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/admin script is finally updated, although probably some problems will be found with more testing. It now acts more like /subscription (I mean the top level http://www.digitalmediatree.com/subscription) where you can make changes to mulitple entries (for /admin this means for multiple users) at one time. Much better.

Not so important for our uses here, but good for other implementations.

This will all be clear one day when I write some documentation.
- jim 7-30-2001 3:31 pm [link] [add a comment]

This is a first attempt, so probably the whole implementation will change, but you can now have some control over the size of fonts. I did this for Steve who can barely read the 'posted by:' lines because they show up too small on his machine.

If you go to /system/prefs you can change the size of both the regular font and the smaller 'posted by' font. Leave the top box empty (or type default) to not alter the page font. Type in a point size followed pt to change the page font to a specified size. 12pt will get you 12 point type.

The bottom box is for the 'posted by' font size. This defaults to 'smaller' (that's how it is set now - this just makes it one step down in point size from whatever you have your browser font size set to.) You can change this to a specific point size. Probably something around 10pt or 12pt is what you want.

Feel free to experiment. Only effects what you see. Unfortunately, at this time, it won't work for pages which have their own style-sheets specified (arboretum, tommoody) and it won't work on dratfink.

Hope that helps Steve at least.
- jim 7-29-2001 7:22 pm [link] [9 comments]

The 'build a template' option in /create (the script for creating new pages) was not working correctly. Specifically, it wouldn't work if you put anything in the style sheet box (which is pretty necessary if you are building a template.)

Should be working now.
- jim 7-29-2001 5:31 pm [link] [add a comment]

Rewrote most of the /log script. This is what always happens. I can't really tell how to write something until I am able to use it. This presents a sort of chicken and egg problem that occasionally keeps me from writing anything at all. The thing to do is just plow ahead and try not to think that probably you will throw out your first design. Or if not completely throw out, at least seriously rework.

Anyway, now in /editpage you just turn logging on or off. On the /log page you will now see a pull down menu at the top which will be set to whatever style you have for that page (complete; without your hits; without any member hits.) You can change the style with this menu.

Also, and this was the bigger change internally, you can now see the /log of any page you have the ability to post to. The system will remember the style of log settings for each person seperately (so I could have /treehouse/log set for no member hits, and someone else could have that same log set to show the complete record.)

Possibly the red numbers (which denote new hits since you last checked that log) will be incorrect for your first look at the log under the new system. But it will correct itself on subsequent looks.
- jim 7-29-2001 3:13 pm [link] [add a comment]