Liveblog underway!
My third Election 2008 debate liveblog & livechat is now underway! Click here to join the fun!
[UPDATE: For posterity's sake, I'm posting the liveblog window here, although it didn't originally appear on the homepage.
Original post continues below.]
I've tried to achieve maximum flexibility in designing the liveblog/livechat page. You can now choose your own layout -- selecting between a three-column, 1000-pixel-wide layout; a two-column, 800-pixel-wide layout; or a two-column, 700-pixel-wide layout -- depending on what best fits your screen and suits your fancy.
Just use the "Change this page's layout" drop-down menu, immediately above the live-chat window. Please let me know what you think of these layout options -- and the process of switching between them -- and if there are any additional alternative layout options you'd like to see for the next debate (and Election Night).
In addition, I've added a live webcam of myself watching of the debate -- very exciting, I know -- and also a window for a live video stream of the debate itself, assuming I can find one that's embeddable. Importantly, both of these windows can be toggled on and off at the viewer's discretion. This is accomplished through multiple layers of IFRAMES, so it's possible there will be browser issues; if so, please let me know.
I'll also doing "beta test 0.2" of my Election Night results calculator thingy. I'll probably try to input most of those "fake results" during the 8:00-9:00 hour, before the debate begins, and I'll be asking the live-chat audience for feedback on what they see. I think I've solved the problem we had last week, with the lag time between the text results updating and the graphical map updating, but tonight will be the big test of that.
Again, if you have any problems with anything, please let me know -- via the live-chat, preferably, or else in comments here, or via e-mail at irishtrojan[at]gmail.com (but I may not see a comment or an e-mail right away). This whole thing is really an elaborate test for the Mother Of All Liveblogs on Election Night, and I want to get everything running smoothly now, because that's going to be a hectic night! So I appreciate any and all feedback, positive or negative. The more specific, the better! In particular, iformation about operating system, browser version, etc., is always helpful for troubleshooting.
Anyway, again, here's the link for the liveblog & livechat. Enjoy!
[UPDATE: For posterity's sake, I'm posting the liveblog window here, although it didn't originally appear on the homepage.
Original post continues below.]
I've tried to achieve maximum flexibility in designing the liveblog/livechat page. You can now choose your own layout -- selecting between a three-column, 1000-pixel-wide layout; a two-column, 800-pixel-wide layout; or a two-column, 700-pixel-wide layout -- depending on what best fits your screen and suits your fancy.
Just use the "Change this page's layout" drop-down menu, immediately above the live-chat window. Please let me know what you think of these layout options -- and the process of switching between them -- and if there are any additional alternative layout options you'd like to see for the next debate (and Election Night).
In addition, I've added a live webcam of myself watching of the debate -- very exciting, I know -- and also a window for a live video stream of the debate itself, assuming I can find one that's embeddable. Importantly, both of these windows can be toggled on and off at the viewer's discretion. This is accomplished through multiple layers of IFRAMES, so it's possible there will be browser issues; if so, please let me know.
I'll also doing "beta test 0.2" of my Election Night results calculator thingy. I'll probably try to input most of those "fake results" during the 8:00-9:00 hour, before the debate begins, and I'll be asking the live-chat audience for feedback on what they see. I think I've solved the problem we had last week, with the lag time between the text results updating and the graphical map updating, but tonight will be the big test of that.
Again, if you have any problems with anything, please let me know -- via the live-chat, preferably, or else in comments here, or via e-mail at irishtrojan[at]gmail.com (but I may not see a comment or an e-mail right away). This whole thing is really an elaborate test for the Mother Of All Liveblogs on Election Night, and I want to get everything running smoothly now, because that's going to be a hectic night! So I appreciate any and all feedback, positive or negative. The more specific, the better! In particular, iformation about operating system, browser version, etc., is always helpful for troubleshooting.
Anyway, again, here's the link for the liveblog & livechat. Enjoy!
posted by Brendan Loy at
10/07/2008 07:50:00 PM
