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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.
- Update: Replaced SimpleComments with this version that recognizes MT3.2’s ‘junk’ status. Many thanks to Yukino’s mention of this issue!
- 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
:hovereffect 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
alinks have an associatedtitleattribute.
And…that’s all I’m remembering right now.
Justa a small thing. Would it be possible to increase the eclinkticism text as I feel it’s slightly too small currently.
You might want to look at this if you have problems with SimpleComments publishing junk trackbacks.
Oh, nice — thanks again, Yukino! I’d noticed something odd going on earlier today, but hadn’t started trying to track it down yet. Very appreciated!
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 tosmall, 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. :)I’m trying to do this myself now, but I’m running into problems — see here. The signin stuff works fine, but the name still comes in as “test” ..?
By “this” I mean the openId commenting.
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