Hooray! I'm finally getting some comments for the first time from other folks in the blogosphere. Thanks to swagy and domestika for taking the time to stop by and drop me a line; do me a favor and swing by A Swag Man's Notes and so you wannabee a Domestik Goddess and check them out. Swagy's blog is a little like mine, but a lot more focused and literate. Domestika, meanwhile, is a sort of "Frugal Gourmet"-type blogger, except she replaces "frugal gourmet" with "home and garden on a budget."
That being said, their comments have exposed a glaring flaw in my blog. It's not so evident when you go to the "post a comment" page (which is where you end up when you click on "0 comments" below most of these posts).
However, when you pull up an individual post (for instance, clicking on the first link in this particular post will take you to the post in question. Clicking on the # sign to the left of "posted by Brandon G." at the end of each post will do the same), the comments section looks like it's been hijacked by the Reader's Digest Large Print edition. It is ugly.
So, I throw the question out to whatever audience there is looking at this:
Any ideas on how to make the comments look more presentable - ideally, in the same size and typeface as my posts? I don't really see any options in the "template" tab of the posting module, and I fear that the answer is going to be, "Well, you're going to have to change your overall template from 'Sand Dollar' to something else." I hate to go that route, but will if I must.
Your thoughts?
Thursday, April 20, 2006
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Hi Brandon. Thanks for the plug! About your blog issues: The good news is that you don't have to switch to a new template! The bad news (how bad depends on your comfort level with HTML) is that you'll need to edit your template code... Feel up for it?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reply, Domestika! I wouldn't have been heartbroken if I had to switch to a new template - Sand Dollar is really kind of a dog.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, I've not dug too deeply into the template - I had assumed (and you know what happens we assume, right?) that there'd be a separate template for comments. So, that said, I hope that maybe it's just a simple change of font face and size? Am I on the right track?
Thanks for pointing me in that direction! :~)
If you look at the start of your template code, I bet you'll find a bunch of lines that use CSS to set things like font size, color, etc. for the various components of the page.
ReplyDeleteSave a copy of the template (!!!) and then test out what happens when you change the percentage for font size in those lines that seem to pertain to comments. You're looking for something like "font-size:110%" to change to, oh, "font-size:90%" or such...
It's a bit of a trial-and-error thing, but you'll feel just so empowered when you get it done!
Wow ... thank you so much! I used to be a little more of a whiz at HTML several moons ago, but I think you had me at "CSS."
ReplyDeleteI'll play around with it, and perhaps something magical will come to pass. :~) Thanks so much again, and thanks for coming by in spite of the lack of blogging on my part the last couple of weeks.
We learn the best by doing. (My mother always told me that.) But if you want more help, after giving it a "good college try" just drop a note via my blog and we'll see if perhaps together we can beat your template into submission... :-)
ReplyDeleteOK ... how's this? Any better? Been mucking around in the muck a little bit. The HTML is starting to come back to me somewhat. Bramble Tamble is looking slightly less doggish.
ReplyDeleteOnly slightly, though.
G'day
ReplyDeleteI love to read your blogg.
Thanks for the plug.
If you are interested I have started a podcast, there is a link on my home page.
If you listen let me know how you like it :)
Thanks, Swagy! I appreciate the kind words, and I swing by your blog on a semi-daily basis as well! Very enjoyable stuff.
ReplyDeleteI'll check out the podcast this weekend and let you know!
Thanks again!
Looking good, BrambleMan! Text sizes are much more sane, and the "Permalink" link is easier to understand than the # sign thing that was there before. Looks like you've got the hang of this template-tweaking thing now!
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