Comments on: Changes Mostly Complete http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/ Living in my own little world. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dan http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-60 Dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-60 Love the new look. The navigation is very nice and the color scheme is great. I may even steal your idea for making the comment window full-screen. :) The only PHP scripts that has ever tempted me to convert extrasonic are: 1) skins, and 2) user preferences for whether or not links open in a new window or not. Now that you've gone through the conversion, you might want to check those out. The site does look really good by default so skins may not be a high priority, but I strongly prefer links opening in new windows. If I feel that way, maybe other do too, so if that one's easy to install it might be a good one. Love the new look. The navigation is very nice and the color scheme is great. I may even steal your idea for making the comment window full-screen. :)
The only PHP scripts that has ever tempted me to convert extrasonic are: 1) skins, and 2) user preferences for whether or not links open in a new window or not. Now that you’ve gone through the conversion, you might want to check those out. The site does look really good by default so skins may not be a high priority, but I strongly prefer links opening in new windows. If I feel that way, maybe other do too, so if that one’s easy to install it might be a good one.

]]> By: Reid http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-61 Reid Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-61 I gotta agree on the color scheme. Looks fantastic. Heh... I had also looked at that very same 'read more' code but decided not to implement it this go around... I think it is a great addition. Another thing you can do with PHP (and the reason why all my pages are PHP) are server side includes. This lets you do all kinds of neat things, like including other web documents on your front page. This is how I do my 'recommended articles' weblog section and how I include my wife's recent entries on my own front page. I'm sure there are also far more creative uses for server side includes. Anyway, again, fantastic job. :-) I gotta agree on the color scheme. Looks fantastic. Heh… I had also looked at that very same ‘read more’ code but decided not to implement it this go around… I think it is a great addition.

Another thing you can do with PHP (and the reason why all my pages are PHP) are server side includes. This lets you do all kinds of neat things, like including other web documents on your front page. This is how I do my ‘recommended articles’ weblog section and how I include my wife’s recent entries on my own front page. I’m sure there are also far more creative uses for server side includes.

Anyway, again, fantastic job. :-)

]]> By: Mike http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-62 Mike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-62 Thanks for the comments. For offsite links I've been using javascript from Dynamic Drive that's been useful. I currently have the option to allow the user to select their preference turned off. Eventually I may convert this to a PHP version and allow the user to have more control (including skins... working on a second design inspired by the movie The Italian Job I watched this weekend.) The javascript can be found here [ http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex8/newwindow2.htm ]. Thanks for the comments.

For offsite links I’ve been using javascript from Dynamic Drive that’s been useful. I currently have the option to allow the user to select their preference turned off. Eventually I may convert this to a PHP version and allow the user to have more control (including skins… working on a second design inspired by the movie The Italian Job I watched this weekend.)

The javascript can be found here [ http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex8/newwindow2.htm ].

]]> By: Dan http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-63 Dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.silentcorner.com/archive/2003/11/28/changes-mostly-complete/#comment-63 I just use the Apache "include virtual" directives for server-side includes, since my host supports it. That's how http://www.extrasonic.com/ manages most of its right-column content - the first three navboxes are actually separate HTML docs updated by hand when we get the time/interest. Thanks for the reference to the "new window" javascript - that's pretty nice. I just use the Apache “include virtual” directives for server-side includes, since my host supports it. That’s how http://www.extrasonic.com/ manages most of its right-column content - the first three navboxes are actually separate HTML docs updated by hand when we get the time/interest.

Thanks for the reference to the “new window” javascript - that’s pretty nice.

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