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April 14, 2004

The memo that no one read

OK, just a quick question? Did any of you read that memo? No, not the memo for the President about the security updates prior to the attack on 9/11 that came out the other day and everyone is blogging about. I am talking about the memo that was supposed to be sent to all of you to tell you to set a cheese plate out for your visitors. I ran through a lot of the munu blogs today, and did not see a cheese plate set out in a single one. Pay attention, you all, otherwise, I might not be as careful as I have been about where I have been leaving all those mouse droppings. OK, you can go back to whatever you were doing now. But don't forget to put out that cheese!

Posted by: Mr Mouse at 05:30 AM | Comments (11) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Mac User Help?

There's been a small amount of back-and-forth at my site about how my blog's CSS renders on Internet Explorer for the Mac. I use IE6 on a Windows box, but try to preview any style changes in both Opera and Firefox, too. A day or two ago, Little Miss Attila noted: "Thought you'd want to know that the boxes on your sidebar are migrating a little to the left on my display (Mac/IE) and are obscuring some of the text in your entries."

After I changed the CSS to use floating divs with set margins, Madfish Willie suggested that I use aboslutely-positioned divs.

Hmm. Strange, because that's exactly how I laid out the blog in the first place (to avoid compatibility issues like this!) Here's the original code:



#content

  position: absolute;

  top: 105px;

  left: 5px;

  background:#FFF;

  border:2px solid #000;

  width:70%;

  

#links

  position: absolute;

  top:105px;

  right:5px;

  background-color#b0c4de;

  padding:15px;

  width:25%;

As you can see, except for the variable width (for which I left a 5% margin of error), I nailed down all of the other margins.

I hope Attila Girl (or another Mac IE user) can let me know whether my new code works. And if there are any CSS users, I would welcome input on what was wrong with the original code. Thanks!

Posted by: JohnL at 03:47 AM | Comments (15) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I Zigged When I Should Have Zagged

Well, this is a new one on me. Suddenly, when I open my comments, they also open in the main blog. I more than likely in all the diddling about screwed something up possibly did something erroneous.
Question is, can anyone tell me what that something is? I don't really like it to do that.
Thanks.

Posted by: LeeAnn at 02:21 AM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

April 13, 2004

MuNuby Help - Colors

Color codes... what are they... where do I find them... how do I use them... what about fonts...

Thse are some questions we ask when starting on a design for our site. I have compiled some links to answer these questions and presented them by groups in the extended entry.

Design gurus will tell you that content is king and design presentation should not detract from the actual content of your post. I am not presenting this information to discuss the theories of content and presentation. I am presenting it as a set of tools for you to use and decide for yourself how you want to present your content to your corner of the the world.

I tend to favor a more bold approach to using color in my designs, whereas other designers prefer a more subtle approach. I've tried to give you enough information and reference sources so you would be able to make your own decisions and present your content how you want it to look for your readers. After all... it's your site... do what YOU want to do.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at 04:07 PM | Comments (20) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

MuNuby Help - Trickle Posting

For all the MuNubies... and some not so MuNubies...

Welcome to the wonderful world of trickle posting.

You ask inquiringly, What is this trickle posting, Madfish?

Simply put, trickle posting is composing a post today, saving it in draft mode, and having it automatically post to your site at another date and time. Trickle posting is a neat way to give yourself a mini-vacation from blogging, while still providing insightful and searing commentary to your multitude of readers.

You exclaim excitedly, Cool, How do I do this... this trickle posting?

Did I mention that you must have Category Archiving enabled to be able to use trickle posting? D'oh! First, enable your Category Archiving. [SAVE] Add new category... Name your new category deferred. [SAVE]

NextFirst, you must compose your soon to be recognized masterpiece. Assign your post a primary category. [SAVE] your post in Post Status: Draft. Assign as many secondary categories as you little bloggy heart desires. One of the secondary categories must be the newly created deferred. Change the Authored On date field to reflect the date and time you wish your post to autmatically appear on your site. [SAVE] your post again in Post Status: Draft. Forget about blogosphere and Go Play!

That's all you have to do... Piece of pie!!

Next, it's trickle's turn to play. The trickle plugin will check the blogs for posts in draft post status that have a deferred category assigned. Per our Great and Wise and Illustrious Leader, Mr Pixy Misa, trickle will check the blogs "every hour, but the blogs are checked one minute apart (so that it doesn't suddenly try to process eleven deferred posts all at once)". Then, just like Magic!, your post appears as readers flock to your site to read the latest from the greatest.

So, you think to yourself, This Madfish is a great guy! Thanks for telling us how to do this trickle posting thingy, Madfish.

Don't mention it.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at 02:34 PM | Comments (36) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

April 12, 2004

Madfish Willie's Cyber Saloon Chatroom

I was just poking around in cPanel and installed the code for a chat room over at my site...

It's at the bottom of my sidebar for now. While it's not as pretty as AOL's AIM or MS Messenger interface, it gets the job done. I've found that messenging is very useful when doing blog design... instant discussion and feedback from client side, which facilitates experimenting with different settings and speeds up the process... much better than e-mail messaging.

If anyone wants to come check it out tonight, to see what it looks like and how it works, I'll be around... I'm in Texas so whatever that means as far as day/night/whatever time zone you're in.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at 10:10 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Just Wanted to Thank You All

Everyone has been so supportive; it's been terrific learning MT with y'all's help, and I'm thrilled beyond belief to have a grown-up blog now--with comments, title fields, and all the fixins.

You all know how to make a girl feel at home.

Posted by: Attila at 09:54 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The Cool Kids Table

I'd first like to thank everyone for the invitation. I was out Easter-ing with the family today, so I haven't had the chance to start converting. I can almost gurantee there will be some starts and stops: I'm a techno-neophyte. Munuvania sure seems the place to be... or blog depending on your semantics.

One question though: where did the name come from?

Posted by: Frinklin at 07:38 AM | Comments (21) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The little Munuvian mouse

I spent the better part of the day scurrying about the different neighborhoods here in Munuvia and the place has grown immensely in just a few short days. I only got about half the way through the address list. I had a great time and found a lot of good stuff, but not a shred of cheese. I apologize to some of you for the mouse droppings I might have left in the comments.

Posted by: Mr Mouse at 06:22 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

April 11, 2004

MuNu Pull Down Menu

Now updated for automatic updates.

Copy this into the Between <head> and </head>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function which(form)

var order=form.jump.selectedIndex
if (form.jump.options[order].value != 0)
{
location=form.jump.options[order].value;

}
//-->
</SCRIPT>


Copy this after the <body> tag where you want the menu to appear

<form name=form1>
<select name=jump onchange=which(this.form)>
<option value=0 selected>THE LIST</option>

<?php include "http://blogroll.mu.nu/pulldownd.i"; ?>

</select>
</form>

NOTE: This will give you the list in the date added format. If you want the alphabetical list use pulldown.i

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:50 PM | Comments (42) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Yay Indeed!

Thank you so much, Pixy, for letting me join the fun!

And the CPanel Fantastico is pretty fantastico...I installed the Coppermine photo gallery (http://www.shoes.mu.nu/gallery/index.php) with no trouble at all. I did upload a picture of myself, to show that I don't really look like the oyster on my blog...not much, anyway.

And thank all of you for the warm welcomes!

Posted by: Nic at 07:09 PM | Comments (14) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

MuNuby Help - Part IV

Here is an excellent link I ran across that does what I was trying to do, only much, much better. If you are having questions after trying to wade through the stuff I did, this might help clear the muddied water.

It's a page at Media Tinker that gives diagrams and explainations of MT templates and CSS stylesheet presentation control.

Good Luck!

Posted by: Madfish Willie at 04:34 PM | Comments (34) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I finally got a piece of the pie

Thanks to Madfish Willie and Pam and Pixy

Thanks so much for all the help.

Posted by: Rae at 07:42 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

FYIFYF

For Your Information Fear Your Future is now open and blogging has started.

Just thought I should announce that somewhere so that people will actually know. And if you don't know, FYF is group blog authored by people ages 15-18ish. And it doesn't really have a theme, its just the random musings of *counts on fingers* 5... no wait, 6... no wait, I lied, 7 (if you count the moderator) people. Hope you'll stop by and leave some comments. If not about the actually subject being discussed you should leave a comment congratulating me on the template (I slaved on that thing). *Grins*

Okay, I'm done being a link/hit-whore. He he.

Posted by: Mookie at 04:28 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Munuvia is growing bigger and bigger

Wow, with some many great bloggers immigrating, it takes all day just to go through the munu roll. Any chance we can get it to post in updated form, etc. like the blogroll form. Heck, I know Pixy has a plateful of stuff to do and over which to keep watch. The work around seems to be coming to munuviana and checking the postings here.

Posted by: Mr Mouse at 12:35 AM | Comments (58) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

April 10, 2004

Is it me?

I cannot figure this out. I has happened a few times before and I still have no idea why it happens and how to fix it. I cannot get my pages to refresh. I have deleted all the temp files, have restored the system back a few days before, have changed the setting in Internet Options so as to make it check the page against the server every time and still, it is not working. Don't you just hate Windows? So, if anyone finds my site to be fragged, I am sorry about that.

Posted by: Tiger at 03:00 PM | Comments (18) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

April 09, 2004

Yay Jim!

From today's Best of the Web:

Zero Tolerance Watch
We started covering "zero tolerance" madness three years ago, but we really ought to pass the torch to Jim Peacock, whose ZeroInteligence.net blog has become the best source on the subject.
Okay, so they mis-spelled it, but the link works.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 10:11 PM | Comments (15) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Thanks to all

Just wanted to stop by and thank everyone for their help. I've been twiddling with MT off and on all day, making a somewhat successful attempt to modify the layout to what I like. So far, so good. Mostly. I'm certain that there are some minor things that I've overlooked, but it'll work out. Also, I've found good info in the comments to posts written by other recent MuNu immigrants. So thanks to Pixy Misa for all the work in setting up my new palatial blog, and thanks to everyone that's stopped by and posted comments. See y'all around.

Posted by: Physics Geek at 09:12 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Um, Hello?

Hey. I'm up and jogging lightly at my new digs, thanks to Rae and Pixy. I appreciate all the help. I'll be tweaking stuff over the weekend, but at least everything seems functional. Stop by and leave some abuse in the comments!

Nathan

Posted by: Nathan at 08:01 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Counters

OK, SiteMeter seems to be having server problems. Does anyone know what is the very best FREE counter service a little mouse might use? Oh, by the way, how does one actually use and access the free munu email accounts?

Posted by: Mr Mouse at 06:14 PM | Comments (18) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

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