Two questions about the website

xiaophil
August 23, 2010, 10:40 PM posted in General Discussion

Okay, these might have been answered somewhere, but I haven't noticed.

One, is the new "How to use ChinesePod" series replacing "News and Features"?  This is really just out of curiosity.  I normally don't listen to the "News and Features".

Two, is it just me, or was the site offline for about half a day this last weekend?  If yes, what is being done about this?  This is the second weekend the site has gone haywire.

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tvan
August 23, 2010, 11:06 PM

xiaophil, the site must have been offline for at least half of a day this weekend, Sunday morning, U.S. West Coast time.

No idea about News and Features.  I wasn't aware that it was being cancelled.

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xiaophil

Okay, this confirms my suspicions. Thanks. By the way nobody talked about it (as far as I can see), it almost felt like it didn't happen.

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bababardwan

xiaophil,

they have both been talked about.

the new show is just for 4 podcasts. I think it alternates with n and f every couple of weeks though I'd have to listen again to make sure.

it was off over the weekend for several hours because of a broken fibreoptic cable to the server in us I believe, now repaired

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zhenlijiang

Xiaophil, GoManly talked about it here, Sarah replied.

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/10037#comment-189360

How to Use ChinesePod is a mini-series; I think it's going to be on every other Sunday just for four episodes. I heard about this in the previous News and Features.

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xiaophil

Ahhh, yes. Thank you.

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suxiaoya

Yep, just to confirm: there are two posts on blog.chinesepod.com that expand on these points.

How to Use ChinesePod

Server Down

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catherinem
August 24, 2010, 01:38 AM

Also, we put up a community post on CPod yesterday for those that had missed the conversation in News and Features. Check it out here.

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xiaophil
August 24, 2010, 08:07 AM

Thanks for all of your comments.  I got it.