Comments on: WordPress and Daylight Saving Time

By: CIDU Bill

CIDU Bill — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:21:11 +0000

Beckanva, as a general rule, WordPress templates don’t allow much in the way ofptions — and of course my overriding priority has to be a template that allows a wide comic strip to be visible. There are ways to tweak a temnplate, but that never ends well — especially for me.

By: Beckanva

Beckanva — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:09:22 +0000

I know I’m adding this late, but could you put an anchor tag just before “Leave a Reply” and link to it at the top of the page? That way people could click that link if they want to quickly get to the end of the comments. I have almost no experience w/ WordPress & its various templates, so I don’t know what they will and won’t let you do.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:26:39 +0000

If I could I would. We’re not talking about a boatload of customization options here.

The thing is, there are very, very few templates that allow enough width for a four-panel comic, and obviously that has to be first priority. I have tried alternate templates that allow me to, say, reduce the length of the categories list — but without exception, they brought with them other problems and people got angry. One template made the site unreadable for anybody using Firefox.

The template I’m using now has quirks almost everybody can live with. If anybody knows of the perfect template, I’m listening.

By: mkilby

mkilby — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:17:08 +0000

How about simply changing from double spacing to single spacing the list? That would halve the length.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:04:25 +0000

I messed with the CSS file once. Didn’t end well.

I know the page is too tall — but I’ve become a strong believer in “first, do no harm.”

By: James Schend

James Schend — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:58:34 +0000

Well, you can attach a max horizontal size to the pull-down box in your CSS file, or possibly the WordPress template. Just mark me down in the “page is too tall” list, I guess.

Thanks.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:12:13 +0000

James, the problem is that the pull-down box is wider than the plain list, and therefore can eat into the comic alongside it.

With WordPress templates, I’ve found, everything’s a trade-off: you try to fix one little problem and end up with two others.

By: James Schend

James Schend — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:04:42 +0000

We used to call it “Squirrel.” It has all the letters in the right order, but it’s more entertaining to say.

While we’re on a meta-post, do you think it would be possible to set your Categories list on the left-hand margin to a pull-down list (or select box, or whatever Wordpress calls it) instead of just listing them all on the page? Right now, the page is so tall that I keep hitting “End” to get to the comments and end up a few thousand pixels below the content. Thanks.

By: CIDU Bill

CIDU Bill — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:42:31 +0000

John, I’ve only heard that last pronunciation in conjuction with the MUUS program.

By: John Small Berries

John Small Berries — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:39:59 +0000

SQL was originally SEQUEL (Structured English QUEry Language), and pronounced as the English word, but was changed to SQL due to a trademark dispute.

Nowadays it depends on the individual product. The documentation for SQL and MySQL officially define the pronunciation as individual letters (the documentation for MySQL states, “The official way to pronounce ‘MySQL’ is ‘My Ess Que Ell’ (not ‘my sequel’), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as ‘my sequel’ or in some other localized way.) NoSQL’s author prefers the pronunciation “no sequel”. MS SQL was marketed with the pronunciation “em ess sequel”.

I have also heard it pronounced as “skwull”, but that was by someone who had never encountered the term before.