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System7 Updates

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:08:16 +0000

I recently read System7′s history section and realized how horribly written it was with misspelling’s and unnecessary details. I went ahead and revised it in case anyone is interested.

System7 has also contracted with Full Fathom Design for a new design for both our blog and legacy content section. Stay tuned and maybe we’ll release some teaser pics as it’s created…

System7 WordPress 3.0 upgrade

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:57:00 +0000

The System7 website has been updated to WP 3.0. The automatic upgrade option worked flawlessly. Now, when will Drupal get their act together and realize they need to improve their upgrade procedure?

You can read about some of the more interesting WP3 features here: http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/wordpress-3-0-guide/

Happy New Years: The files are coming….and ReCaptcha

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:19:05 +0000

We’re working on restoring the original System7 file archive. You can view what we’ve restored over at Files.System7. We’ve replaced the user /credit system with the ReCaptcha service. We don’t want users to register (which no one likes) but we also want to protect ourselves from leechers aka wget’ers.

If you haven’t heard how ReCaptcha works, not only does it block bots & spam but it performs a beneficial community OCR service at the same time. Every time you complete a captcha you’re also helping decipher a word which couldn’t be understood by a scanner (OCR). Currently your efforts are being used to aid in digitizing old versions of the New York Times. Honestly, not sure how that helps the starving children of Africa…

Using ReCaptcha, you’re given 2 words in the captcha phrase, 1 is known and 1 is unknown. If you type the known word correctly it will assume you also knew the word which OCR could not interpret. (The unknown word is actually given to multiple people and they must all have the same answer for it to be accepted). Read more about ReCaptcha here…

System7 wordpress tweaks

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:58:34 +0000

Over the weekend I fixed a few issues we were having with the site. Those items included: “Next & Previous entries” links were not working “Categories” links at the bottom of the page were not working correctly Fixed Profile, Dashboard … Continue reading →

System7 Redesign

procload — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:49:59 +0000

As some of you may have noticed, we have been experimenting with some new designs here at S7. For now, this is the current version until we officially relaunch in the coming months.

Upon our relaunch, we will bring back the old file and user system that many of you have come to love. Until then, please subscribe to our RSS feed and keep checking back for improvements.

In the meantime, if you notice any errors with the current design please comment below so we can fix any issues as soon as possible.

Thanks for reading and we look forward to bringing you the possible S7.

Original System7.org Flash Video

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:57:22 +0000

I was browsing old hard drives today and secure wiping those that could be recycled. I came across a very old flash video that someone made for System7.

You can check it out here: System7 Retro Intro