Tag Archives: testing
Posted on 23-Jun-2007
I've wanted OpenID authentication on my site for a long time, because it would allow readers with OpenIDs to easily add comments here. If you'd like to help with testing, please do so at this article at Sairuh.org, a test site I've setup with OpenID authentication. Thanks!
A simple explanation of ...
Posted on 24-May-2007
I admit it, I find soy milk suspicious. Sure, it works nicely as a creamy substitute in soups; and the occasional soy cheese I've had at Izakaya restaurants has been tasty. I've even had a couple soy-based ice cream sandwiches which nearly fooled me, taste and texture-wise.
But soy milk. As ...
Posted on 13-Apr-2007
When I started using WordPress last year, one aspect took me a while to understand and refine: blog comments. What's more, commenting is the most obvious form of interaction on this site.
But I wanted to avoid spam. How badly I wanted to avoid any kind of junk ad, specious link, ...
Posted on 16-Dec-2006
The Bad Behavior plugin seems to block my friends who try to syndicate this site on LiveJournal. I might need to fiddle with whitelisting.
Speaking of whitelists, why oh why are comments made by registered WordPress users being held for moderation (including myself)? This is by both Akismet spam moderation and ...
Posted on 15-Dec-2006
To my dear users who are so kind as to help me test this test site: Please feel free to post feedback about comments and user registration here. Muchas gracias!
Posted on 05-Nov-2006
system;
Ahem. Actually, the issue was Apache's mod_security not allowing certain strings to be posted here. I get a 503 web server error if I sneak in a set of parenthesis () right after the word "system" and the semicolon. So to fix this, I'd need to modify the rules there ...
Posted on 01-Oct-2006
[Update] So it turns out that Vienna refreshes new articles from the last 24 hours. Expunging articles that are older than the last 24 hours should get rid of them, unless (again) there've been changes to either the article URL or title. In addition, according to the Vienna support forum, ...
Posted on 01-Oct-2006
[Update] I've decided to go with MarsEdit. While it has a few issues (not respecting settings for password protected or private posts in WordPress, afaict), MarsEdit does the bulk of what I need to get done for blog writing, with a simple, clear user interface.
Testing ecto 2.4.1 in rich text ...
Posted on 11-Sep-2006
Yesterday I finally got around to scouring the Theme Viewer site for possible themes to use. I really like how they allow you to select on the number of columns, liquid vs. fixed width, color scheme and widget readiness. Best of all, Theme Viewer lets you run a live test ...
Posted on 11-Sep-2006
What I'd need in a theme (first thoughts):
2-column layout. Prefer sidebar on left? Might need 3-columns for recipe entries.
Liquid design.
Keyboard accessible.
Strong preference for XHTML 1.0 Strict markup.
Widget-able, able to cope with JS customization. AJAX support/addons a plus.
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