Comments on: URLs on projects

URLs on projects

syntaxfree — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:26:59 -0800

Clarification about Projects (not on the FAQ): do projects need an external URL?

This is a bit pointed, but it clarifies something about the goal of Projects itself. I was hoping to write a 10K-ish-word review of the Merzbox, Masami "Merzbow" Akita's 50-CD career compilation. (As far as I know, there's only one exhaustive review of the Merzbox online), and post it on mefi/projects -- I have a blog, but it's in portuguese and not about music.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:29:45 -0800

Yeah, projects have to have a permanent link to something on the web where people can view the project. You can start a one-post blog if you must, or just post it on your existing blog, but it has to be somewhere. We don't do any hosting and don't like approving things that are mostly offline.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:30:42 -0800

Yes, Projects is for linking to and possibly describing or providing a liiiittle bit of additional context for some external piece of work you've done. It's not for posting lengthy pieces of writing as Projects post text itself.

You can set up a one-shot tumblr blog at merzbowsbigolfitty.tumblr.com and post it there if you don't want to stick it on your existing blog or something.

By: syntaxfree

syntaxfree — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:56:03 -0800

Thanks for the swift answer. I'm thinking of a PDF file (hosted on space I "own"), either from Word/Pages or from LaTeX for structure. Tumblr would be a nuisance, as this is highly structured (50 parts and references between parts and possible assorted notes). From your answers and the FAQ, this seems like a suitable solution.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:55 -0800

Yup, hosting a PDF externally and linking to it would be fine.

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:55:22 -0800

Please, please register merzbowsbigolfitty.tumblr.com.

By: babby?); Drop table users; --

babby?); Drop table users; -- — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:55:53 -0800

If you need a one off blog:

* Post it to as a public gist using markdown (takes 30 seconds to learn),
* Note the gist ID# #
* Link to gist.io/#the_gist_id

Final product

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:30:13 -0800

Avoid PDF if you want people to read it.

By: Wretch729

Wretch729 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:23:01 -0800

Why so much PDF hate? I can see it being annoying on the blue, especially for mobile users, but in projects? If clearly labeled as a pdf? I open PDFs all the time in-browser and it only takes a second or two. What's the problem? If you hate Adobe there are other options...

By: two lights above the sea

two lights above the sea — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:34:03 -0800

I have no problem with PDFs as long as it's clearly marked. Surprise downloads are stupid, however.