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2012-04-22 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by Fred 2012-04-22 14:01|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Only problem is with the display characteristics of the Category, Views/comments columns. The font sizes are very small and thin and the information runs together. I like to be able to clearly see which posts are getting the comments and it's very hard to pick out with this layout.

Posted by AlanC 2012-04-22 14:55|| 2012-04-22 14:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I liked when articles were listed in chronological posting order - I could easily see if there were any new posts

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-22 15:33|| 2012-04-22 15:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Page 49 is screwed up.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-22 15:33|| 2012-04-22 15:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I DO like the the "view all of Sunday..." and "View all of Saturday..." tabs!

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-22 15:34|| 2012-04-22 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a Posting Order link along the top that'll give you the current page in posting order, most recent first. Or you can use WoT Research to see everything in posting order.

Posted by Fred 2012-04-22 16:31|| 2012-04-22 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Perfect. Works :-)

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-22 16:50|| 2012-04-22 16:50|| Front Page Top

#7 errr. I just recently put up that Pg 2 Egypt/gas deal post and it shows it way down in the listing for that page, even under "posting order" tabbing?

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-22 16:53|| 2012-04-22 16:53|| Front Page Top

#8 The problem is those two buttons are presented in context with the rest of the buttons, which are for Page 1, Page 2, etc. They miss the eye. Moreover, it is not at all intuitive what a button called "WoT Research" is supposed to do. I certainly didn't expect it to "list all articles in posting order".

Posted by gromky 2012-04-22 17:07|| 2012-04-22 17:07|| Front Page Top

#9 For me it shows as the first article on Page 2, top of the page. Or were you referring to the headlines?

Posted by Fred 2012-04-22 18:39|| 2012-04-22 18:39|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't care what Fred makes it look like, as long as it's still here tomorrow and tomorrow, etc.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2012-04-22 18:55|| 2012-04-22 18:55|| Front Page Top

#11 FF 11.0. Looks like I'm sorting pages alphabetically by "Category" in the page Index

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-22 20:11|| 2012-04-22 20:11|| Front Page Top

#12 "Hi there, Bright Pebbles!" is in the HTML above the DOCTYPE declaration and this isn't good as DOCTYPE should be the first line. move it into the < HEAD > in a < ! -- comment

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:11|| 2012-04-22 21:11|| Front Page Top

#13 < link type=image/x-icon"

should be a " after type=

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:14|| 2012-04-22 21:14|| Front Page Top

#14 < STYLE TYPE="text/css"> should be lowercase"

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:15|| 2012-04-22 21:15|| Front Page Top

#15 < td style='border:1px solid silver;background:#efefef;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Monaco,sans-serif'>tag not closed.
use class not style.
style attribute using single rather than double quotes.< / td>

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:16|| 2012-04-22 21:16|| Front Page Top

#16 < td style='border:1px solid silver;background:#efefef;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Monaco,sans-serif'

tag not closed.
use class not style.
style attribute using single rather than double quotes.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:18|| 2012-04-22 21:18|| Front Page Top

#17 < a href="?HC=6&D=04/22/2012&SO=">

& in a href attribute should be &

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:19|| 2012-04-22 21:19|| Front Page Top

#18 http://www.rantburg.com/editArticle.php?E=undefined

Error in query: SELECT * from tbltwar where ID=undefined. Unknown column 'undefined' in 'where clause'

Link from Edit article "pen" icon

Also looks like injectable SQL, v bad.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-22 21:21|| 2012-04-22 21:21|| Front Page Top

#19 A style suggestion: On the front page, boldface the number of comments to make them stand out against the number of views. Color doesn't provide much "contrast" given such a lightly stroked small font.

Posted by OldSpook 2012-04-22 22:42|| 2012-04-22 22:42|| Front Page Top

23:20 Steven
23:14 Steven
23:11 JosephMendiola
23:04 crosspatch
22:51 gorb
22:45 trailing wife
22:42 OldSpook
21:54 Barbara
21:21 Bright Pebbles
21:19 Bright Pebbles
21:18 Bright Pebbles
21:16 Bright Pebbles
21:15 Bright Pebbles
21:14 Bright Pebbles
21:11 Bright Pebbles
20:57 ryuge
20:40 crosspatch
20:11 Frank G
20:07 Frank G
20:06 Frank G
19:34 Frank G
19:28 trailing wife
19:22 trailing wife
19:15 gorb