Earlier today, I released Easy Gravatars version 1.2. The only change (besides confirming that works in WordPress 2.5, currently in beta, due out next week) is that when installed under WordPress 2.5 or newer, it will use the new core get_avatar() function to generate the image tag. [...]
It seems that Microsoft has reversed their previous decision to make Internet Explorer 8 crippled by default. They will be enabling the standards compliant mode by default in IE8, and webmasters will have to use the X-UA-Compatible header to force it into IE7 mode, for sites that can’t be updated immediately. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Browsers, CSS, Community, Design, Development, Standards, Tech, Web Design
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Also tagged Browsers, forwardcompatibility, futureproof, ie8 ie7, InternetExplorer, Microsoft, pleasesirmayihaveanother, Standards, webstandards
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Internet Explorer 8 passes the Acid2 test. Huzzah!
But waitaminnit… What’s this stuff about forward compatibility by adding some new X-UA-Compatible header to my pages or my server? Am I reading this right? Are you telling me that in order for IE8 to use its fully compliant rendering, we have to add something new to our pages? And that if we don’t, it will fall back to rendering pages just like IE7? Is that what this means?
That’s just dumb.
Screw their stupid “don’t break the web” motto. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Browsers, CSS, Community, Design, Development, Standards, Tech, Web Design
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Also tagged Browsers, forwardcompatibility, futureproof, ie7, ie8, InternetExplorer, Microsoft, pleasesirmayihaveanother, Standards, Stupid, wasp, webstandards
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Since so many people seemed to be interested, I went ahead and coded up my new Gravatars plugin: Easy Gravatars. It’s designed to be simple to use — just upload and activate. If you want it to be a little harder, you can visit the plugin’s options page to set the size and rating for the gravatars, and even set the location of a default image, and tweak the CSS a little bit.
Download: easygravatars.zip
I’m going to put it in the WordPress Plugin Repository when I get a chance. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Plugins, WordPress
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Also tagged app, avatar, avatars, gravatar, gravatars, images, personalization, plugin, Plugins, WordPress
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I’ve done some minor maintenance around here. Can you spot the differences? Probably not. What I’ve done is upgraded my old Sandbox 0.6.1 theme to the new 1.0 version, and made a few minor adjustments to my CSS to account for the differences. [...]
By Dougal
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Posted in Semantics, Themes, WordPress
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Also tagged categories, delicious, Flickr, Metadata, Sandbox, SemanticWeb, tagging, Tags, WordPress
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WeLoveWP.com highlights great looking WordPress sites, and it’s powered by WordPress, too!
From time to time, someone will hear that I’m involved with WordPress, and ask me a few questions about it. [...]
I’ve mentioned the Sandbox theme for WordPress a couple of times before, but I’ve neglected to point out the Sandbox Designs Competition that is going on right now. [...]
When I’m putting a new web site together, one thing that sometimes bugs me is choosing which fonts to use. I’ll typically throw together a list of fonts that I like, decide to use this set of serif fonts for these page elements, and that set of sans-serif fonts for those other elements, select some fallback choices for my stylesheet, and let it go at that. [...]
Co-worker Stephen Touset has described what he calls the Browsenberg Uncertainty Principle:
As one increases the layout precision of a section on a webpage, all other sections of the page have their layouts perturbed by a proportional amount.
And its corollary:
The more precisely one specifies positioning and layout for a page in one browser, the less accurately every other browser will render it.
Make sure you follow the link and also read his example of a typical exchange between a customer and a web designer. [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but my wife, Susan, finally has a WordPress blog. You can check it out at DigitalDivas.net. As you’ll see when you get there, It’s Pink! Susan spent a lot of time adapting some CSS techniques for her site, and I helped her turn her html code into a WP theme.
I’m sure she’ll be posting on a variety of topics, from web design and technology, to current events, to family matters. [...]
