Ok everyone, more changes :) I've setup something called "expandable post summaries." Now I'm sure you all know what that means, but I'll still explain what they are.
As you may have noticed, there is now a Read More! link at the bottom of every post. This will allow us to save a big chunk of space on the home page - the entire article you post will be broken up. Basically, the home page will have a short intro to what your post is about (or the entire post if it is short) then under the read more, you babble on and on and on about whatever it is you are posting about.
The benefits should be pretty obvious. Aside from being neater, we'll be able to see more posts, as you can only display so much information on one page.
What does that mean for all of you? Well, we get to have a very SIMPLE lesson in HTML :) From now on when you create a new post, you'll notice that the following text is already in the post:
<span class="fullpost"></span>
Simply put your "summary" in front of this text and your "post body" in between <span class="fullpost"> and </span>. Here's an example of how it should look:
Here is the beginning of my post.
<span class="fullpost">And here is the rest of it.</span>
We will only see "Here is the beginning of my post." on the front page; we will need to click on Read More! to read the rest. Please try it out and let me know if you have any problems.
Other things of note: notice when you post you have an Edit HTML tab and a Compose tab ... you'll need to use the Edit HTML tab to make sure you have placed the summary and body in the right locations. You can then use Compose to get fancy - change fonts, colors, add links to webpages, etc. Please feel free to explore, don't worry about breaking anything - you really can't. I can always help you fix anything that doesn't quite look right. OK, post away!!!
Friday, January 07, 2005
Posting Changes
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Also, you should see a pencil icon next to all of YOUR posts. This allows you to quickly edit the post if you need to. Only the author can see the pencil icon. And one last thing ... we don't need to put our names as we post, you'll notice blogger actually puts "posted by" and then your username. Ok, that's it for now.
I like the "neater and cleaner" look - just makes sense. Of course, since Ben and I seem to be senile and like to ramble on like a couple of old duffers on a park bench in the middle of Hicksville, you would've needed to do that anyway. I'm glad you wrote out how to do it, and you also made it easy to understand - thanks!
That's what I do ... teach people how to program :)
Thanks for the feedback ... was hoping everybody would like it.
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