Revision as of 10:19, 29 May 2009

Boards of Canda News

• boardsofcanada.com updated with two new t-shirts. They are for sale at bleep.com. (blue - green)

• Warp Records launched a new beta site which features a new Boards of Canada logo. check it out

• Aufgeladen & Bereit: "The Sexual Objects will collaborate with the Boards of Canada again!". No date specified yet.

• Here Come the Rubber Cops: 29 Sept 2008, Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, A&B-015

• Creeping Bent website: there is a story about BoC producing Davey Henderson's new band The Sexual Objects.

• This Bird - By Solange Knowles: 26 Aug 2008, CD Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams

• Why? - Good Friday - Remixed by Boards of Canada: 29 Nov 2007, "Lilac" Vinyl 12" EP [UK], Promo CD EP.

Site News

• Added the OpenID extension. --Fredd-E 15:55, 24 May 2009 (CEST)
  • OpenID lets you log into many different Web sites without using a different password for each.
• Added FCKeditor: a rich WYSIWYG editor which produces proper Wikitext. --729985391 00:18, 20 May 2009 (CEST)
  • To see it in action, just go to the extension's Sandbox and start editing that page.
• Added two Google Friend Connect widgets to the Main Page. --729985391 23:20, 9 May 2009 (CEST)
  • Post comments, questions & answers!
  • A poll.
• Implemented two new extensions:
  • User Merge and Delete --729985391 03:05, 9 May 2009 (CEST)
  • Facebook Connect --729985391 03:05, 9 May 2009 (CEST)
• Added two new buttons:
  • A paypal donation button. --Fredd-E 01:35, 7 May 2009 (CEST)
  • A shortcut button which links to the bocpages on facebook. --Fredd-E 01:35, 7 May 2009 (CEST)
• Added the Social Bookmarking extension. --Fredd-E 20:21, 1 September 2008 (CEST)
• Added a Top Contributors page. --Fredd-E 13:08, 1 September 2008 (CEST)
  • Uses the Contribution Scores extension.
• Added a Contact page. --Fredd-E 13:08, 1 September 2008 (CEST)
• Added the FlashMP3 extension. --Fredd-E 16:43, 25 August 2008 (CEST)
  • Upload a mp3 file
  • <flashmp3>filename.mp3</flashmp3>
• Added the EmbedVideo extension. --Fredd-E 09:51, 25 August 2008 (CEST)
  • Usage: {{#ev:service|id|width}} where:
    • service is the name of a video sharing service: e.g. youtube - googlevideo - dailymotion
    • id is the id of the video to include
    • width (optional) is the width in pixels of the viewing area (height will be determined automatically)
• Added a Guestbook. --Fredd-E 14:59, 22 August 2008 (CEST)
• I've updated to the latest MediaWiki version and have installed a proper captcha system in order to stop the anonymous spam edits and anonymous bot registrations.