Category Archives: Computers
WordPress on Previews: No Comments
July 22, 2005 – 6:04 am
Why doesn’t WordPress ship with a real comments preview? By “real” I mean doesn’t rely on JavaScript (so that excludes Comment Live Preview, as nice as that is)previews the comments as they will actually look (i.e. with filters applied, etc.) All discussion boards (and other weblog software) include this feature. Why isn’t there at least […]
Plugging Plugin Problems
July 21, 2005 – 7:23 pm
I just installed the nicely designed Get Recent Comments plugin, but because I’m using WordPress 1.5.1.3 at the moment, I got the following error when trying to set the plugin’s options in the dashboard under Options > Recent Comments: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare kjgrc_subpage_gravatar() in …/wp-content/plugins/get-recent-comments.php on line 23 Apparently I’m not the only […]
JavaScript Email Hiding
June 28, 2005 – 1:08 pm
If you plainly show an email address on a website, it’s likely to be harvested by a spam spider. To get around that problem, I’ve been using the following JavaScript in the middle of a page: <script type="text/javascript"> <!– This script hides the email address from spiders –> […]
A hack to ax those annoying windows
April 18, 2005 – 3:13 pm
This tip isn’t as easy to set up as a Firefox extension, but it’s still pretty easy. The problem Many websites have links that force open a new window. Those new windows drive me crazy. At first I don’t notice a new window’s opened. Then I try to use the browser’s back button, and (“What? […]
Qwerty Quick Wash
April 7, 2005 – 11:50 am
It sounds like a joke to play on your technologically challenged friends, but apparently you can successfully clean your computer keyboard in the dishwasher (HT: Kim Komando’s newsletter). Of course, you shouldn’t put a laptop or a cordless keyboard in the dishwasher. And it should be a last resort, after trying those cans of compressed […]
Perl keyword text highlighting
February 19, 2005 – 10:19 pm
Highlighting search terms An article at A List Apart from August 2004, “Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms,” suggests that websites highlight the search terms found in the referrer information. For example, if someone Googles “widget” then clicks a resulting link to your site, you might want to highlight every instance of “widget” on your […]