Two updates are available for download today -- version 2.13.6 of Blog Riffer (RSS Reader + curation + blogging + sharing tool), and version 4.1.4 of CaRP Evolution (RSS to HTML converter).

CaRP Evolution 4.1.4

This is the smaller update, so let's tackle it first. This version contains the following changes:

Fixed a few mino...
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Blog Riffer version 2.13.5 is ready for download. This update includes the following improvements:

Updates the Twitter plugin to support the new 280 character limit.

Includes the latest version of CaRP Evolution, which prevents hanging when a server stops transmitting mid-feed.

Fixes a bug in the background polling code that prevented the termination of hun...
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If you'd like a "taste test" of Blog Riffer or TriggerNote, you can now download Lite versions of both over at the Gecko Tribe Nexus.

BlogRiffer/Lite is the RSS feed reader portion of Blog Riffer. The plugins have been removed, so it doesn't include the blogging and sharing features.

TriggerNote Lite is an introductory version...
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Version 2.13.4 of BlogRiffer is ready to download. Changes in this update include:

Added a workaround for a HostGator security setting that was preventing BlogRiffer from publishing to WordPress and other blogs that use the MetaWeblog protocol. (More on that below).

The Blogger and Tumblr plugins now display a useful error message and instructions whe...
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Version 2.13.3 of Blog Riffer is ready for download. This update fixes the following issues:

Fixes a bug that could prevent some scheduled Tweets from being edited or deleted if there was a scheduled background task in the database at the time of editing.

Fixed a bug in the URL shortening plugins that caused the...
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Version 2.13.2 of Blog Riffer is ready for download.

This update contains the following changes:

Fixes a bug that could result in duplicate feed items being created for feeds where the item links were redirected.

Adds support for relative redirects.

Cosmetic improvements to many of the plugin control panels.

How to Upgrade

You may eith...
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Version 2.13 of BlogRiffer is ready for download.

This update makes Tweet scheduling easier by adding preset schedules, similar to Buffer and Hootsuite, but with one important difference, which I'll explain below. It's related to a Tweeting strategy my brother learned from his social media advisor. More on that in a minute.

First, here's a...
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Blog Riffer version 2.12 is ready for download. Along with this update, we're rebooting our Critical Mass Blogging Teams.

First, a little about our Blogging Teams

If you have a great blog, but haven't quite gotten the traffic you want, you're not alone. A lot of great blogs don't get the attention they deserve, because...
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Version 2.11.3 of Blog Riffer is ready for download. This version includes the following improvements:

Sharing buttons are now enabled by default for new subscriptions. (In case you want to use the sharing buttons with an existing subscription, but missed where the option was located, you can enable them by clicking the gear icon nex...
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Version 2.11.2 of Blog Riffer is ready for download. This version includes the following changes:

You can now control the timestamp format in the headline list and content areas. (I like to shorten it in the headline list to make more room for the headline).

Fixed the "subscribe" bookmarklet link. Since version 2.9, when i...
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