Quarrels and Quills

Some members are experiencing problems viewing the site as a result of the new theme. Most of the problems are being experienced by those who are still using Internet Explorer 6. The site does work fine if you are using Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. I am working hard to fix the issues with Internet Explorer 6, but it is taking time. I apologize for any inconvience this is causing.

Some of you may have noticed that the site was running considerably slower these past few days. I had noticed the slowdown as well, and had been working on trying to pin down the cause of the problems. After much investigation, I think I found the problem. It was related to a system called “FireStats” which was a new site statistic system. You might recall seeing info in the sidebar relating to the Site Statistics as well, and now only a blank space where that information used to be. While having and displaying that information was nice, I would much rather have the site load as quickly as possible, than keep track of statistical information. If anyone ever notices any issues with site load or any other bugs with the site, please don’t hesitate to send me a PM or post in the Sage’s Study.

Good news! Qwaring has finished updating Allos here on Quarrels and Quills. He actually was able to complete it quicker than he and I thought, which is awesome news. He will now be able to update the comics and keep you informed of the development through the Allos section. Just click on “Allos” in the top menu to access the latest comic and news relating to Allos.

The search button in the upper right corner is your key to searching the site and the web in general. Type in what you are looking for and click search. The search will query Google’s search database and return a list of pages on Quarrels and Quills that match your search request. Want to search the web for that same query? Just click on the web tab. Maybe you are interested in what people are blogging about what you are searching for, if so, then click on the Blog tab. Want to see the latest news articles relating to your search, then click on the News tab. Maybe you want to find images related to your search, well, as you might expect, click on the images tab. The Video tab, as you might expect, gives you video results for your search query. You can even get local and see what local businesses match yoru search criteria. You can fine-tune the local search by clicking on the little “gear” in the right corner (configure button), just above the results. This will allow you to change the local search location. News and Blog also has a configure button, that will allow you to sort the result list by date or not.

I may add additional functionality to the search at a later time. I’ve contemploated integrating local search with Google maps, and even linking to Amazon. I know both are possible, but I’m not sure exatly how to implement at this time. Besides, I still have a lot more to do on the site. I do hope you like the latest addition.

Edit: I forgot to mention, if you are using Internet Explorer 7, or Firefox 2.0+, you can integrate the Quarrels and Quiils search into your browser quick search. That way you can do all your searching right from your browser. And since Quarrels and Quills search is powered by Google, you have Google’s extensive database at your fingertips.

The webcomic “I Need A Hero” is now integrated into Quarrels and Quills. Adam Lima, the creator of “I Need A Hero” gave us permission to display his web comic when we were still named “Comic Book Review.” After the changes, I had been wanting to get tighter integration with the site, and now that has finally happened. Allos is in the works, and should be ready in the next couple of weeks, or sooner, if schedules work out.