weapons, and its foothold in Kashmir could have come ''under threat'' if he had refused America's demand for support.
''If these come under threat, it could be a worse situation for us,'' he said. ''The negative consequences can endanger Pakistan's integrity and solidarity.''
Against that, he set the advantages of siding with the United States -- in effect, the terms of the gamble he was taking. By supporting America, and trusting that Washington would keep its side of the bargain, he said, ''we can re-emerge politically as a responsible and dignified nation, and all our difficulties can be minimized.''
Seven weeks later, that remains his charter, as do the words with which he concluded his speech. ''May Allah be with us,'' he said.


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February 26, 2014
More than 700 business leaders will gather for the 37th annual Financial Industries Dinner on March 18 to honor William "Bill" D. Brewer of Winston and Strawn LLP. Brewer is the co-chair and practice group leader of the firm's global finance practice and head of the firm's New York finance practice. Proceeds from the event will benefit the nation's leading respiratory hospital, National Jewish Health.
The event's supporters are leaders within New York's financial industries. The dinner's honorary chair is Craig Stillwagon, PNC Business Credit executive vice president and Eastern division executive, who was also the 2013 honoree. The chair is Albert Spada, a senior vice president at RBS Citizens Business Capital. Serving as treasurer is John G. Kalyvas, partner at Winston & Strawn LLP.
The Financial Industries Dinner was first held in 1977 and has become one of the most prestigious philanthropic events for New York's financial industries. Spearheaded by the late New York banker and philanthropist Lou Moskowitz, the Financial Industries Dinner has raised more than $13 million for National Jewish Health over the past 36 years.
National Jewish Health trustees involved in the financial industries include Robert J. Arth, executive vice president and Northeast commercial executive, Bank of America N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; Herbert L. Ash, Esq.; Philip F. Bleser, managing director, head of Global Corporate Banking NA, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; John F. Daly; Donald J. Gibson, head of Risk Middle Market/Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; David J. Kantes; Barry A. Kastner, executive vice president and SE regional partner, Siena Lending Group, LLC; William A. Kosis, president and CEO, PNC Business Credit; Brian S. MacConnell, CEO and president, PNC Business Credit; Lawrence A. Marsiello, Pine Brook Road Partners LLC; Warren K. Mino, president, Webster Business Capital Corp.; Joseph F. Nemia, executive vice president and head of asset based lending, TD Bank N.A.; Joseph A. Pollicino Sr.; Steven J. Seif, managing partner, Hahn & Hessen LLP; Harry C. Steinmetz, partner, WeiserMazars LLP; Andrew H. Tananbaum, executive and chairman, Capital Business Credit LLC; Carl A. Toriello, chief operating officer and chief risk officer, Jefferies Finance LLC; Terrence J. Ullrich, principal, senior partner of Agenta Partners LLC; and George T. Wendler, managing director, MMG Consulting Firm. Many of these trustees will attend the Financial Industries Dinner on March 18.
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ImageX's front-end development lead, Trent Stromkins, brings a unique background to his role. As a former designer, he uses his love for good design to develop with aesthetics and user experience in mind by marrying form and function. We spoke with Trent to discuss his experience and his thoughts on where design and development intersect.
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// create object
$node = new stdClass();
// set title for a node
$node->title = t('Created node programmatically');
// set node type
$node->type = 'article';
// set node language
$node->language = LANGUAGE_NONE;
// set value to node body
$node->body[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] = t('This node has been created programmatically in Drupal 7');
// set value to node body summary
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// set node body format like plain_text, filtered_html, full_html
$node->body[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['format'] = 'filtered_html';
// author for a node
$node->uid = 1;
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Chromatic: May the Git --FORCE Be With You [Advanced Git Webinar]
You know how to get things done with git: pull, add, commit, push; but have you mastered it like a jedi does the force? Nothing is a more lasting record of our work then our git commits. In a galaxy where companies ask you for your Github account in lieu of, or in addition to a resume, we have one more reason to make sure that our commit history is as readable as our code itself.
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Chromatic: Chromatic Site Launch Guide
When we prepare to launch a site, we all generally follow a rough checklist of items (if only in our own minds!) to ensure sure that all systems are go. At Chromatic, we wanted to produce a repeatable process that we could share not only amongst ourselves, but also with the community; and so the Chromatic Site Launch Guide was born.
We are hosting this guide outside of our blog as it is a living document and will change over time. Feel free to bookmark it and refer back to it the next time you are preparing to launch a site. The content is generated from a repository on Github, which means modifications via pull requests are welcome!
Drop Guard: Probo.CI and Drop Guard work together for better QA process
Not long ago we were talking about the value of testing your updates in feature branch instances. It's the most efficient way of ensuring the quality of applied updates, but it's very time-consuming.
To use this process, you are required to maintain your own infrastructure to spin up QA servers quickly, run automated tests and share the testing instance between team members. And preferably, you do it every time an update is applied for any of the modules across your websites.Probo.CI integration QA Drop Guard recipes Drupal Planet
Jeff Geerling's Blog: Migrate a custom JSON feed in Drupal 8 with Migrate Source JSON
Recently I needed to migrate a small set of content into a Drupal 8 site from a JSON feed, and since documentation for this particular scenario is slightly thin, I decided I'd post the entire process here.
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Lullabot: A Framework for Project Kickoffs
Project kickoffs can be the shortest individual component of a project, but they can also be the most important. Done poorly, a kickoff can feel like a reading of a contract by inhuman actors doing inhuman work. Done well, a kickoff can bring a team together and push them towards success. Kickoffs are one of the project skills we don't get many opportunities to iterate and learn. Developers at Lullabot commonly end up attached to a client or project for many months (or years!) at a time, so it's entirely possible to go that period of time without having a formal kickoff. Here are some thoughts I've had after doing several kickoffs this year.About the Client
In a distributed team, a kickoff usually happens with a phone call. While pre-sales communication will have already happened, the kickoff call is usually the first time when everyone working on a team will be together at once. As a team member from the vendor, this is your chance to ask questions of the business stakeholders who might not be available day to day. I like to find out:
- Why are we all here? Are the business, technology, or creative concerns the primary driver?
- What is the business looking for their team to learn and accomplish?
- What are the external constraints on the project? Are there timelines and due dates, or other projects dependent on our work? What are the upcoming decisions and turning points in the business that could have a big affect on the project?
We all have ideas about how we want to work and be utilized on a project. Making sure they align with the client is very important to work out during a kickoff. Sometimes, a client has specific priorities of work to get done. Other times, they might not have realized you have skills in a specific subject area that they really need. It's really important to understand your role on a project, especially if you have multiple skill sets. Perhaps you're a great Drupal site builder, but what the client really needs is to use your skills to organize and clean up their content model. Figuring all of that out is a great kickoff topic.About Us
Once we understand each other, then we can start to figure out how we work together. It's kind of like moving in with someone. You might know each other very well, but how are you going to handle talking with your landlord? How are each person's work schedules going to integrate?
For a distributed team, communication tools are at the core of this discussion. We all have email, chat rooms, instant messaging, video, and more. What tools are best used when? Are there specific tools the client prefers, or tools that they can't use because of their company's network setup? Finding the middle ground between "all mediums, all the time" and "it's all in person until you ask" is key.
Recurring meetings are another good topic to cover. Some companies will take new team members, add them to every recurring meeting, and use up a 10 hour-per-week consulting engagement with nothing but agile ceremony. Perhaps that's what you're needed for—or perhaps they've just operated out of habit. Finding a good balance will go a long way towards building a sustainable relationship.
Sharing each person's timezones and availability also helps to keep expectations reasonable. Some companies have recurring meetings (like Lullabot's Monday / Friday Team Calls) which will always be booked. Sometimes individuals have days their hours are different due to personal or family commitments. Identify the stakeholders who have the "worst" availability and give them extra flexibility in scheduling. Knowing all of this ahead of time will help prevent lots of back-and-forth over meeting times.
Finally, find out who you should go to if work is blocked. That might be a stakeholder or project manager on the client's side, but it could also be one of your coworkers. Having someone identified to the team as the "unblocker of work" helps keep the project running smoothly and personal tensions low.About Tech
For development projects, the first question I ask is "will we need any sort of VPN access?". VPN access is almost always a pain to get set up—many companies aren't able to smoothly setup contractors who are entirely remote. It's not unheard of for VPN access to take days or weeks to set up. If critical resources are behind a VPN, it's a good idea to start setting that up before an official kickoff.
Barring the VPN-monster, figuring out where code repositories are, where tickets are managed, and how development and QA servers work are all good kickoff topics. Get your accounts created and make sure they all work. If a client is missing anything (like a good QA environment or ticket system), this is when you can make some recommendations.About Onsites
Some projects will have a kickoff colocated somewhere, either at a client's office or at a location central to everyone. In distributed teams, an in-person meeting can be incredibly useful in understanding each person. The subtle, dry humour of your video expert becomes apparent in-person, but could have been misunderstood online. Most of the above can be handled in the first hour of an onsite visit, leaving much more time to fill given the travel time!
We like to focus onsites on the topics that are significant unknowns, require a significant number of people across many teams, and are likely to require whiteboards, diagrams, and group brainstorming. Project discoveries are a classic fit; it's common to meet with many different people from different departments, and doing first meetings in person can be a significant time saver. The goal of an onsite shouldn't be to "kick off" the project—it should be to build the shared understanding a team needs so they can be effective.But what about sales engineering?
I'm sure some readers are now thinking "Wait a minute! Aren't these all things you should know before a contract is signed?". It's true! Going into a kickoff without any of this information would be a serious risk.
It's important to remember that the team on a kickoff isn't going to be identical to the team who did the sales engineering work. Both the client and the vendor will have new people just getting started. As well, it's useful to hear the project parameters one more time. Discrepancies in the discussions can alert the team to any misunderstandings, or more likely changes in the business environment running up to the signing of the contract. Especially on projects where a team is already working, hearing about progress or changes made in the week between signing an SOW and kickoff can be invaluable.
What did you learn the last time you helped to kick off a project? Let us know in the comments!
DrupalEasy: Just in case - Drupal 8's /core/rebuild.php
Drupal 8 has lots of things that Drupal 7 doesn't have - a modern object-oriented foundation, the Twig templating system, and WYSIWYG out-of-the-box - just to name a few. There's also a good number of less flashy additions that are designed to improve the developer experience. One of these additions is the /core/rebuild.php file.
While it is common knowledge that clearing rebuilding Drupal's caches is good practice during development, Drupal 8 brings a new tool to the table to get it done. Previous to Drupal 8, most developers utilized Drush to clear caches, some less-efficient folks cleared caches from the user interface (usually from the Admin Menu, but sometimes - gasp! - from the admin/config/development/performance page).
Drupal 8 comes with a new /core/rebuild.php file that doesn't require the Drupal 8 site to be functioning (fatal errors, anyone?) nor does it require Drush or Drupal Console. Instead, as long as your site's configuration allows it, all you have to do is navigate to /core/rebuild.php in your browser. As Drupal's documentation states, this "Rebuilds all Drupal caches even when Drupal itself does not work."
How do you know if your site's configuration supports this functionality? Well, if you're working locally (and if you're developing, you should be working locally), then just make sure that $settings['rebuild_access'] = TRUE; in your settings.php (or, better yet, settings.local.php). The other method involves running the /core/scripts/rebuild_token_calculator.sh script from the commandline, and using the results as query parameters for /core/rebuild.php (see "Method II" on https://www.drupal.org/node/2153725).
Granted, most developers have Drush and/or Drupal Console installed everywhere they're working, but it's always good to have a backup method for rebuilding Drupal's caches - just in case.
Chromatic: Chromatic at DrupalCon New Orleans
DrupalCon New Orleans is nearly here and Chromatic will be attending in full force! Here's the rundown of what you need to know:Learn About Render Arrays from Gus Childs
Gus will be presenting his session on Drupal 8 render arrays on Tuesday at 1pm in the Blackmesh Room (267-268): Aha! Understanding and Using Render Arrays in Drupal 8. If you're ever been confused by render arrays or just want to learn the best practices for how you're supposed to use them, be sure not to miss this session. Gus happens to be an awesome presenter to boot!Schedule or Attend a BoF in the Chromatic Room
We're once again sponsoring a Birds of a Feather room. BoFs are a great way for folks to get together and discuss interesting topics in a more informal setting. There's already some great BoFs scheduled for the Chromatic room, including one on Drupal VM and Local Development from the well-known geerlingguy. We have a couple BoFs of our own too:
If you have a great idea for a BoF, schedule one for the Chromatic room!Connect with Us at one of the Summits
In addition to attending the conference proper, we're once again sending our leadership to the Business Summit, as well as sending a couple of folks to the Media & Publishing Summit.Grab Some Swag
Every year, DrupalCon attendees rave about how awesome and comfortable our t-shirts are. That's because we don't believe in making swag that we ourselves wouldn't love to wear. This year is no different. For NOLA, we've made a limited run of some special vintage baseball tees, printed on 3/4 sleeve American Apparel 50/50 cotton. These shirts are our best yet and we want to give you one for FREE!
See you in New Orleans!
ImageX Media: Inbound Marketing in 2016 - Why it's Essential to Your Web Success
Devising an effective inbound marketing strategy is vital for countless reasons, and is critical for the growth of business in terms of gaining exposure, building your brand, and truly 'connecting' with prospective leads and customers, members of your industry's target audience.
There are countless reasons this type of marketing is so essential to your success on the Internet, including:
OSTraining: The Coffee Module Makes Life Easier for Drupal Admins
Navigating through Drupal's admina area can be complex for users.
Drupal's Coffee Module can help Drupal newcomers. Coffee adds an additional search function which allows admins to search and go directly to the areas they need.
Coffee is available for both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8.
DrupalOnWindows: Uploading big files to Drupal 8: PLUpload integration
As of this writing the only site building readily available module is the PLUpload file widget.
This module depends on the PLUpload form element provided by the Plupload integration module, that is a more developer oriented module.
With the Plupload widget/integration you can:More articles...
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btmash.com: Saving and retrieving taxonomy terms programmatically for Drupal 8
Over the past month, I've been attempting to learn more about Drupal 8 by attempting to port the @font-your-face module which has a lot of different pieces; it touches on Content Entities, Config Entities, regular entities, views, classes, hooks, and more! I'll try and blog on my experiences with that in the near future but an interesting problem that I ran into is that I am using taxonomy terms to categorize Font Classifications, supported languages/subsets, and generic tags.planet drupal
PreviousNext: Using typey: a framework for working with typography on the web
typey has just turned 1.0, so I thought it would be a great time to show off some of its features.
xjm: Join the Drupal 8 major triage at DrupalCon New Orleans
On April 20, five months after the launch of Drupal 8.0.0, we released Drupal 8.1.0, the first scheduled minor update. Drupal 8.1.0 comes with both new features and bug fixes that were not eligible for monthly patch releases. Now is a great time to try Drupal 8 if you haven't yet!
Drupal 8.1.0 is production-ready, but (like most software) still has known bugs that can cause issues for some modules or sites. Although we fixed hundreds of critical bugs during Drupal 8's development, and although only a handful of critical issues have been discovered since Drupal 8.0.0, there are still hundreds of less severe bug reports marked with "major" priority.
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Major issue triage sprint at DrupalCon Asia 2016. Photo credit: Amazee Labs.
500 major bugs sounds like a lot, right? Many of these bug reports are still relevant and important to fix for Drupal 8 to be more robust. However, many other reports are outdated; they might already have been resolved, they might no longer be relevant, or they might be misfiled. As many Drupal contributors know, it can be hard to find the right issues.Find the issues that matter
Finding (and fixing) the bugs that are most important is a group effort. We use a two-phase process:
- Contributors verify the current status of the major issues, make sure they are up to date, and close issues that are no longer relevant.
- Core committers and subsystem maintainers collaborate to assess the verified issues.
We call this process "issue triage". And phase 1 is where you come in! Help us sort through these major bug reports at DrupalCon New Orleans. This flowchart illustrates the workflow we will use at the major issue triage sprint:
(You can also read the detailed instructions in the major triage meta issue.)
Once the current state of these bug reports is verified, Drupal 8 core committers and subsystem maintainers will prioritize them, deciding which are indeed major, which are just normal bugs, and even which ones are critical issues in disguise.Reasons to come to the major triage sprint
- Help squash bugs faster, so that Drupal 8 is even better for your next Drupal site.
- Become more familiar with Drupal 8 (and the kinds of bugs that still need fixing).
- Improve your git skills and learn git techniques that will help you in your own projects.
- Learn about how issues get solved in Drupal core and how to contribute effectively.
- Get to know a particular subsystem of Drupal 8 in more depth.
- Get credit on your Drupal.org profile when the issues you verify are eventually fixed.
- Collaborate with the amazing maintainers who've brought you Drupal 8.0.0, Drupal 8.1.0, and each bugfix release.
Sounds awesome, right? You can sign up on the DrupalCon New Orleans sprint sheet under "Bugs-- // Drupal 8 criticals and majors". Longtime core mentors cilefen and valthebald will be helping lead the major triage. (New to Drupal contribution? Join the First-Time Sprinter Workshop.)
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Evolving Web: Improving Drupal Speed with blackfire.io (Part 1)
Drupal core is pretty well optimized. But after you've finished building your Drupal 7 or 8 site, you might find some pages are loading slower than you'd like. That's not surprising—you've probably enabled scores of contrib modules, written custom code, and are running over 100 SQL queries per uncached request.read more
Aten Design Group: 404 Not Found: The Monster Under Your Bed
If you are working on a website redesign, 404s are the very real monsters under your bed. Ignore them, and they will wreak havoc on your website's traffic. Worst of all, by the time you realize what's happening it may already be too late.What are 404s?
Very simply, 404s are broken links. More specifically, 404 is the HTTP response code for "Not Found," signifying that a web page is not available at the provided URL. Reorganizing old content, changing old URLs and selectively discarding content that is no longer relevant are all common activities during website redesign projects that can result in 404s.Why 404s Are so Bad
Your legacy content – the stuff that's been around for 15 years, from the most up-to-date research articles, to blog posts written by employees long-gone, to PDF files in random folders off your webroot – has been quietly growing your website traffic, catching inbound links and increasing effectiveness of organic search. And the longer it has been around, the more valuable it has likely become, even if the content itself is no longer of much relevance to your organization. A quick scan of your Google Analytics will likely confirm this. Your organic search traffic probably has a very long tail: thousands or tens of thousands of pages with a few hits each, funneling users to your website.
If those URLs change, or that content is abandoned entirely, the potentially massive net you have been casting – and growing – for years will be damaged. Despite the very best user experience, the most on-target messaging and the most compelling design, years of search engine optimization (SEO) progress can be lost – all because of 404s. Your organic search rank will drop as search engines remove the now-broken URLs from their indexes. As a result, traffic will plummet. All of this can very quickly bring the success of your entire redesign project into question.
In website redesigns, 404s may very well be your worst enemy.Combatting 404s Starts with Content Strategy
Dealing with 404s is an important, often overlooked component of effective content strategy. Communications teams frequently devote significant time to performing content audits, flagging content to be be reorganized, rewritten or abandoned altogether. Far less time – if any – is given to thinking through exactly what to do with content that is left behind. It is simply abandoned. Soon after launch, someone in marketing notices a drop in traffic and suddenly 404s are on everyone's radar.By Default, Keep Everything
When redesigning a website, we recommend keeping just about everything. That might be opposite of what you've heard before. It doesn't lend itself to the "cleaning out the garage" or "moving to a new house" metaphors. In reality, though, your legacy content is one of your greatest assets. That junk in the garage is gold. Deal with it, but don't abandon it.
For outdated content, channel users to more relevant offerings with good user experience design and carefully crafted messaging. Old content – even if outdated – represents an opportunity to connect with users you otherwise might miss entirely, communicating key changes in your organization or pointing to relevant, up-to-date resources. Again, dealing with legacy content is an important element of content strategy. It deserves design attention and good user experience. Craft a simple message that says "This resource is out of date. To see our more recent work in this area, see X, Y or Z."
For content that is rewritten or moved to a new URL, use 301 redirects to redirect users automatically from old pages to their new equivalents. 301 redirects, or 301s, signal to search engines that a resource has not been eliminated; rather, it has been "Moved Permanently" and should be reindexed at its new location. 301s are hands-down the most important technical device for dealing with 404s.
(Note that 301s do not guarantee that your content will maintain its rank within search results. Rather, 301s indicate to search engines that the resource for a particular URL has been moved. Search engines will queue the new URL for reindexing, and search rank will once again be determined by a broad spectrum of factors like keyword density, page title, inbound links, etc.)Add 301 Redirects for All Migrated Content
When migrating legacy content into your redesigned website, add a 301 redirect for every single resource, article or page being migrated. As of right now in Drupal 7, a patch for the redirect module makes this process easy: simply map the old URL to the special destination field "migrate_redirects" and the redirect module will take care of the rest.
In Drupal 8, the redirect module provides built-in support for migrating redirects from older versions of the Content Management System. A little bit of custom code in your scripted migration can take care of adding redirects for migrated nodes. (Need more info? Let us know in the comments or get in touch.)Find and Prioritize All Legacy URLs
While adding 301 redirects for every migrated page is critical, it is not enough. Google has likely indexed large numbers of URLs for content that will not be included in your scripted migration process. Landing pages, listing pages, PDFs and anything you have specifically decided not to migrate will be omitted if your focus is solely on individual articles. To better understand the full scope of URLs that need to be dealt with, download a report of all pages from Google Analytics or whatever analytics platform you are using. This not only provides a thorough catalog of web pages, PDFs and other resources being viewed, but also shows a count of monthly page views and is incredibly helpful for establishing priority for specific pages to be redirected. Remember, your traffic has a long tail; the potentially thousands of pages that receive one or two views per month are still important.Test All Legacy URLs In Your Redesigned Website
Once you have a list of all legacy URLs you need to test your new, redesigned website to see which URLs are resulting in "404 Not Found" errors. We have a few custom scripts that do exactly that, written in environments ranging from Drupal modules to standalone NodeJS apps. Regardless of the specific implementation, the script needs to do the following:
- Import a list of legacy URLs downloaded from your analytics service.
- Loop through the list of URLs and test each on the new website to see what HTTP status code is returned.
- If a 301, 302 or other redirect is returned, follow it to ensure it eventually results in a URL with an acceptable status (200 OK).
- Generate a report of returned status codes. We typically include page views from the originally downloaded analytics report in this CSV so we can see the status code directly beside the number of monthly views for each URL. Seeing the HTTP status code, URL and number of pageviews all side-by-side in spreadsheet format is incredibly helpful for gauging priority.
The first time you run your script, you will likely see a very high volume of 404s. That's fantastic: you're seeing them now, during the redesign, before they are anywhere close to impacting SEO or traffic.Fix the 404s
Your report of returned status codes provides a prioritized list of 404s that need to be dealt with. You will likely see a mix of landing pages, listing pages, articles, PDF files and other resources. Each URL needs to be dealt with.
Often, large numbers of similar URLs can be redirected programmatically – that is, by matching patterns rather than specific addresses. For example, a collection of folders containing PDFs may have been moved to new locations. Or URLs for pages that show content by category may need to be mapped to new category ids. Depending on the complexity of the specific redirect pattern and the environment in which your website is hosted, programmatic redirects can be added to Drupal in a variety of ways, as follows:
- Using mod_rewrite in your .htaccess file
- The match redirect module for Drupal 7
- A custom module using hook_init()
- Custom code in settings.php
Remaining URLs will simply need a single, manual redirect added. The redirect and path redirect import modules are excellent resources for manually adding 301s.Watch Out for Index.html
If your legacy URLs are directory indexes (i.e. ending with "index.html" or "index.htm") you will need to add an additional redirect for the version that does not include the file name.
Example: if your legacy URL is "http://example.com/path/to/file/index.html" and the new equivalent is "http://example.com/new/path/to/file", you will need two redirects:
- One from "http://example.com/path/to/file/index.html" to the new URL
- Another form "http://example.com/path/to/file" (without index.html) to the new URL
We typically add additional redirects for directory indexes once all other redirect work is finished, using a simple custom script that scans the redirects table for index pages and generates the appropriate equivalent.Test Again, Rinse and Repeat
Once all 404s have been dealt with in the ways outlined above, test your redesigned website again. You will likely find a few URLs that still need to be addressed. Rinse and repeat until the entire list of prioritized pages returns the acceptable status code of 200.Not Quite Done
And that's it. Almost. The final piece to combatting 404s is to monitor them closely after launch. The redirect module provides a simple admin page for doing exactly that. We strongly recommend monitoring 404s for several days after launch and adding 301s wherever appropriate.Sit Back and Relax
Website redesign projects usually impact organizations at all levels, and we know you probably won't be able to truly sit back and relax after launch. There will be final communications details, stakeholder reviews, content updates, ongoing bug fixes and likely a growing list of next-phase wishlist items. That said, dealing with 404s will help protect your investment in organic search and mitigate deleterious effects on web site traffic. There will still be a dip in the numbers as Google and other search engines update their indexes and re-crawl new content. This post doesn't address SEO strategy in-depth, nor setting specific traffic goals and benchmarks as a part of planning and discovery for your website redesign. It does express the very clear need to accommodate modified URLs and abandoned pages. Without an effective redirect strategy, 404s will almost certainly wreak havoc on your organic search traffic. Good content strategy and 301 redirects are critical allies for fighting 404s and protecting your years-long investment in SEO.
DrupalCon News: Come celebrate community in the exhibit hall
This DrupalCon we're cranking up the community exposure in the exhibit hall.
OSTraining: How to Change the jQuery Version in Drupal 7
One of our OSTraining members asked about changing JQuery, so we created this tutorial for him.
Below is quick guide to installing Drupal's Jquery plugin module.
Acquia Developer Center Blog: Drupal 8 Module of the Week: Responsive and off-canvas menu
Each day, more Drupal 7 modules are being migrated over to Drupal 8 and new ones are being created for the Drupal community's latest major release. In this series, the Acquia Developer Center is profiling some of the most most prominent, useful modules, projects, and tools available for Drupal 8. This week an interesting mobile-usability helper: Responsive and off-canvas menu.Tags: acquia drupal planetMotWdrupal 8D8UXmobilemenu


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Can Washington Fix Iraq's Election Crisis?
Until recently, the United States viewed Iraq's upcoming parliamentary elections on March 7 as a reflection of the country's stability and self-sufficiency -- the main ingredient needed if Washington is going to successfully end its engagement there. But the legitimacy of the elections was jeopardized earlier this month, when the country's de-Baathification board barred 511 candidates from running, citing their alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The resulting political crisis has revealed the limits of Iraq's political maturation process, with its failure to move past an atmosphere of sectarianism and a political wing close to Iran poised to cement its power.
Since many of those targeted by the ruling are either Sunni or secularist, some analysts have suggested that the ban was motivated by the desire of Shiite Islamists to exclude their rivals from the political process and to consolidate their own control. The true motive, however, is subtler and more dangerous: the board aimed to revive the "Baathist question" in order to terrorize voters with the specter of a Baathist return and intimidate political enemies through an arbitrary process of exclusion.
This will perpetuate a sectarian political climate, since de-Baathification has tended to follow sectarian lines, as was already seen in the purge of thousands of officials from the Iraqi bureaucracy. Sunnis are typically targeted, whereas Shiite and Kurdish ex-Baathists are silently "un-Baathified" and thus co-opted. Although such a policy is not systematic enough to qualify as outright discrimination, simply keeping the Baathism issue on the agenda for a prolonged
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Now in the Brandy update I see results very similar to pre-Florida with some tweaks, and I know GG has stated this is a new product not a rollback to pre-Florida.
But when I look at the relative absence of Blogs in search results I have to wonder "whassup" with that; the blog aspect of Google seems pre-Florida. Any other observations/thoughts about the status of Blogs in post-Brandy Google?
As with elsewhere, long articles with extensive use of synonyms and related words seem to be doing fine - anchor text and title matches are less than they were pre-Florida.
If anything, I think blogs have advantages in the new algorithm, to whit, a large variety of different anchor text links from a variety of sources, and they generally aren't too niche focussed.
I switched to a Picolight search tool for my blog to search old posts, but I'm concerned that all the old pages have dropped out of Google's index.
My blog covers news of various community, utility and broadband deployments around the world. In the case of many foreign projects, those old archive pages are the only English language descriptions of those projects. I wouldn't mind low page ranks for those pages -- I'd be happy just to have them in the index.
The blog's current page and recent archive pages are still indexed as are a few older archive pages
My blog is at <snip>
Any suggestions?
Al Bonnyman
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This is a very, very stupid thing for Google to do. How will Microsoft respond when setting the defaults for their products that produce websites? I think I can guess...
Back to the original topic of the thread, I don't see blogs per se penalised at the moment. As a "hobby" I run a Blogger blog concerning a high profile UK person (it's most definitely not a "fan" site!). It's still on the first page of google.com when searching for the person's name.
Any drop in ranking for blogs might be a result of the fact that many of them cover such diverse topics. If the new algo is giving higher priority to semantic analysis and site theming then the traditional "Dear Diary" blog is likely to fall out of favour.
On topic: I took a break from my blog for several months, and I see now that the toolbar PR for the front page is still 7, and entries from before the break still report PR of 5 or 6, but all entries since I came back in January report PR0, despite still being in the top few results for any keywords in the entries. I don't have any explanation, but it's interesting.
What do you mean by "Blog link anchor text"?
[edited by: 3rdWaveEd at 6:39 pm (utc) on Feb. 28, 2004]
G's unwillingness to be Googlebombed may actually be contributing to the impression people have that the SERPs are getting flooded with blogs: they want our links, but they don't trust us enough to provide them directly, so they make people pass through our posts to get to the link target.


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Newt Gingrich Is Actually on the Rise As Cain and Romney Stall [Updated]
A new poll has Gingrich tied with Romney, just below Cain.
A CBS News poll today tells of a three-way race for the Republican presidential nomination, led by Herman Cain with 18 percent, who is followed closely by both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich with 15 percent each, unlikely as it seems. Taken together with a PPP poll from earlier this week, which showed Gingrich with his favorability numbers on the rise, and as a second choice to many Cain supporters, and it's becoming apparent that we've entered a new phase in this topsy-turvy nomination battle — one in which Gingrich actually stands a chance, or at least in which voters will act like he does for a little while. A few days ago, the conservative Weekly Standard noted, in Newt's favor, that conservatives are "hungry for someone who can persuasively articulate conservative principles while winning the presidency." As his poll numbers rise, expect more news coverage to follow. We've found ourselves a new narrative. And the undercurrent of it all: Mitt Romney just can't get voters to like him.
Both Cain and Romney have lost support since last month, according to the CBS poll, with only Gingrich gaining, however slightly. Thirty percent of those asked said the sexual harassment allegations against Cain make them less likely to support him, and he's lost ground especially among women, falling from 28 percent to 15 percent since late October. Romney is down among men, while Gingrich is up eight points.
A catastrophic debate showing by Rick Perry amid Cain's sexual skeletons and Romney's inability to convince conservatives of his bona fides has opened a Newt-sized hole in the race, thanks to the old-timer's relatively low profile lately. As John Heilemann explained yesterday, "Newt Gingrich had the benefit, in a way, of his fall happening five months ago," the equivalent of a lifetime in this political season. "He may have another moment in the sun," Heilemann said, but cautioned: "the question is whether he then does the same thing he did last time: shoot himself in the foot and then decline into nothingness again."
There's certainly time for that: Seven in ten Republicans in the CBS poll said it's still to early to say for certain who they will support. And so Romney, still the most viable choice, and the one without a real meltdown to his name, continues to wait patiently.
Update: A new McClatchy-Marist poll supports the existance of a Gingrich surge, but has Romney back atop the pile at 23 percent. Gingrich follows at 19 percent, while Cain slips to 17 percent. "Romney is still where he's been. It's fair to say this is a battle for the anybody-but-Romney candidate. Gingrich has now begun his 15 days of fame. Whether he is able to maintain that, as others have fallen, is the question. He may be the only one standing when this is all said and done," said the poll's director. Another thing Gingrich has on his side is loyalty: "The poll found that 43 percent of his supporters said they are firmly committed to his candidacy. For Romney, that figure is 30 percent. For Cain, it is 31 percent."


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That being said, I do believe, however, after the initial shock, and perhaps after a second viewing, fans will embrace it for Carter's courage to once again fly in the face of the powers that be and tell an often creepy stand-alone story showing how the darkness always found Mulder and Scully, and how it was having each other to lean on which helped each keep their faith. It is almost as if this is a segue to something more on the horizon. For even within the confines of a story which does not deal in the slightest manner with any of the X-Files mythology fans have hungered for, there are portents.
Beginning with both Mulder and Scully leading very different lives than those we came to know, Carter uses the darkness to bring them back together. It is a kidnapped F.B.I. Agent and a Bureau ready to forgive Mulder for his many indiscretions if only he will help work with the psychic who may or may not be genuine which starts things rolling. Scully's need to help a young boy with an incurable disease and the relationship of our favorite F.B.I. couple, even though neither works for the Bureau anymore, gets as much screen time as the premise, which is like a creepy episode rather than a feature film.Read more ›
The film follows FBI agents in their search for a missing agent. They are aided by a man, a priest of questionable morals, who has visions. They bring in Mulder and Scully, now a surgeon (since when?!) to help them in their investigation. If Mulder helps, all will be forgiven (a bit of a stretch since he was charged by the military for murder after all). Regardless, our favorite couple discovers a sinister plan that will make you cringe.
Amanda Peet is the FBI Agent that brings Mulder in. Her character could have been better used. Skinner makes an appearance!
The movie was sinister, evil, spooky and just plain wrong. It was great! To top is all off: Mulder and Scully. There is nothing bad we can say about their acting and their portrayals...they own these characters, they created them, and made them the memorable characters we like. The direction was excellent, with amazing long shots and beautiful photography. The great musical score was done by Mark Snow, who else would have been better for this?!
For the X-philes (fans): oh, this will be fun, sunflower seeds, "I want to believe" poster, pencils in the ceiling and a whole lotta Mulder and Scully talk. Priceless. Did you see Chris Carter in the scene at the hospital, sitting down?
For the X-shippers, you will be happy. Mulder and Scully, what has happened will be answered and then some.Read more ›
I think it was a shame this movie didn't get the attention it deserved when it was released. I believe that the studio's poor promotion and the unfortunate date of release --THE DARK NIGHT's SUMMER-, among other external conditions didn't help it attract more viewers. But now that this fantastic 3-disc edition is here, there is no earthly excuse to not watch Mulder's and Scully's triumphal return.
Give this movie a chance if:
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3)You are in the mood for an intelligent little movie and you have had your share of CGI and exaggerated action sequences -that, let's face it, turn out to be a whole lot of nonsense most of the times-.
4)You want to be captivated by 2 of the most representative characters in TV history.
Give it a try, re-watch some of the tv series'episodes, get in the mood and enjoy!! Remember the Truth is out there...and we want to find it in a third movie. I waited 6 years for this one, I hope I won't be waiting that much for an XF3!!!
Note: If you watched the movie in the theatre and thought the storyline had some slight plotholes, check out the DVD edition of the film. This is REALLY the film Carter wanted to give us. Few extra scenes give a subtle but meaningful enhancement.
As the story opens, a female FBI agent is subjected to a brutal kidnapping. The FBI's principal lead in the case is a disgraced pedophile priest (Billy Connally) with psychic visions of the kidnapping. The FBI lead investigators (nicely played by Amanda Peet and Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner) find themselves out of their depth and seek out former agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles). Scully is working as a doctor at a Catholic hospital, trying to save a young boy with a nominally terminal illness. Mulder is living in seclusion in a rural cottage, avoiding the FBI. The FBI offers them a clean slate if they will help.
Thus begins a bizarre case that would have been a solid "monster of the week" episode from the series. Mulder and Scully wrestle with clues that defy easy explanation; the credulous Mulder and the skeptical Scully will debate their meaning while racing to stop a hideous medical experiment. In a thrilling conclusion, Scully will call upon an old FBI friend to help rescue Mulder, whose relentless pursuit of the clues leaves him in mortal danger.
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Boring. Wish it was more closely related to the mythology storyline. I did like learning what happened after season nine. I wish Scully and Mulder never hooked up.Published 1 day ago by Lisa Smith
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DC recently announced that they're canceling six more titles (Hawkman, Firestorm, Sword and Sorcery, Ravagers, Deathstroke and Team 7).
What struck me about this is how are they going to debut six new titles? Is this the end of DC having 52 titles? It sure seems like it is hard to have 52 titles without 6-10 selling below 18,000 copies.
Then again, maybe we'll soon hear about the announcement of six new Batman titles?
EDITED TO ADD: An Anonymous poster noted that two of the new books are going to be The Movement and the Green Team, books about the 99% and the 1%, respectively. Thanks, Anonymous!
Shoulda waited to post. Better to have info than hit-bait.
Green Team, and The Movement.
There's also a supposed new Beowulf book. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
ugh…comics based on the "1%" and "99%"…is this real life?
kudos for trying something new, I guess…but what the hell? this is gonna be terrible…
"It sure seems like it is hard to have 52 titles without 6-10 selling below 18,000 copies.
Then again, maybe we'll soon hear about the announcement of six new Batman titles?"
Is this any worse than when Marvel cancels one minor title and then launches a half-dozen new Avengers/Wolverine/X-Men books, half of which are written by Bendis? Or is that somehow different because it's Marvel and their PR people manage to convince CBR that it's important news that will "change everything you ever knew" about the Marvel Universe?
Please, Brian. Why is it that I always manage to miss your snarky jibes at Marvel? Oh. Maybe it's because I never see any of them.
lol, DC really has no clue. I want to continue to be a paying DC customer, but they make it exceedingly difficult to do so.
I dont see the DCnU lasting much longer
I can't believe there's a new Green Team comic and it's *not* being written by me or Chris Sims.
The reason you see less barbs tossed at Marvel is because, by virtually any objective standard, it's just a better run company at the moment. That doesn't mean it's been a better company across the continuum (I'd say DC was leaps and bounds better from about '87-2000ish, and maybe even until Infinite Crisis), nor does it mean Marvel doesn't have problems of their own (they do). But compared to DC's problems, Marvel's are relatively pedestrian.
Marvel has much better talent because DC has somehow alienated most of comics' A-list. Marvel gives their creators greater freedom (though still not enough, IMO), and their editorial decisions are, by and large, more thought out and well planned. And DC has completely moved away from their chief identity as a company for the 20 years preceding the post-Infinite Crisis era. DC used to be the company that courted great talent and allowed them to follow their artistic muse. And that business model led to the creation of Vertigo, the purchase of Wildstorm, and series' of great artistic vision, such as Ostrander's Spectre, Robinson's Starman, Cooke's New Frontier, Brubaker/Rucka's Gotham Central, Ennis' Hitman, and several others. Now, DC does none of that. It's just writers and artists hired to follow the whims of how Didio and Johns feel the universe should be "built." And anytime the freelance talent disagrees with editorial, they're either unceremoniously sacked, or have the good sense to walk across the street to Marvel, where their work has a chance of being respected.
For virtually my entire comics buying life, I adamantly believed that DC was the better company, and still think they were for most of my life. But they simply aren't anymore. It's really too bad.
And as for what the other 4 series are besides the "percent books," I expect a New Gods title is in the workds after their introduction in Wonder Woman, and it was already announced that Venditti was pulled form Constantine because of some big project he's working on, which is sure to be announced too (although that could be New Gods). Personally, I'd love to see Metamorpho, Spectre, Dr. Fate, and Doom Patrol make their New 52 debuts, though I can't necessarily say I'd even give any of them a try unless they have great creative teams.
I am pleased to say that I loved Lemire's first issue of Green Arrow. I think the visual style was a semi-shameless attempt to copy Aja's Hawkeye look, but I still liked it quite a bit, and I'm very happy that Lemire announced it will all be short storylines and single issues.
I just keep thinking about how GREEN drink aids you in your daily MOVEMENT (poop…)
If DC really wants to do comic books that are politically charged, they should just give free reign to Frank Miller and Dave Sims…
Wow, I had no idea Green Team was for realz. That's pretty excellent news, in my opinion. DC has a lot of great under-utilized characters that they could make monthlies out of. And I don't get why people say that DC's talent is significantly worse than Marvel's; DC is giving some excellent creators (J.H. Williams, Francis Manapul) the freedom to really cut loose on art and writing duties and they seem a lot more committed than Marvel to bringing in talent from the indie world — I expect at least one project from Charles Soule, Matt Kindt, or Ales Kot to pan out, whereas Marvel seems to have a more incestuous talent pool.
(Speaking of Matt Kindt, I give 5-3 odds that one of the four remaining "replacement" titles will be Martian Manhunter written by Kindt.)
Man, that was quick.
I'm actually kind of surprised that it took so long with Hawkman and Deathstroke, just because they were really the bottom of the barrel from the start, just dreadful. But at the same time they epitomized the testosterone-fueled "OMG, Extreme!!!!" aesthetic that nuDC was going for across the board. Much as I like Simone in general, Firestorm was pretty bad too.
But Team 7, Ravagers and Sword of Sorcery were practically brand new. Mind you, I couldn't possibly have given a crap about those first two and only mild curiosity about the third, but that's a mighty quick cancellation.
Wow, when I first looked at that Huffington Post article I thought it was satire…
"Okay, so we got two books . . . one focusing on the 'one percent' of the DCU, titled 'Green Team', though it's probably not about billionaire boys and the questionable life decisions they make. The other covers the other 99 per-"
"Yeah, I'm gonna pass."
"Did we mention Gail Simone is writing the '99 percent' book?"
"You got me. You buncha bastards got me. And I ain't gonna say jack about how 'The Movement' leads to all sorts of jokes centering on shit."
In other news, when will there be an Amethyst "all-ages" book? I know she's got one minute per episode on DC Nation, but the video game angle and style is very cute.
Pretty clever, DC. Cancelling six books in one swoop is awful, but announcing new runs by Kot, Jordan, and Nelson, then the two new books (goofy as they may sound, they weren't being done) show a pretty big step up. We have Gates back with his considerable potential, and Fawkes, Kindt, Soule, and Venditti in the wings.
At one point we had seven books between Liefeld, Defalco, and Lobdell.
I still don't know how DC can even be taken seriously now that it's basically 1995 Marvel plus Dan Didio and Geoff Johns. In 2013, Scott Lobdell, Tom DeFalco, and Ann Nocenti are not a dream team in anyway. The idea of restarting their comics yet again was not necessarily a bad idea in and of itself, but the execution over the past year and a half has been ridiculously horrible. It seems so thrown together. It's nice that books like Snyder's Batman and Azzarello's Wonder Woman exist, but overall that's a tiny percentage of quality.
I'm not a Marvel lover by any means, but at least their NOW promotion consists mainly of switching popular and/or quality writers to different characters and letting them do what they want, but also following soft guidelines to steer them towards various events along the way.
For any wrestling fans out there, DC seems like WCW in 2000-2001 right about now. And the news about the horrible Justice League movie script being tossed by WB is not a good sign for the future.
Maybe DC can stick to 52 titles, but not all of them have to be ongoing; they could include mini-series among them.
Green Team, and The Movement.
There's also a supposed new Beowulf book. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
Thanks, Anonymous!
"DC cancels bad books no one cares about"
I guess I can't complain, since I wasn't reading it, but the idea of a new "Team 7″ book sounded interesting to me. What can I say? For all its '90s silliness, I liked a lot of the Homage stuff back in the day. I'm still crossing my fingers for someone actually talented (maybe even Brubaker) to introduce the characters from "Sleeper" into the New 52. God, that series was great.
These 2 new books would be replacing I, Vampire and DCU Presents which are cancelled in April. So I guess we still have Man of Steel and 5 other titles debuting in June.
Really? A 1% and 99%? I don't mind SOME politics in comics, but too often they're hamfisted attempts at being topical and written by people with clear partisan agendas. For someone like me, who has actually been studying terrorism and politics for nearly 20 years and is a published author who gives lectures on it, it's such a turnoff because of how often they oversimplify and misrepresent positions and come off as soapboxers and propagandists. That's a great way to alienate a good portion of readership, but that seems to be DC's modus operandi anyway these days…
Getting pissy is a far cry from trying to arrest him on sight. The X-Men have always used the "we're feared and hunted" mantra without ever REALLY being feared and hunted. Until now. Now Cyclops and his team are legitimately feared and hunted. When is the last time that we had an X-Men team where Captain America would try to arrest them if he ran into them?
I thought it was "feared and hated"?
WTF (certified)?? DC can't stand for titles below the fatal "number" of 16K??? And how the indie publishers are doing with less printed titles/series each moth?? And them, they don't filled their comic books with F***** (certified) tons of ads.
I have no regrets to have dropped all the DC titles. The New 52 was a great idea, but now, it's a total mess. I am enough to have given to DC my energy, my time, my money, for canceled or w/o interests comic books, etc.
DC Comics is dead for me.
I don't understand why there is such an uproar over canceling these books. Hawkman was awful. It's hysterical to me that DC can't make him work. Hero archeologist with magical Egyptian weapons and wings. Easy.
I never read Deathstroke but I meet heard a good word about it either.
Team 7 is the kind of book that would last 18 issues tops under any regime.
When Ravagers came out everyone was furious that Howard Mackie had work again.
I liked Sword and Sorcery but its not like that was ever entering the pantheon either.
And Firestorm. If Johns didn't love Firestorm, he wouldn't have a book in the first place.
If not for the 52 titles gimmick, no would even notice that these titles are gone.
What Third Man said.
Team 7 was…ok. Very EXTREME! style, but it wasn't bad (completely). Sword of Sorcery wasn't awful (although I'm surprised they're going with a Beowulf book — it was the backup story for the first 4 issues of SoS). I think Rich at bleeding cool had called this with the collection listings for these 2 books, as they apparently will be one volume of the whole shebang of each, and had been listed a while ago.
What books were Katana, Vibe, JLof A, and Constantine replacing? Blue Beetle, I know, but what else?
While I think Third Man is right about DC v Marvel, I do give some kudos to DC for trying a bunch of different things, and rolling them out, giving them about 8 months and then killing them off. I don't see Threshold lasting long, f'r instance, but it's neat to see SF books. Even lame ones like that (damn you, Giffen, for piquing my interest!).
Did they even give Sword and Sorcery a chance? It's the only DC title other than Fables that I'm even buying at the moment, thanks to the world's worst reboot.
I believe Katana, Vibe, JLA, Threshold & Constantine
are replacing Grifter, Frankenstein, Legion Lost, either Our Army at War or Gi Combat (can't remember which is which) and something else I don't remember (maybe Blue Beetle)
I had concerns when I first heard of "Savage Hawkman"
Sounded like it would be another bad Wolverine imitation (like the Ferret "guns don't kill, ferrets kill")
For me, the final nail in it's coffin was named Liebfeld
I had been getting Ravagers because I wanted a Titans series not written by Lobdell (come back Marv Wolfman!)
Ah, cool, thanks John.
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What a robot! And I thought the Japanese anime artists were only great at this stuff!
really inspiring (I love that face)
Protect your anus^^
Original which arms
amazing work ,greetings
very nice
WOAH, really inspiring stuff, love his face
This looks really cool, I love the smiley-face.
Such an awesome design, this piece has stuck with me despite seeing it a while ago.
It seems so delighted to be a walking battery!
lol the smiley face makes the character lovable
Great design! I love the fluidness and techie details. Great colours as well!
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I freakin' love that
I freaking love that *^*
Why is this not a DD???? This is simply amazing!!!
This is one of the best characters I've ever seen.
For me, you still stand out as one of the very best digital art masters as well as highest source of inspiration.
It's always a pleasure to watch your art.
For me, you still stand out as one of the very best digital art masters as well as highest source of inspiration.
It's always a pleasure to watch your art.
Nice, looks like a mix between a Grunt and an Elite from Halo
excellent character design
The smiley face sells it, I think.
out of all the amazing stuff i've seen, the ideas you have, and the shapes you put out are unique and exciting. Inspiring.
I so enjoy seeing your work.
Love it
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Amazing concept! Looks like it belongs in Mass Effect!
kick ass!
One word: WOW.
Nice render, I find it an odd creature, looks a bit top heavy and I couldn't imagine it walking well. But its still very nice good job.
Impressive. Very nice form and textures!
great model , cool render !!! love it
really fantastic. Love the texture work and the colours, and the little happy face. Really interesting character
I really love this design! Great execution.
Absolutely perfect!
Saw his face He's happy.
Awsome work !
Awsome work !
Looks cool, very half life-ish.
I really like the checkered mesh material just above its head!
WOA, Bravo CED
Texturewise tu t'es amélioré, j'adore le concept franchement.
Texturewise tu t'es amélioré, j'adore le concept franchement.
Pure awesomness!
beautiful sculpt
The smile on the head just made my day! awesome work, the back-vue is amazing.
OK forget my previous comment -_-'
Totally sick dude. This is amazing. Love the face on the character. Well done.
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This is currently not supported in the current plugin version. However I'll add this request to the to-do list and get it implemented shortly.
It looks like the perfect plugin, nice structure and options, but... in my case all my files are already in my server, classified in specific folders. Do you plan to add the option of "entering the URL manually" when you create a new Download item?
Probably as many others, i am not interested in re-uploading all my stuff, and in a default area of the server.
Thanks a lot for your great plugin and help.
Thanks for the feedback. This is something that will be implemented in the next update. I'll hopefully push it to the repository this weekend.
Thanks! Another nice update would be a widget that allow to show the top downloads in a sidebar. I'll wait for your next version.
Thanks revixi5, I'll add it to the list of updates.
to insert files from a custom url doesn´t work yet? or should it and am I doing wrong!
thank you!!!
No the feature is not currently implemented but will be available in the coming update.
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