Comments on: Please Excuse The Mess http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/ Chuck Wendig: Freelance Penmonkey Wed, 23 May 2012 09:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Chuck http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6691 Chuck Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:23:11 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6691 Test. Test.

]]> By: Keith again http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6680 Keith again Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:09:29 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6680 Your point is well made on the "Back off Black." I'm a fan of white m'self. Not only does it make things easier on the eyes, but I find that images with transparent backgrounds clip less and have sharper edges. It has been *years* for terrible minds in black. I think you're right; time for a change. Your bottom bar might be a little wide, or need a graphic or two for the home and contact links to fill the space. I must say that I love, love love the slideshow. I looked at something similar for my upgrade by I lacked the photo file to do it justice. You, my friend, have a fine resource to delve into. The index format is also something that I'm a fan of, and I think it works well for you. Sweet look, indeed. Your point is well made on the “Back off Black.” I’m a fan of white m’self. Not only does it make things easier on the eyes, but I find that images with transparent backgrounds clip less and have sharper edges.

It has been *years* for terrible minds in black. I think you’re right; time for a change.

Your bottom bar might be a little wide, or need a graphic or two for the home and contact links to fill the space.

I must say that I love, love love the slideshow. I looked at something similar for my upgrade by I lacked the photo file to do it justice. You, my friend, have a fine resource to delve into. The index format is also something that I’m a fan of, and I think it works well for you.

Sweet look, indeed.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:27:11 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6676 Gotcha on the Twitter widget! re: Lifestream, if you aggregate everything through Friendfeed, perhaps there's a plugin that presents it cleanly? If you do find a good lifestream option and the secret to page as link, let me know; you're making me think it's time to give loudpoet a makeover, too! Gotcha on the Twitter widget! re: Lifestream, if you aggregate everything through Friendfeed, perhaps there’s a plugin that presents it cleanly?

If you do find a good lifestream option and the secret to page as link, let me know; you’re making me think it’s time to give loudpoet a makeover, too!

]]> By: terribleminds http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6674 terribleminds Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:26:03 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6674 Put in a recent comments sidebar feed -- thoughts? Mine are, I don't much like it -- it's a context-free list. No actual comments listed. Maybe there's a more robust plug-in available. Another weird goblin: my subscribe-to-comments plug-in is installed and active, but doesn't appear to be working. -- c. Put in a recent comments sidebar feed — thoughts? Mine are, I don’t much like it — it’s a context-free list. No actual comments listed. Maybe there’s a more robust plug-in available.

Another weird goblin: my subscribe-to-comments plug-in is installed and active, but doesn’t appear to be working.

– c.

]]> By: terribleminds http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6672 terribleminds Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:23:01 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6672 @Guy: Recent comments: Will poke and ponder. Twitter feed: Not a big fan of the Twitter widget, honestly. Plus, a lifestream is more robust (links to new Tumblr pages and what not). RSS: Anybody know how to configure a page to go straight to a link instead of to a page? 'Cause I put put an RSS feed in the page bar. For the moment, I have it as a Simple Image link in the sidebar. @Guy:

Recent comments: Will poke and ponder.

Twitter feed: Not a big fan of the Twitter widget, honestly. Plus, a lifestream is more robust (links to new Tumblr pages and what not).

RSS: Anybody know how to configure a page to go straight to a link instead of to a page? ‘Cause I put put an RSS feed in the page bar. For the moment, I have it as a Simple Image link in the sidebar.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6671 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:53:38 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6671 re: Recent Comments, you have such an active group here, having their latest comments in the sidebar is both a nice shout-out as well as a sign of activity, esp. for anyone coming into the site via an older post. More a nice-to-have than a must-have, though. re: Twitter feed, the cleanest route is plugging Twitter's own code (http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile) into the Text widget. Also, just noticed you don't have a Subscribe to RSS feed option visible; that's how I keep up-to-date on the more prolific bloggers I follow. re: Recent Comments, you have such an active group here, having their latest comments in the sidebar is both a nice shout-out as well as a sign of activity, esp. for anyone coming into the site via an older post. More a nice-to-have than a must-have, though.

re: Twitter feed, the cleanest route is plugging Twitter’s own code (http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile) into the Text widget.

Also, just noticed you don’t have a Subscribe to RSS feed option visible; that’s how I keep up-to-date on the more prolific bloggers I follow.

]]> By: terribleminds http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6669 terribleminds Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:19:34 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6669 Guy: Awesome, thank you. Will look into all of that. The theme is actually pretty dang complicated, so I'm not sure where the color hides. Content in the sidebar is forthcoming -- I just want to make sure that my plug-ins don't asplode anything again, and I also want to figure out what actually belongs there. I can do a recent comments widget, but I personally find those sidebars of dubious value. The Twitter feed is coming, but the Lifestream plug-in really fuckered the site with this theme in play, so I have to find a good plug-in to do what I want. (The one that came with the LA theme is half-broken and only displays tweets some of the time.) -- c. Guy:

Awesome, thank you. Will look into all of that.

The theme is actually pretty dang complicated, so I’m not sure where the color hides.

Content in the sidebar is forthcoming — I just want to make sure that my plug-ins don’t asplode anything again, and I also want to figure out what actually belongs there. I can do a recent comments widget, but I personally find those sidebars of dubious value. The Twitter feed is coming, but the Lifestream plug-in really fuckered the site with this theme in play, so I have to find a good plug-in to do what I want. (The one that came with the LA theme is half-broken and only displays tweets some of the time.)

– c.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6668 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:13:34 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6668 Nice! Very clean layout, easy on the eyes, though I agree the font is a bit too light. I think the font color setting is in your .css stylesheet (Dashboard > Appearance > Editor); depending on how complicated the theme is, you should be able to find it by searching "color". I'd suggest a bit more content in the sidebar, too. A recent comments widget and your Twitter feed, perhaps? Finally, I HIGHLY recommend these plugins: AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button (http://www.addtoany.com/) Topsy Retweet Button (http://labs.topsy.com/widgets/wordpress) WordTwit (http://www.bravenewcode.com/wordtwit) WPtouch iPhone Theme (http://www.bravenewcode.com/products/wptouch/) You can find all via the Dashboard for one-click installation. Nice! Very clean layout, easy on the eyes, though I agree the font is a bit too light. I think the font color setting is in your .css stylesheet (Dashboard > Appearance > Editor); depending on how complicated the theme is, you should be able to find it by searching “color”.

I’d suggest a bit more content in the sidebar, too. A recent comments widget and your Twitter feed, perhaps?

Finally, I HIGHLY recommend these plugins:

AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button (http://www.addtoany.com/)
Topsy Retweet Button (http://labs.topsy.com/widgets/wordpress)
WordTwit (http://www.bravenewcode.com/wordtwit)
WPtouch iPhone Theme (http://www.bravenewcode.com/products/wptouch/)

You can find all via the Dashboard for one-click installation.

]]> By: Testmonkey http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6666 Testmonkey Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:21 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6666 I'm just testing something here. Ignore the man behind the curtain. -- c. I’m just testing something here. Ignore the man behind the curtain.

– c.

]]> By: Paul DeLaurentis http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/02/28/please-excuse-the-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-6665 Paul DeLaurentis Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:56:45 +0000 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/?p=3110#comment-6665 I must agree on the font color. It's a tad light and I find myself squinting a bit. Also it seems that I have been logged out of my account here and there isn't an obvious place to log into my account here. I must agree on the font color. It’s a tad light and I find myself squinting a bit. Also it seems that I have been logged out of my account here and there isn’t an obvious place to log into my account here.

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