Comments on: Looking good http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/ best viewed at 1024x600 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:03:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: linuxyeti http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 linuxyeti Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:03:09 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1089 Hi all Thought it about time I actually registered !! I've posted a couple of bits on here before, just signed as Tony Cheers Hi all

Thought it about time I actually registered !! I’ve posted a couple of bits on here before, just signed as Tony

Cheers

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Matt Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:21:04 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1090 Another update: We have recent comments (of a kind) on the home page, and I'm going to try and get a hold of the "proper" code to make it look like a normal WP recent comments lists. I'm wondering now if people want a tag cloud to maybe feature as banner across the top of the homepage - to show what Alan is blogging about most often? And secondly, a lot more obvious are the "Login | Register" or "Logout | Site Admin" links on the top right of every page. I've added them because people were always asking how to register - well, there you go, click the link! Lol. Another update:
We have recent comments (of a kind) on the home page, and I’m going to try and get a hold of the “proper” code to make it look like a normal WP recent comments lists.
I’m wondering now if people want a tag cloud to maybe feature as banner across the top of the homepage – to show what Alan is blogging about most often?

And secondly, a lot more obvious are the “Login | Register” or “Logout | Site Admin” links on the top right of every page. I’ve added them because people were always asking how to register – well, there you go, click the link! Lol.

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Matt Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:10:49 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1091 As you can plainly see now, the colour-coding is looking more like something is happening. The blue/white alternation is working, except one small problem, post author comments are in a gray shading, pingbacks are yellow. Alan still hasn't picked his favourite colour! As you can plainly see now, the colour-coding is looking more like something is happening.

The blue/white alternation is working, except one small problem, post author comments are in a gray shading, pingbacks are yellow. Alan still hasn’t picked his favourite colour!

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Matt Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:23:04 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1093 The comments box now behaves properly! You'll notice that it moves up to the comment you are replying to if you have javascript enabled. If you don't, it now shows who you are replying to in bold type. I've spent the last half-hour trying to follow where Alan amended the code to make it 2.7 capable in order to find out where the mis-copy took place. My suspicions were right, in that it was the call in the header that fetched the script, which I changed immediately. It then took me 5 minutes to check the comments file, and 20 minutes to figure out why nothing had changed - remind me never to install WP Super Cache. And sorry, Alan, but I had to wipe all of your cached files! The comments box now behaves properly!
You’ll notice that it moves up to the comment you are replying to if you have javascript enabled. If you don’t, it now shows who you are replying to in bold type.

I’ve spent the last half-hour trying to follow where Alan amended the code to make it 2.7 capable in order to find out where the mis-copy took place.
My suspicions were right, in that it was the call in the header that fetched the script, which I changed immediately. It then took me 5 minutes to check the comments file, and 20 minutes to figure out why nothing had changed – remind me never to install WP Super Cache. And sorry, Alan, but I had to wipe all of your cached files!

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Matt Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:01:15 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1092 Alan, Will you do me a favour and update to the latest nightly build please? I would use the automatic updating system, but it would appear to want and ftp username and password... A few things have changed on the admin side, and I'd like to see them - also comment handling has had one or two minor tweaks! Alan,
Will you do me a favour and update to the latest nightly build please?
I would use the automatic updating system, but it would appear to want and ftp username and password…

A few things have changed on the admin side, and I’d like to see them – also comment handling has had one or two minor tweaks!

]]> By: Alan Bell http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Alan Bell Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:25:33 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1087 I would agree that the monthly archive doesn't add much value, I want the home page to be useful and friendly to someone arriving at the site for the first time, hence the list of articles in descending order. A recent comments box would be good to have there. I would agree that the monthly archive doesn’t add much value, I want the home page to be useful and friendly to someone arriving at the site for the first time, hence the list of articles in descending order. A recent comments box would be good to have there.

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Matt Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:00:40 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1085 That's part of the WordPress admin interface, and without access to Alan's server, there's nothing I can do. Having not played with the admin php files before, I can't say I'd want to on somebody else's blog, either... Maybe what we should have is a box on the homepage of the site with recent comments - might be more useful than a monthly archive? That’s part of the WordPress admin interface, and without access to Alan’s server, there’s nothing I can do. Having not played with the admin php files before, I can’t say I’d want to on somebody else’s blog, either…

Maybe what we should have is a box on the homepage of the site with recent comments – might be more useful than a monthly archive?

]]> By: JimD http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 JimD Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:23:09 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1086 Hi Alan & Matt, Thanks for setting this up. Hopefully I'll be able to see what's new since my last login now, instead of having to check all the different areas. I'm not sure how to atm though, The frontpage shows new comments, but there's no easy link to the blog entries inspiring them. Is that possible? Cheers anyway :) Hi Alan & Matt,
Thanks for setting this up. Hopefully I’ll be able to see what’s new since my last login now, instead of having to check all the different areas.
I’m not sure how to atm though, The frontpage shows new comments, but there’s no easy link to the blog entries inspiring them. Is that possible?

Cheers anyway :)

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Matt Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:43:19 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1088 Just an update, in case Alan and everybody else was wondering why nothing has changed (yet)... Having put the new comments loop onto my own blog - http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/ - I've figured out editing things is not quite as simple as I'd like it to be (at least not when my own theme pulls from the site's master css files...) My plan is to now figure out what I'm doing with my own blog, and work out how to write the css for it, and what does what. Then I'll bring some of the ideas onto here for Alan. That reminds me, Alan, what colour would you like all of your comments to be? I can make any named author comments a certain colour if you choose (once I've done this, for example, all of mine and my colleagues posts on www.medicaladmissions.co.uk will be the white text on a dark blue background)! Just an update, in case Alan and everybody else was wondering why nothing has changed (yet)…

Having put the new comments loop onto my own blog – http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/ – I’ve figured out editing things is not quite as simple as I’d like it to be (at least not when my own theme pulls from the site’s master css files…)

My plan is to now figure out what I’m doing with my own blog, and work out how to write the css for it, and what does what. Then I’ll bring some of the ideas onto here for Alan.
That reminds me, Alan, what colour would you like all of your comments to be? I can make any named author comments a certain colour if you choose (once I’ve done this, for example, all of mine and my colleagues posts on http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk will be the white text on a dark blue background)!

]]> By: Matt http://webbookblog.com/looking-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Matt Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:11:43 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=334#comment-1084 Yeah, erm, it's nice to post on here. I'm wondering how long it'll be until ubuntu webbooks take off en masse and they all find this blog? At that point, I think you may start learning phpBB... Thanks for the info on Gravatars - I'm off to make one! As for site improvements, no problem. As you'll see from http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/ I've had to create a very very customised theme for total integration. Next task for that one is to add the threaded comments functionality of 2.7! Yeah, erm, it’s nice to post on here.
I’m wondering how long it’ll be until ubuntu webbooks take off en masse and they all find this blog? At that point, I think you may start learning phpBB…

Thanks for the info on Gravatars – I’m off to make one!

As for site improvements, no problem. As you’ll see from http://www.medicaladmissions.co.uk/blog/ I’ve had to create a very very customised theme for total integration. Next task for that one is to add the threaded comments functionality of 2.7!

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