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Switched themes to Barthelme; very simple and elegant. Removed the Chili code highlighting line-numbering, which only worked intermittently, tended to get lost in the margins of the <pre> elements, and didn't add much.
2008 10 23 Danny Comments (0)

Testing demo insertion

I added some potentially dangerous code to automatically turn code examples (things in <code> elements with class demo into actual HTML or javascript that are added to the post. The javascript part works; I used it in the last post; here's testing the HTML insertion: <div style="background: purple; margin: 2px">This is a test</div> And more [...]
2008 08 14 Danny jQuery Comments (1)

Testing Chili

I like the idea of syntax coloring, so let's see if Chili works: alert('Hello, world'); and another: <div>Hello, <em>world</em></div> I'm trying to be as HTML5-compliant as possible, at least in the sense of using their standards rather than making up my own, so the Chili setup I'm using is: $.extend(ChiliBook, { [...]
2008 08 10 Danny jQuery Comments (1)

Formatting in Internet Explorer

I just looked at the blog in IE, and it looks like my <pre> elements mess everything up. They have the CSS set as scroll: auto, but IE doesn't care. Honestly, at this point, I don't care either. This blog is for me to document my thoughts on creating the Young Israel website and [...]
2008 08 03 admin Comments (0)

A jQuery Wordpress plugin

The Using Javascript page in the Codex says to include common javascript files in your header.php file, but that means re-writing it whenever you change themes. I created a simple plugin that includes jQuery and ui.jquery on each page; it's <?php /* Plugin Name: jQuery Plugin URI: http://youngisrael-stl.org/wordpress/ Description: Includes the jQuery javascript framework (and the ui.jquery plugins) in your page, [...]
2008 08 03 Danny jQuery Comments (0)

Organizing the Shiur Archives

I was trying to figure out how to organize the shiurim in a way that allowed for "AND" filters; something like author=shulman&tag=audio&tanach. Regular expressions won't work; but PHP allows you to use [] after a name and it automatically creates an array, so author=shulman&tag[]=audio&tag[]=tanach works (tag=audio&tag=tanach just overwrites the first tag). The archive filter is now [...]
2008 08 03 admin Comments (0)

The new Young Israel site

It’s finally live: the redesigned Young Israel site. So far, the feedback has been all positive, and I figured I’d have more free time once it was done. But nooooooo: I’m going to have to reorganize the shiur archives; with Rabbi Shulman adding 2+ a week, it’s going to add up fast. I like the [...]

2007 12 08 admin Comments (2)

Maintaining this site, in pictures

’nuff said.
http://irregularwebcomic.net/1736.html

2007 11 06 Danny Comments (0)

Ajax, Style elements and Safari

As I mentioned before, I don't have access to a modern version of Safari and when I pass an Apple store, I try to play with it and the site. Something always pops up to bite me. This time it was an improved version of my Hebrew keyboard, that I made into a popup, absolutely-positioned <div> [...]
2007 10 02 Danny Comments (0)

Redesign meeting

Just completed a long meeting about the website, which will be undergoing a major redesign, hopefully before the yomim tovim. The Lubchansky's think we should roll it out all at once, completed, rather than redesign and then recompose, to maximize the impact. So the site will stay as it is. Watch this space for more [...]
2007 08 15 Danny Comments (0)