Yet More Tweaks

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on September 16, 2005). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

A few more tweaks and oddments:

  • Re-worded the post metadata.
  • Added Technorati tags to the metadata.
  • Added pseudo-hidden ‘admin only’ links to all posts, comments, and TrackBack pings, allowing for single-click jumps to the edit screen for each item.
  • Used SimpleComments to combine comments and TrackBack pings into a single chronological list.
  • Added small icons (yanked right from the MT interface, actually) to comment and TrackBack listings to more easily visually identify which is which.
  • Added a :hover effect border to comment and TrackBack listings.
  • Comments I leave will display with a colored background to easily distinguish them from visitors’ comments.
  • Lots of templates updated so that all a links have an associated title attribute.

And…that’s all I’m remembering right now.

7 thoughts on “Yet More Tweaks”

  1. Neil — I’ll have to experiment with the font size in the sidebar. Right now it’s set to x-small, but when I knock it one notch up to small, it’s (to my eyes) far too big for the current layout. So…right now, “maybe” is the best answer I can give until I do some more poking around. :)

  2. Hey, Michael, just a random sideways “coming at ya” comment: I know you’re tweaking the devil out of this and automating it to a fair-thee-well and trying like the dickens to make it appealing. I kinda liked the old pasty-edge “man in pink” look. It had more of a “seattle” feel and the new MT template gives it – to my mind – a very polished but – and it’s the but that gets ya – also a “corporate” look. Before, eclecticism was kind of like a garden (or workshop), and now, it’s kind of like a farm (or factory). if you get what i mean. – chas

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