Pardon Our Dust
They've been experimenting on you I'm afraid.
Not content to leave well enough alone, I'm playing with a newbug feature: showing post summaries or "snippets" by default, with a link to see the post in its entirety.
Not theMomma snippet! (Click to see full post)
Not. For details see my explanation in comment #9.**
Yet another update: IE issue now resolved. I think.
This may prove to be more trouble than it's worth. For one thing I haven't figured out how to not present the "See The Rest" link on non-snippeted posts. This doesn't hurt anything, but it implies there's more to the post than what you initally see.* Another side-effect: you'll have to click something - the "Home" link, the weblog title, your browser's "Back" button or equivalent to see all that other great stuff here.*
Anyway I want to try this for a bit, see how it goes. Please let me know if you like it, hate it, don't much care one way or another, etc. Especially etc.
Thanks, folks!
UPDATE I re-read the Blogger Help page where I found this trick; they mention one of the side-effects I noted. Ha, ha, ha. It is to laugh.
Disadvantages: Requires changes to the posts themselves, rather than to the template only. However, the "read more" link is in the template, so it will appear regardless of whether a post has been truncated or not. (Modifying this feature is left as an exercise for the reader.)
D'Oh!
YET ANOTHER UPDATE Found a solution to the aforementioned exercise. Happy, I am.
* These statements are not invitations to offer commental abuse. You don't need an invitation for that sort of thing. :)
** Anyone else automatically think of The Beatles upon seeing a reference to "number 9?"
Not content to leave well enough alone, I'm playing with a new
Not the
Not. For details see my explanation in comment #9.**
Yet another update: IE issue now resolved. I think.
This may prove to be more trouble than it's worth. For one thing I haven't figured out how to not present the "See The Rest" link on non-snippeted posts. This doesn't hurt anything, but it implies there's more to the post than what you initally see.* Another side-effect: you'll have to click something - the "Home" link, the weblog title, your browser's "Back" button or equivalent to see all that other great stuff here.*
Anyway I want to try this for a bit, see how it goes. Please let me know if you like it, hate it, don't much care one way or another, etc. Especially etc.
Thanks, folks!
UPDATE I re-read the Blogger Help page where I found this trick; they mention one of the side-effects I noted. Ha, ha, ha. It is to laugh.
Disadvantages: Requires changes to the posts themselves, rather than to the template only. However, the "read more" link is in the template, so it will appear regardless of whether a post has been truncated or not. (Modifying this feature is left as an exercise for the reader.)
D'Oh!
YET ANOTHER UPDATE Found a solution to the aforementioned exercise. Happy, I am.
* These statements are not invitations to offer commental abuse. You don't need an invitation for that sort of thing. :)
** Anyone else automatically think of The Beatles upon seeing a reference to "number 9?"
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8/25/2005 11:45:00 AM
15 Emissions:
Such a laid-back, dispassionate view... :-O
Score one for Team LeaveItAlone.
Wow Demosthenes, did you just collectively diss the finest group of people I've never met? The Radioactive Jam Flame PotentioMeters are pegged, dude; better put a fireproof suit on over some Kevlar!
Anyway. Novel? For me, yes. Pro? I have no idea. I hope nothing like this goes over anyone's head! Seems pretty simple to me: short intro, click for more.
I'm just experimenting, kind of *ahem* monkeying around, that's all. Like I said, can't leave well enough alone.
Interesting idea. Playing with fate? *rubs chin while pondering* This would be good for those who like to test new ideas. Anyways, yes you should write a novel, calling it "War and Monkeys".
(Ha Ha)
I clicked the link. There was nothing there! I'm with Lou on this one, leave well enough alone! I'm all against more clicking. tires the fingers.
besides...if it aint broke, don't fix it. to quote one of the most cliched phrases in history.
I loves me some blog repairs....the future awaits, Jam.
Ah. Now I understand:
Firefox = works
MSIE = doesn't work.
Excuse me for a moment while I think truly horrible thoughts about Microsoft and their plan for world domination through total disregard for conventional html standards.
Thank you. Heading back to normal; innovation and bright ideas shelved.
I missed all the fun! Pooh. I'm never going home sick again.
What's dem der default links thingies you mentioned?
Gosh... I need to brush up on my reading ability so that I can make my blog look and act perty...
They're victims of ... never mind. :)
If you want to see What Was, here's a Blogger help link - with an example - that got me interested in trying the little experiment [Link].
Except the example doesn't work, sorry. Maybe that should have told me something.
"left as an exercise for the reader"
Why the low-down, sneaky, scumsucking...
Oh, well, if abuse isn't an option, I don't even know why I come here....
Glo ... it's always an option. Even though invitations aren't necessary, consider yourself permanently invited. :)
Two extra clicks has all you people bent out of shape? Jam, I thought it was fine. In fact, (puts on Movable Type hat) this is a built-in feature in Movable Type, it allows you to display post excerpts on your index page with a link to read more. I haven't found instance to use it yet, but doggone it, I will. If it's the last thing I do...
(I'm feeling dramatic today.)
Omar, thanks for understanding. Truth is, I will most likely use the feature on selected posts once I figure out a way to make IE not barf on the script.
In reality the "extra clicks" aspect is kind of a non-issue. If you don't click a link, you click a scrollbar (or spin a wheel); fingers and mice either way.
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