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	<title>Flob Blog &#187; Goose Egg</title>
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		<title>New Forum Calendar to be installed &#8212; if the installation fails, we may restore-to-backup</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/03/03/new-forum-calendar-to-be-installed-if-the-installation-fails-we-may-restore-to-backup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m planning to install a new forum calendar tonight. I plan to back up the entire forum tonight before attempting the modification. If the modification fails, I may have to restore-to-back, thereby wiping out any activity on the forums after the back up. Stay tuned for details.]]></description>
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		<title>New flags on Forumosa</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/02/26/new-flags-on-forumosa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<title>New Tapatalk Plugin installed!</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/02/26/new-tapatalk-plugin-installed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/02/26/new-tapatalk-plugin-installed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapatalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[update]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just upgraded to the latest Tapatalk plugin Latest version: 2.2.0]]></description>
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		<title>Backing up the server and upgrading phpBB</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/02/01/backing-up-the-server-and-upgrading-phpbb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/02/01/backing-up-the-server-and-upgrading-phpbb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[phpBB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[server-side backups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, folks! We&#8217;re taking advantage of the holiday period to make some long needed upgrades to the forums. Expect things to get bumpy in the next few days. If you&#8217;re a regular Forumosan, you know the drill: we&#8217;ll starting off with a server-wide &#8220;major&#8221; backup. This will mean the entire site will go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too many connections error</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/01/04/too-many-connections-error/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2011/01/04/too-many-connections-error/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[server down]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m checking with our webhost why we maxed out our SQL connections again. This happened over Christmas and we responded by raising the limit on the number of connections. When this occurred just now, I took a peek at our Google Analytics numbers and nothing seems out of the ordinary. I&#8217;m hoping to get clearer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Tapatalk Server-side Upgrade &#8211; that was fast!</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/12/28/another-tapatalk-server-side-upgrade-that-was-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/12/28/another-tapatalk-server-side-upgrade-that-was-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapatalk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just updated the Tapatalk module again &#8212; second time in 3 weeks. Please post your thoughts in the feedback forum. We are evaluating both Tapatalk and ForumRunner as &#8220;official&#8221; Mobile Apps for Forumosa.]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Forumosa &#8211; embracing Tapatalk, decommissioning of Mobile style</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/12/14/mobile-forumosa-embracing-tapatalk-decommissioning-of-mobile-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/12/14/mobile-forumosa-embracing-tapatalk-decommissioning-of-mobile-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I upgraded the server-side plugin for Tapatalk for phpBB3. I have also removed the mobile style we have been developing since April 2010. Development on that style slowed over the fall and went essentially silent the past 2 months. We thought we were very close to making that happen, but it has proven to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Prosilver promoted to default style</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/09/12/new-prosilver-promoted-to-default-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/09/12/new-prosilver-promoted-to-default-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have promoted Prosilver-Forumosa to be the default theme on the forums, as originally announced here: http://flob.me/p1199834 You can switch back to the original Forumosa-theme from the User Control Panel (http://forumosa.com/taiwan/ucp.php) but do bear in mind, that Forumosa style will not be supported going forward. So, improvements and certain features will not be available there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now testing new Mobile Theme on Forumosa</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/26/now-testing-new-mobile-theme-on-forumosa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/26/now-testing-new-mobile-theme-on-forumosa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just activated a new Mobile Theme for Forumosa, developed by the friendly chaps at Native Tongues. I think you will quickly agree that it offers many advantages over our other methods to provide a Mobile Forumosa - Exclusively Forumosa - Large, clean, easy-to-read interface - No additional software required &#8211; just direct your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spambots blocked from the forums again</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/26/spambots-blocked-from-the-forums-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/26/spambots-blocked-from-the-forums-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday last week (19 August), some of our forum administration settings were accidentally reset, locking out Forumosans. It took us over half an our to get our heads around the situation and correct it. Apparently, we did not go far enough. We didn&#8217;t realize that the accident may have also reset the New Forumosan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ad zones created</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/19/new-ad-zones-created/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/19/new-ad-zones-created/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been re-acquainting ourselves with OpenX, but this time, it is the hosted version of OpenX that we are playing with. As of today, I&#8217;ve reinstalled our key banner zones on the new Forumosa theme: Front Page Leaderboard (728&#215;90) Viewtopic Leaderboard Viewforum Skyscraper (120&#215;600) Search Result Skyscraper Success Page Medium Rectangles (300&#215;250) UCP Small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro Bono web banner campaigns on Forumosa</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/19/pro-bono/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/08/19/pro-bono/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forumosa strongly believes in promoting organizations that support the foreign community here in Taiwan, so if you have a non-profit or a charitable organization that you&#8217;d like to promote, we&#8217;d like to give you full banner exposure on Forumosa pro bono. For details, please send us an e-mail at admin (at) forumosa.com, and we&#8217;ll give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now working on Forum Upgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/05/05/now-working-on-forum-upgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/05/05/now-working-on-forum-upgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[phpBB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[update]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wish us luck!]]></description>
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		<title>Forum Upgrade planned for Tue 4 May 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/05/02/forum-upgrade-planned-for-tue-4-may-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/05/02/forum-upgrade-planned-for-tue-4-may-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 10:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Tue, 4 May, I am planning to upgrade the forum software to the current version of phpBB3. As in previous upgrades, you can expect: 1. us to backup the entire database the night before the upgrade &#8212; when the actual back up occurs, the site goes down for 5~10 min. If the upgrade fails, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps BBCode now in Forum postings</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/26/google-maps-bbcode-now-in-forum-postings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/26/google-maps-bbcode-now-in-forum-postings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can now add a Google Map into your post on the forums, assuming you can easily find the Geo Coordinates of a location on Google Maps, you use them inside a BBCode snippet. The rest of the coding is automatically added on Forum Stats: Total posts 960292 Total topics 58253 Total members 16605 In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Forumosa buy buying thru Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/22/support-forumosa-buy-buying-thru-amazon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/22/support-forumosa-buy-buying-thru-amazon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just renewed our Amazon Associates account and added a new Amazon BBCode to the forums. Use the BBcode to display books and other products from Amazon by simply using its ISBN or ASIN code. Forumosa will get an affiliate referral payment for any purchases made &#8216;thru&#8217; this link. For example, if you click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forumosa Tweets Part Deux &#8211; new posts tweeted as well</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/22/forumosa-tweets-part-deux-new-posts-tweeted-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/22/forumosa-tweets-part-deux-new-posts-tweeted-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We now also tweet the titles of new posts as they are made to the forums. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forumosa I had to further modify the hack so that Private Forums are not tweeted. If you feel other forums should be excluded, please drop us a line at admin (at) forumosa.com Forum Stats: Total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forumosa&#8217;s Blog now tweets!</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/21/forumosas-blog-now-tweets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/21/forumosas-blog-now-tweets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Look out for Blog posts on our Twitter account &#8211; twitter.com/forumosa]]></description>
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		<title>Google Calendar updated</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/21/google-calendar-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/03/21/google-calendar-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have updated our Google calendar code and embedded it in a few more places on the forums: the front index page, the event sub-forums, and the main feedback forum If you have a Google calendar and would like your events to appear on ours, follow these steps: First, make the calendar public. To do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>flob.me short cut website now open</title>
		<link>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/02/15/flob-me-short-cut-website-now-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumosa.org/2010/02/15/flob-me-short-cut-website-now-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Goose Egg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[new function]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumosa.org/2010/02/15/flob-me-short-cut-website-now-open/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[www.flob.me is designed to help you find posts and topics on Forumosa. Visiting that site shows you a simple Forumosa search box &#8211; the results are presented on the forum itself. But the real purpose of the website is to provide a short web address (URL) to the forums posts and topic threads. If you [...]]]></description>
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