Fred Bradley's diary

Now I'm aware that Alex and others regularly sit in
front of their funky little computers (if they need to
donate a MacBook they know I'm here!) and jot down
a few bits of code, etc.

I've now been using UPSU.net much more regularly,
- as a tool for blogging, and just generally reading it,
and I've come up with a few things that might be of use. 

Firstly, this blog business. It would be quite useful if
there was a link to 'write to my blog' at the top of the
screen, instead of having to scroll down the bottom!

Secondly, after using my own Joomla! site I've learnt
and the com_'s mod_'s and bot_'s that come with it! -
One particular bot_ that i've found really good helps
with slides and tabs (within content items (AND BLOGS) ).
You can basically use it when ever you want in the same
way that the mosimage and mospagebreak work (ie
inside those funky little brackets! ({these things}) You
can download the bot_ at
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,1046/Itemid,35/
I love this bot_ personally, because I find that a great
way to put things in brackets in content items is to
put it in a 'slide' - eg if I want to go waffling on about
something that, lets face it, the majority of people
won't want to read, then it's nicely controlled away,
and if they do want to read it all they have to do is
click on the slide, and out it pops.  

And finally, in addition to all this 'digg this' and 'del.ic.ious' stuff
- which quite frankly I've never heard of until these funny
images came up at the bottom of content items.
Can we put a 'share to facebook' share button attached
to each content item, and photo gallery / photo! It's very easy,
just one line of code. 

Here:

html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://www.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://www.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share

<!--START FACEBOOK.COM SHARE BUTTON -->



<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://www.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://www.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a>





<!--END FACEBOOK.COM SHARE BUTTON -->

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FRED! Put some bloody line breaks in your post!!!! 
 
(Then we can talk :P) 
 
And yes, I like the idea :o) 
 
/al

Alex Harries - Mon, 22 Jan 2007

 

 

Ok, done. Don't say I don't ever do anything for you :P 
 
I've simplified the look a bit so it's less intrusive on the page (and simplified the other tagging links as well), and I've also added it into the code for the forthcoming new all-singing, all-dancing common footer I'll be turning on soon-ish ;o) 
 
/al

Alex Harries - Mon, 22 Jan 2007

 

 

Ok Fred, having read your other requests, here's some answers for you: 
 
- first, Facebook bookmarking should now be working. Let me know if it doesn't. 
- second - blog "add a blog entry" - the current "write a diary entry" link is only a temporary link while I work on something a bit more robust ;) 
- thirdly - the bracket thing; I've never been a fan of that as it's fairly counter-intuitive, and can play merry hell when you're using a DIV-based layout, on an older browser, with content generated by people who don't want to (and shouldn't have to) learn CSS and W3C standards backwards and upside-down just to put content on the web. I like the idea of new features of course; I'm just not sure this one is worth the extra page size and compatibility/bug checking :o) 
 
That said, the argument is never closed, so if you're that keen to see your suggestions on here, you have two choices - either convince me, or join the webteam and start putting in the hours ;) 
 
/al

Alex Harries - Mon, 22 Jan 2007