Archive for September, 2006

Oppose Away!

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 26th, 2006

Folks, I appreciate your input and suggestions on how to implement the “oppose” method. Based on your feedback, here is how this is going to work:

One person can either sustain or oppose a post. You cannot do both.
An opposing vote counts as a negative sustaining vote. So if a post has 3 sustainings [...]

To bury or not to bury?

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 25th, 2006

Folks, there has been some discussion on this blog, as well as others, as to how (or if) to buy articles.
Since I’m hoping the community can drive this web site, I’d rather get your input on the matter instead of deciding myself. So, how would you like to see this feature implemented? [...]

Promoting Yourself

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 22nd, 2006

Folks, Sustain’d is not a way for you to publish your own posts and get more blog traffic. This is meant to be a tool for you to submit things from other people’s blogs and web sites that you find useful and interesting.
For those of you who are familiar with digg, you’ll know that [...]

We have liftoff!

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 22nd, 2006

That’s right, Sustain’d is a go! It is officially launched as of this morning, off on its journey to find a life of its own. Sustain’d is what you make of it. I hope it becomes a good resource for the online LDS community to find, promote, and access good, interesting LDS [...]

T minus a couple days!

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 20th, 2006

Ladies and gents, bloggers and snarkers, I’d like to pass along the word that Sustain’d will be released this Friday, September 22nd! Things are wrapping up nicely for the launch, and everything seems to be in working order.
The one thing you will want to do is get your blogs ready to include the link [...]

Chuggin’ Along!

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 8th, 2006

Sustain’d is moving along nicely. I abandoned my own code in favor of Pligg, an english version of Menéame.
I have heavily customized the package, but it seems to do the job nicely. All I have to do right now i work out a couple bugs, and then make it all look much prettier.
I’m [...]

Link to Sustain’d!

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 1st, 2006

Per Nick’s request, here are some images you can use to link to Sustain’d! Simply copy the HTML code and paste it into your blog temple or website, and voila! You’ll be supporting the next best thing in the bloggernacle.

Showin’ Some Sustain’d Love

Posted by Connor Boyack on September 1st, 2006

Here are some articles written by people spreading the love about Sustain’d:

ProvoPulse
This Mormon Life
Blogger of Jared
Mormon Stories
Blognitive Dissonance
Snarkernacle
More Good Foundation

Disclaimer: PP and BoJ were written by yours truly. Have you posted about Sustain’d? If so, leave a comment below to let us know!

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