Comments on: LoGroNo site revamp http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/ The people, issues, and events of Northfield, MN Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy Davis http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94411 Tracy Davis Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:14:16 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94411 I changed it to the left sidebar. It behaves better over there. I changed it to the left sidebar. It behaves better over there.

]]> By: Barry Cipra http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94410 Barry Cipra Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:22:06 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94410 It's amusing to note that the Twitter badge does *not* obscure the Ads by Google. In other words, it only covers up things it considers unimportant.... It’s amusing to note that the Twitter badge does *not* obscure the Ads by Google. In other words, it only covers up things it considers unimportant….

]]> By: Rob Hardy http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94409 Rob Hardy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:15:06 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94409 Um, hello?! Your Twitter "Follow Us" badge is obscuring the comments on my small screen! Um, hello?! Your Twitter “Follow Us” badge is obscuring the comments on my small screen!

]]> By: Tracy Davis http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94377 Tracy Davis Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:54:52 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94377 I think we're just about done, now. The shifting columns were my fault, I was experimenting and hoping I did it in a condensed timeframe so that not many people would be annoyed and/or freaked out by it. You're right, Kiffi, it *is* technically possible to do the redesign on a staging server and then move everything over etc etc but that takes a helluva lot more time/effort/skill for us to do, with a higher risk of seriously effing something up. Sorry for the frustration, and thanks for hanging in there with us! I think we’re just about done, now. The shifting columns were my fault, I was experimenting and hoping I did it in a condensed timeframe so that not many people would be annoyed and/or freaked out by it.

You’re right, Kiffi, it *is* technically possible to do the redesign on a staging server and then move everything over etc etc but that takes a helluva lot more time/effort/skill for us to do, with a higher risk of seriously effing something up.

Sorry for the frustration, and thanks for hanging in there with us!

]]> By: kiffi summa http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94375 kiffi summa Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:38:18 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94375 Griff: I think she told you... it's too mini! Now seriously, Griff, you're making everyone nuts with all these changes, and everything moving from right to left and back to right again and it never is really RIGHT! Can't you just put a 'trial' up , and then go 'behind the scenes' and do all the site' construction' you want and then put up a finished product? What's all this sophisticated technology for if you can't do that? Get behind the screen, Mr. OZ! I'm not contributing a penny til it settles down...and believe me, Rob; you do NOT want that MUG on that MUG! Oh, scusi... that's the other thread... Griff: I think she told you… it’s too mini!

Now seriously, Griff, you’re making everyone nuts with all these changes, and everything moving from right to left and back to right again and it never is really RIGHT!
Can’t you just put a ‘trial’ up , and then go ‘behind the scenes’ and do all the site’ construction’ you want and then put up a finished product? What’s all this sophisticated technology for if you can’t do that? Get behind the screen, Mr. OZ!

I’m not contributing a penny til it settles down…and believe me, Rob; you do NOT want that MUG on that MUG!
Oh, scusi… that’s the other thread…

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94300 Griff Wigley Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:21:13 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94300 Paul, the message numbers on comments are now working. Paul, the message numbers on comments are now working.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94298 Griff Wigley Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:30:28 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94298 I've now de-pinked my comments. Background color to comments should now just alternate between white and gray. I’ve now de-pinked my comments. Background color to comments should now just alternate between white and gray.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94292 Griff Wigley Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:47 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94292 Paul/Jane, I'm color-impaired so the current colors are the new theme's defaults. Tracy will be tackling that job shortly. But am I really always pink? I hadn't noticed. Cool! Paul, I currently can't figure out why this theme is overriding the plugin that creates the message numbers. But that will be fixed. Jane, what don't you like about the mini-column with the comments/discussion? Paul/Jane, I’m color-impaired so the current colors are the new theme’s defaults. Tracy will be tackling that job shortly.

But am I really always pink? I hadn’t noticed. Cool!

Paul, I currently can’t figure out why this theme is overriding the plugin that creates the message numbers. But that will be fixed.

Jane, what don’t you like about the mini-column with the comments/discussion?

]]> By: Paul Zorn http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94291 Paul Zorn Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:21:12 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94291 I wondered about Griff's pink, too. It must mean something. What I really miss, though, are the message numbers. It's hard to refer to an earlier message without them. I wondered about Griff’s pink, too. It must mean something.

What I really miss, though, are the message numbers. It’s hard to refer to an earlier message without them.

]]> By: Jane Moline http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94192 Jane Moline Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:28:14 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94192 I don't like the mini-column with recent blog comments, but otherwise it is a great improvement--I love the look. BUT....I can't stand looking at a white screen too long--just too much bright. Love the banners and the changing colors of the poster-commments--but I don't know why Griff always gets to be pink. I don’t like the mini-column with recent blog comments, but otherwise it is a great improvement--I love the look.

BUT….I can’t stand looking at a white screen too long--just too much bright.

Love the banners and the changing colors of the poster-commments--but I don’t know why Griff always gets to be pink.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94179 Griff Wigley Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:00 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94179 The Blog Categories are broken so I've removed them from the navigation bars for now. The Blog Categories are broken so I’ve removed them from the navigation bars for now.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94178 Griff Wigley Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:23:03 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94178 Thanks, Rob. The discussion column stands out even more on individual posts pages and other pages as I've disabled the member sideblog on all but the home page. Thanks, Rob. The discussion column stands out even more on individual posts pages and other pages as I’ve disabled the member sideblog on all but the home page.

]]> By: Rob Hardy http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94176 Rob Hardy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:32:48 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94176 Actually, the default colors aren't bad. The alternating colors for the columns helps to compensate for the difference in column width. The comments column stands out more, instead of seeming crowded out by what you consider more valuable real estate.:) Actually, the default colors aren’t bad. The alternating colors for the columns helps to compensate for the difference in column width. The comments column stands out more, instead of seeming crowded out by what you consider more valuable real estate.:)

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94174 Griff Wigley Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:18:03 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94174 It's just the default boring colors for now till I get some expert help later this week. It’s just the default boring colors for now till I get some expert help later this week.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94170 Griff Wigley Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:53:22 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94170 I'm experimenting with a new theme/template tonight. And I'm delaying on the membership ad banners till I get a few things fixed. I’m experimenting with a new theme/template tonight.

And I’m delaying on the membership ad banners till I get a few things fixed.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94126 Griff Wigley Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:19:03 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94126 <p>The <a href="http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/membership/" rel="nofollow">LG Membership page</a> is now ready.  Feedback puhlease!  </p> <p>Ad banners for the membership drive start going up on Monday. <br /> </p> The LG Membership page is now ready.  Feedback puhlease! 

Ad banners for the membership drive start going up on Monday.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94089 Griff Wigley Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:04:32 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94089 Be careful, Rob, or you'll be demoted to LoGroNo's steerage section. ;-) Since the membership sidebar blog would contain full blown blog posts with links, images, video, etc, I definitely want there to be more real estate for them than the comments. I anticipate devoting more editorial time to them, too, helping the authors improve them before publishing them. Some of those membership posts will likely get 'promoted' to the main blog, too. But recent comments are still front and center. Be careful, Rob, or you’ll be demoted to LoGroNo’s steerage section. ;-)

Since the membership sidebar blog would contain full blown blog posts with links, images, video, etc, I definitely want there to be more real estate for them than the comments. I anticipate devoting more editorial time to them, too, helping the authors improve them before publishing them. Some of those membership posts will likely get ‘promoted’ to the main blog, too.

But recent comments are still front and center.

]]> By: Rob Hardy http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/comment-page-1/#comment-94087 Rob Hardy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:43:29 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13943/#comment-94087 I really hope you're not planning to let the elite membership sidebar continue to dwarf and crowd out the proletarian comments column. (I say this at the risk of being calling into your office for sarcasm again.) I really hope you’re not planning to let the elite membership sidebar continue to dwarf and crowd out the proletarian comments column. (I say this at the risk of being calling into your office for sarcasm again.)

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