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KM UK Chat Page Poll

There has been a trial Chat page or two on KM UK now for over a week so I thought it was time to get some feedback on the options we’ve seen.

The very first one, which we’ll call Chat 0, was OK but I had some concerns about the way it was going to work longer term and the lack management tools.  On the plus side it did have a sort of Login option and used Gravatar avatars for each person when available.  It was relatively easy to make some cosmetic adjustments to give a better layout.  It had a sound notification of new posts but no automatic scrolling.

That was quickly followed by Chat 1.  A definite improvement in the way in the way it handled comments in terms of spam protection and management but did suffer from a few false positives.  Cosmetic tweaks had it looking like it belonged on KM UK.  The chat was paged rather than a continuous list, which had its pluses and minuses.

Chat 2 is, in many ways, much like Chat 0.   Similar in layout but it has some filtering and management options that Chat 0 didn’t have.  The comment handling lacks a little compared to Chat 1 though.  There also appears to be a performance issue with the Safari web browser, including that found on the iOS (iPhone, iPad & iPod touch).  Sound notification and auto-scrolling are both options.

Chat 1 and Chat 2 are both available for testing.  They are both listed in the menu on the right, for now.

Now is the time to decide which way we’re going to go with it.  Chat 0 was quickly replaced with the superior Chat 1, so that is not an option, but number 2 is still in the running.

So, which chat would you like to see KM UK keep?  Or do you want it scrapped completely?

We’ll leave this running for a few days.  Feel free to leave any feedback, suggestions and comments below.

Which Chat should we use?

  • Chat 2 (63%, 5 Votes)
  • Chat 1 (13%, 1 Votes)
  • No preference (13%, 1 Votes)
  • How dare you! Remove it immediately (13%, 1 Votes)
  • What!?! You have a chat page? (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 8
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5th August 2012 | Category: Poll, Site | 3 comments

Kathryn On Set Of Confections – 5th Photo – 600th Post!

on_set_20120605_002Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey.  Confections is proving to be a slow burner.  One photo at time.

The above photo (see it in full in the Gallery) shows Kathryn and other cast members actually in the process of filming a scene.  We’ve previously seen Kathryn wearing that outfit so it helps narrow down when happened.  That and the date on the at the top of the image :-)  It was the 5th of June 2012.

Image credit to Steve.

As per the extra bit on the end the headline this is the 600th post on KM UK.  The site is a few weeks short of 1200 days old so we are maintaining our average of a post every 2 days.

1st August 2012 | Category: Film, Gallery Update, Site, The Sweeter Side Of Life | 11 comments

KM UK Chat Page – Update x2

Inspired somewhat by the wishes of a regular visitor to this site, yes you Kathy, we have added a simple chat page to KM UK.

The system is for general discussion that falls outside the scope of the regular posts like this one.  The normal site rules on etiquette and privacy apply of course.  Abuse will not be tolerated.

It is very much in beta at the moment, with aspects of it still unknown.  Its long term status is up for review at any time.  There may be issues with the way people use it or a better solution might be found.  Only time will tell.

You can find the page HERE, and there is a link to it in the menu on the right.

Update (5pm):  After much work a 2nd chat system has been added to evaluate it.  In many ways the new one is the preferred option.  Please post some test messages to it so we can how it works.  There is a “Chat 2” option in the menu on the right.

Update 2 (8:30pm):  Changes to the layout of “Chat 2” and various technical aspects has convinced me that it is the way to go.  So, “Chat 1” has been removed and replaced with “Chat 2”.  The link on the right has been updated accordingly.  The trial period is still in progress.

26th July 2012 | Category: Site | 10 comments

Site Maintenance Notification – June 2012 – Update

KM UK will be unavailable for a few hours on the afternoon (UK time) of Friday the 15th June 2012 due to scheduled hardware maintenance.

The site will be inaccessible for the duration.

A Tweet will be sent a short while before the site goes offline and when it returns.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Update (15:45, 15th June):  And we’re back.  The site was taken offline at 12:00.

14th June 2012 | Category: Site | 3 comments

3 Today!

Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us!

It was 9am (BST) on the 18th of May 2009 when a dark corner of the Internet got a little bit brighter.  Yes, KM UK has reached the grand old age of 3.

It’s been an interesting journey so far.  We started shortly before Cold Case was renewed for its 7th, and ultimately final season, which was not a given by any stretch of the imagination.  We’ve seen new film roles for Kathryn, neither of which hit the big screen.  One of which only only of sort made it to the small screen.  Production companies have come and gone.  And there has been a decreasing number of public appearances.  But we still have plenty to do here on KM UK and we hope you will join us.

We don’t often blow our own trumpets but it’s our party and we’ll cry if we want to.  Here are a few site stats to wow you with:

  • 554 articles posted (this is number 554), that’s equivalent to one every 2 days!
  • More then 3280 comments posted, an average of 6 per post
  • Hundreds of hits per day
  • Regular visitors from all over the world

And some numbers for the Gallery:

  • 45,000 images and it is growing all the time
  • Almost 900 albums
  • Over 520 registered users
  • 385,000 image hits
  • 815 votes cast
  • 570 comments
  • Top 100 most popular images have over 21,700 hits

Thank you to everyone, friends both old and new, that has contributed in the past 12 months to help make this site such a big success.  Thank you.

A quick word for the spammers of this world:  Try as your bots might none of the 33,500+ messages they have tried to post here these past 3 years have ever appeared on this site.  Not a single one  :-)

Anyone want cake?  Well get me some then :-)

18th May 2012 | Category: Site | 4 comments
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