ExtendOpera.org site news

I added a block to the side of the site's content showing posts simmilar to the post you're visiting. For example, a visit to one status bar script  will now easily reveal other, similar content.

ExtendOpera now features the translate this button that lets visitors translate the site into many languages. The button uses Google's translation API but unlike Google's own service it does not redirect you and does not interfere with using the site. Supported languages include Spanish, Russian, German and Japanese.

As most of you probably know by now Opera 11 will feature extensions. Opera is making a place for extensions on its own site but, as of the latest snapshot, it is also possible for extensions to be installed and updated from third party repositories. Now, the question is; are you interest in that? Should extendopera.org get a new type of content and host extensions or should it stay what it is now, a home for Opera's forgotten children. Time, i think, for a poll.

ExtendOpera now has its own Twitter channel. Whenever someone posts a new item on ExtendOpera, and a moderator has approves it, a message will be posted on the twitter channel, the same goes for changelogs and site news items like this one. Of course, those updates can already be followed through the RSS feeds, but this offers a new way for users to follow updates to the site and its contents.

So, we're back, it took about a week but i think it has been worth the wait, there are a couple of very nice new features. I'll start with the highlights.

Several people have proposed that Extendopera should start accepting links to content on other sites, as well as uploaded content. While there are definitely advantages to doing that i also see some problems. Before i continue, let me list the pros and cons, as i see them.

Pros

Due to maintenance by the network provider of this site's host the site may become unreachable between 00:00 and 00:07 (CET) on the first of June. This is just a heads up, if all goes well you should not notice a thing.

Having figured out what went wrong last time, i will be updating the site again over the weekend. There will also be a small new feature to the site when we return.

As you may have noticed the site has been very difficult, sometimes impossible, to reach this morning. The source of the problem is my hosting provider's network provider. This morning they were doing maintenance, which turned into a major malfunction. They've since reverted the changes they made and things appear to be working again. I hope the problem does not recur but i'm afraid i cannot guarantee it.