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	<title>Flock Together blog</title>
	
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	<description>Latest news about the Flock Together website</description>
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		<title>Printable copyable ward, division and constituency maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAps]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to let you know about a new way of accessing ward maps via Flocktogether&#8217;s API site. Enter your postcode or the name of a ward and it will let you link through to a zoomable, copyable map. Click on the link in the top left to get an extra large version. Use the selection [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just to let you know about a new way of accessing ward maps via <a href="http://api.flocktogether.org.uk">Flocktogether&#8217;s API site</a>.</p>
<p>Enter your postcode or the name of a ward and it will let you link through to a zoomable, copyable map.</p>
<p>Click on the link in the top left to get an extra large version. Use the selection box at the top left of the map to get a format suitable for printing.</p>
<p>Comments welcome!</p>
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		<title>Upcoming campaign days – new page on Flock Together</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/gO0JxYXtl08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2013/01/06/upcoming-campaign-days-new-page-on-flock-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flock Together]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal party has some campaign days coming up. You can read more details on the ALDC website here. If you want to see which events have been added to Flock Together on the first campaign day on February 9th, you can find the details at http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/campaignday/2013/02/09/]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The federal party has some campaign days coming up.</p>
<p>You can <a href="http://www.aldc.org/elections/local/3152/4/13/12/2012/Day_of_Action_9th_February_2013/">read more details on the ALDC website here</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to see which events have been added to Flock Together on the first campaign day on February 9th, you can find the details at <a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/campaignday/2013/02/09/">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/campaignday/2013/02/09/</a></p>
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		<title>Flock Together events now on Lib Dem Voice</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/H9ko7oliUIo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2012/10/07/flocktogether-events-now-on-lib-dem-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flock Together]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JSON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem Voice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit thank you to Lib Dem Voice for showing the latest Flock Together events on their blog. And a big thank you to Ryan Cullen for making it possible. It&#8217;s the first use of the new JSON feed I referred to in the last blog post.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FTScreenShotFromLDV.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-180" title="Flocktogether screenshot from Lib Dem Voice" src="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FTScreenShotFromLDV-242x300.png" alt="List of Flocktogether events on the Lib Dem Voice website" width="242" height="300" /></a>A bit thank you to <a href="http://www.libdemvoice.org/">Lib Dem Voice</a> for showing the latest Flock Together events on their blog.</p>
<p>And a big thank you to <a href="http://www.artesea.co.uk/">Ryan Cullen</a> for making it possible.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the first use of <a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2012/09/19/new-way-to-access-flock-together-data/">the new JSON feed I referred to in the last blog post</a>.</p>
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		<title>New way to access Flock Together data</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/r3EL9eK_sqk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JSON]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following a request, I&#8217;ve made the data in FlockTogether for upcoming events and by-elections available in json format. You can access it at http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/showJson.php No exciting tags or switches currently. Let me know if there&#8217;s any particular information you&#8217;d like.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following a request, I&#8217;ve made the data in FlockTogether for upcoming events and by-elections available in json format.</p>
<p>You can access it at <a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/showJson.php">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/showJson.php</a></p>
<p>No exciting tags or switches currently. Let me know if there&#8217;s any particular information you&#8217;d like.</p>
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		<title>Sudden rush on Liberal Drinks beermats</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/y9pd1m143Yc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2012/06/21/sudden-rush-on-liberal-drinks-beermats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberal Drinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poppadoms and politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat out of the blue, there&#8217;s been a sudden rush on Liberal Drinks beermats! It appears that no self-respecting liberal drinking session can do without them. The Royal Mail has hiked up prices somewhat, so I&#8217;ve had to adjust pricing a bit. They&#8217;re now 95p for 4 beermats (a small price cut), but postage and [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_0716.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-153 alignright" title="Liberal Drinks Beermats" src="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_0716-225x300.jpg" alt="Liberal Drinks Beermats and a pint of beer" width="225" height="300" /></a>Somewhat out of the blue, there&#8217;s been a sudden rush on <a href="http://bit.ly/LibDrinksBeermats">Liberal Drinks beermats</a>!</p>
<p>It appears that no self-respecting liberal drinking session can do without them.</p>
<p>The Royal Mail has hiked up prices somewhat, so I&#8217;ve had to adjust pricing a bit.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re now 95p for 4 beermats (a small price cut), but postage and packing has had to go up to 95p (although this stays the same no matter how many beermats you buy)!</p>
<p>The best way to buy them is currently online via PayPal at <a title="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=4MRBD3K9D4TLN • 40 clicks via bitly" href="http://bit.ly/LibDrinksBeermats" data-bitly-type="bitly_hover_card">http://bit.ly/LibDrinksBeermats</a>!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Liberal Drinks beermats</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/gDlBJ1jd_0U/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2011/10/12/liberal-drinks-beermats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberal Drinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pasta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poppadoms and politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons for setting up Flock Together was to encourage people to organise Liberal Drinks evenings. To help things go with a swing, we&#8217;ve just had some Liberal Drinks beermats printed. They cost only £1 per a pack of 4, with 50p postage per order. If you&#8217;d like to order some, they&#8217;re available [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">One of the reasons for setting up Flock Together was to encourage people to organise <a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/liberal-drinks">Liberal Drinks evenings</a>.</p>
<p>To help things go with a swing, we&#8217;ve just had some Liberal Drinks beermats printed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-153 aligncenter" title="Liberal Drinks Beermats" src="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_0716-225x300.jpg" alt="Liberal Drinks Beermats and a pint of beer" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>They cost only £1 per a pack of 4, with 50p postage per order.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to order some, they&#8217;re available at <a href="http://bit.ly/LibDrinksBeermats">http://bit.ly/LibDrinksBeermats</a>.</p>
<p>Next stop a Lib Dem pizza knife for <a href="http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/pizza-pasta-poppadoms-and-politics">Pizza, pasta, poppadoms and politics</a>?</p>
<p><em>PS: If you&#8217;d rather send a cheque, just post it to &#8220;Martin Tod, 3 Weeke Manor House, Loyd Lindsay Square, Winchester, SO22 5NB&#8221;, or if you&#8217;d rather send your payment via electronic banking, please <a href="mailto:martin@martintod.org.uk">email me</a> for details.</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>And now a Google +1 button for Flock Together</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/yA5BdiCK5C4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2011/06/02/and-now-a-google-1-button-for-flock-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s button central here at Flock Together. Following the addition of the Twitter Follow button on Tuesday, yesterday we added a Google +1 button. What fun&#8230;]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s button central here at Flock Together.</p>
<p>Following the addition of the Twitter Follow button on Tuesday, yesterday we added a <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/1-button-for-websites-recommend-content.html">Google +1 button</a>.</p>
<p><g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone></p>
<p>What fun&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Twitter Follow Button installed on FlockTogether</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/u653k6big3E/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2011/05/31/twitter-follow-button-installed-on-flocktogether/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter announced their follow button earlier today. Just so you don&#8217;t feel left out, it&#8217;s now installed on FlockTogether. Follow @flocktogether]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2011/05/introducing-follow-button.html">Twitter announced</a> their <a href="http://twitter.com/followbutton">follow button</a> earlier today.</p>
<p>Just so you don&#8217;t feel left out, it&#8217;s now installed on FlockTogether.</p>
<p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="http://twitter.com/flocktogether">Follow @flocktogether</a><br />
<script src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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		<title>Two handy sites: Handset Detection and UserVoice</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlockTogetherBlog/~3/0OyFUoVOcVo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/2011/03/06/two-handy-sites-handset-detection-and-uservoice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[browscap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Handset Detection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uservoice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number one wish on the FlockTogether UserVoice pages is for a mobile version of this site. The problem with this is that there are a LOT of mobile devices out there with a wide range of capabilities. Fortunately, the good people at Handset Detection have come up with an incredibly simple API that means [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The number one wish on the <a href="http://flocktogether.uservoice.com">FlockTogether UserVoice pages</a> is for a mobile version of this site.</p>
<p>The problem with this is that there are a LOT of mobile devices out there with a wide range of capabilities.</p>
<p>Fortunately, the good people at <a href="http://www.handsetdetection.com/">Handset Detection</a> have come up with an incredibly simple API that means FlockTogether knows if you&#8217;re looking at it with a mobile, and knows what the capability is (screensize etc.) if you&#8217;re using a mobile.</p>
<p>(There are cleverer ways of doing this with installations like <a href="http://www.tera-wurfl.com">Tera-WURFL</a> and <a href="http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/">WURFL</a> &#8211; but they kept crashing my server so I gave up).</p>
<p>So Handset Detection it is.  All I need to do now is code the mobile version of the site!</p>
<p><em>PS: Hat-tip to <a href="https://github.com/garetjax/phpbrowscap">browscap</a> too &#8211; which I&#8217;m also using and which also gives useful information about the browser looking at your page.</em></p>
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		<title>Flock Together has signed up to help get rid of IE6 #ie6countdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flock Together</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Explorer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.flocktogether.org.uk/blog/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IE6 has been a complete bane for this website. It makes any kind of design a nightmare because it&#8217;s so dated and non-compliant with standards.  It&#8217;s still 5.52% of Flock Together visits. Fortunately, Microsoft has seen the light and is working to get rid of it. They&#8217;ve kindly provided some code which only appears to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IE6 has been a complete bane for this website. It makes any kind of design a nightmare because it&#8217;s so dated and non-compliant with standards.  It&#8217;s still 5.52% of Flock Together visits.</p>
<p>Fortunately, Microsoft has seen the light and is <a href="http://bit.ly/ie6countdown">working to get rid of it</a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ve kindly provided some code which only appears to IE6 users asking them to upgrade.</p>
<p>If you want to see what Flock Together looks like under IE6, then go here - <a href="http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php">http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php</a>.</p>
<p>Still not a thing of beauty (and IE6 seems to be having quite a big argument with the Facebook box), but at least there&#8217;s a nice big message telling people to change browser.</p>
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