InstantSpot Staff

Techies, listen up! (non-techies, more for you below!) 

We have been working with the developers at EverFro, who have created a great a way for developers to share code with each other with a tool called CodeShare.  Posting code in InstantSpot blogs has always been an admittedly cumbersome task and we are working to make that a simpler process.  We have completed the first step of that, by creating a new tag that allows you to display code in your entry or page using their service.  If you wish to publish code, go create an account at CodeShare and upload your code.  Once you do, you will have a share ID associated to your code.  Then you can paste it is like this:

[ codeshare YourCodeShareId]      (without the space before 'codeshare'). 

When you do this, you will have a nicely formatted codeblock positioned at that point in your blog entry.

We are working further with EverFro to make this an even easier task, allowing you to upload your code directly from your InstantSpot control panel, and will make an announcement of that capability as soon as it is ready, but at least you can get started using CodeShare today!

So now for the techies and non-techies alike.  Today is January 23.  That means that you have about 1 week to win that iPod Nano!  The contest is still running and no one is a clear winner at this stage.  Don't forget to to send your friends and family the referral link in your control panel!  With a little effort, the iPod could very easily still be yours! 

As always, thanks for using InstantSpot.  We are glad to have you here and if there is anything we can do to make it a better Spot for you, our inbox is always open.