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Oliver Willis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:36:22 +0000

That BBCode thing wasn’t working, so I killed it, re-enabled HTML and the ability to embed images. Just use a standard tag as seen here. Whenever I upgrade Wordpress it tends to kill the hack I put in to read img tags, so if you ever see it disappear this means I forgot and just send me an email saying so.

Some of you said you couldn’t edit your comments. If you’re logged in, I think you should be able to do so.

Use the comments to this post to test/respond to all your crazy requests.

Threaded Or Not?

Oliver Willis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:11:01 +0000

I’m generally pleased with the new theme I’m using (loads much quicker) but I was wondering if you guys preferred threaded comments or flat ones? Its set to threading now (you can reply to a specific comment) but I notice most of you commenting the old way. I don’t have a preference, but lemme know.

UPDATE: Per requests, I have now enabled you all to post comments using BBCode. Here is a quick n dirty layout of what code you can use.

Site Etiquette

Oliver Willis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:29:07 +0000

There are some of you who insist, every day now no matter what the topic to attack each other personally. I’m tired of it. Some of you I’ve contacted via email about it and you persist. Quit while you’re ahead. Otherwise next time you’ll just disappear. I don’t care if you disagree on issues politically, that’s fine. But I don’t care which corner you want to fight on or who’s secretly a drunk or whatever other nonsense. Want to flame each other for that stuff? Use email or your own blog. And those of you doing this know who you are.

Quit it.

In Theory…

Oliver Willis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:30:12 +0000

The changes I’ve made under the hood for the site should keep it from crashing oh, every 5 minutes or so. Lemme know if you encounter any glitches, and I’ve added back comment preview so that when you guys are flaming each other you at least remain gramatically correct when doing so.

Think I’m Back Online Now

Oliver Willis — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:39:31 +0000

Thank goodness…

That Sound

Oliver Willis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:03:55 +0000

Is the sound of me giving up on CSS across 10 million platforms. I swear, tables were so much easier. Back to the old design.

New Layout Thread

Oliver Willis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:10:11 +0000

Okay, so I changed the layout again. I decided to make the look as uncluttered and clean as my meager design skills could muster. I’ve tested it in Firefox, Safari and IE. I know there are some display issues in IE (shocker), but otherwise it looks ok to me. Ideally you should maybe hit shift-refresh so you get the latest version of the site on loading it. Let me know, in the comments. This is how it looks for me (as I intended):

And for the love of God don’t say “it doesn’t look right” and leave it at that. That doesn’t tell me anything. Either gimme a detailed issue or (even better) post a screenshot.

Comments Issues

Oliver Willis — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:28:47 +0000

I’m not seeing the disappearing comment issues others are occasionally seeing, but a way around it seems to be logging in to the site versus just posting a comment.

Wiki Wild Wild West

Oliver Willis — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:29:40 +0000

I’ve set up a wiki to drop knowledge or nonsense. Use it if you feel like it, or not. But IT’S THERE.

It’s called Braniac.

Embrace Change

Oliver Willis — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:50:31 +0000

Thought I might move things around a bit here, so here we are. I’m sure there are a few fixes to be made long term, but everything should be working in general.

No TARP funds were used in this redesign.

Hey, How About That

Oliver Willis — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:21:05 +0000

Well, at least I know people miss this site when its not around to be snarky.

No Elections For A While

Oliver Willis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:49:58 +0000

To reiterate what I said before, I just don’t have the energy to write about elections for a while. We just went through one of the longest ones in history, and unlike idiot Chris Matthews, I don’t think life is a campaign. We have a few races to finish out the year – Georgia, Minnesota, and a close one in Maryland’s first district (where a positive result would leave Maryland with only ONE member of congress for the GOP). But I have no interest in writing about 2010 and especially not 2012.

We’ve got to breathe now, and chronicle the beginning of the Obama presidency.

Oh, that feels good to write.

Hey, Where’s Frank?

Oliver Willis — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:09:15 +0000

You regulars know what I’m talking about.

And We’re Back…

Oliver Willis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:49:49 +0000

That was mighty unpleasant…

Debate “Coverage”

Oliver Willis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:29:05 +0000

In all likelihood I will be twittering the debate tonight, so tune in.

Live Comment Preview Is Go

Oliver Willis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:01:37 +0000

After popular demands, I made it so. Just look below the comment box and there it should be as you type. Some of you are also having login issues. I don’t know why, I haven’t changed any backend stuff much, certainly none having to do with logins. Maybe if you *ahem* tossed your cookies? And anyone who wants to post images in comments, all I ask is that you host it with an imagehost (like imageshack, or flickr as long as you link back per their TOS) and not leech off someone’s site. All you need to use is a basic tag. (reference)

Can You Post An Image In Comments?

Oliver Willis — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:49:22 +0000

I’m wondering.

Not Getting Updates?

Oliver Willis — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:35:36 +0000

I’ve been hearing from folks that for some of you you’re not getting the latest version of the site at OliverWillis.com. I’m not sure what’s going on because I’m getting the site fine on multiple machines and browsers. Try and clear your cache, maybe?

Image Comments

Oliver Willis — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:27:31 +0000

Ok, so you should now be able to post images in comments. Don’t abuse the privilege. Don’t post anything obscene. If you’re linking to something make sure its on your own domain or on one of the 8 million imagehosts out there.

Yes, I Changed It Again

Oliver Willis — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:02:21 +0000

And surely something will break and somebody will whine. Wah.