New site testing thread

sushan
 May 29, 2008, 01:00 PM posted in General Discussion

Hi all, this thread is for trying out the commenting features of the new site so that we don't clog up the lesson comments with gibberish. The thread can be removed when its purpose is completed.

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sushan
 May 29, 2008, 02:59 PM

作业

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sushan
 May 30, 2008, 02:26 PM

农家乐

let's go

我们走

 

ctrl-x, ctrl-y are still way messed up....

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derek
 May 29, 2008, 09:14 PM

NICE box SUSHAN - very ZEN. Viewing with firefox it is a about 1 meter high, in IE it is 1 mm high. :)

  • 哦饿死哦吃
  • 饱穿暖
  • 吃不开
  • 吃不消
  • 吃喝风
  • 乱收费
  • 乱说不清
  • 糟糕！

mmmm, nice! pretty colours.

  1. commenting functions do not work properly in firefox
  2. they only works properly in IE.

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derek
 May 29, 2008, 09:17 PM

And NOW I have a big blank grey square at the left top of the page?

It will not go away!

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derek
 May 29, 2008, 09:29 PM

Its just a crappy quicktime plugin, I can live without it.

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sarahjs
 May 29, 2008, 09:56 PM

Hmmm. this is strange. Cause when the site went live, I was able to post quite happily in Firefox, (my prefered browser) then after reading Derek's post, I tried again to post.  I could type and be Bold italic underline and strikethrough. But I couldn't change the colour of the text or highlight it. Which is kinda annoying, why has it stopped working? I love the new site but the bugs are sorta making me a little sad, as I was sooooo excited before.

Aah, never mind, hopefully things will work out.

and yes that little box is SOOO big in firefox.

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riceeater
 May 30, 2008, 01:09 AM

In IE the default font size for posting is way to small.  Please increase the font size.  

I know we can use ctrl + to increase the magnification of the page, but it should not be necessary. 

None of the other text sites I read on the web regulary, i.e. online newspapers, blogs, etc. have such small text.

Reading English, my native language, is a strain.  Reading Chinese characters at this size is almost impossible.

Please, WEB MASTER, change the default font size for posts and comments.

 

Thanks.

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sanptest111
 May 30, 2008, 02:58 AM

这个页面好卡。还好我是3g内存. o(∩_∩)o

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tvan
 May 30, 2008, 04:08 AM

Playing around with the image/link functions.

 

Trinity River

Hmmm, don't see anything.  Does the link work?  I can link to photos, but seem to be doing something wrong when I try to insert a graphic.  If anyone has suggestions, I'd be happy to listen.  I set the width at 425 and height at 318.

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calkins
 May 30, 2008, 04:29 AM

Tvan, it looks like the problem is that the link you put in for the photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/tvanluven/Rafting/photo#5205795682632923554) is not where the photo actually resides.

What you need to do, when linking to a site like picasa or flickr, is:

1.  Within picasa or flickr, right-click the photo.

2.  Click "Copy Image Location" (which in this case is http://lh6.ggpht.com/tvanluven/SD6zl4SY-aI/AAAAAAAAAdI/EgScZw40-9c/IMG_1596.jpg?imgmax=720)

3.  Use the "Insert/edit Image" tool in the comment box, like you did above.

4.  Enter the image URL (from step 2) and any other info...

Hope this helps.

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sushan
 May 29, 2008, 03:07 PM

饱冰

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sushan
 May 30, 2008, 05:42 AM

  • may 20thcan i post from firefox yet?

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joannah
 May 30, 2008, 05:50 AM

Firefox posting is working for me

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bazza
 May 30, 2008, 05:51 AM

 

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bazza
 May 30, 2008, 06:11 AM

I noticed it says 'wating' after you click the add comment button.

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sushan
 May 30, 2008, 06:17 AM

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lZiN2iPkNkM&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lZiN2iPkNkM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

 

 

 

...see if pasting works for videos....

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bazza
 May 30, 2008, 09:33 AM

That's a much better font size. 好看

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tvan
 May 30, 2008, 01:16 PM

Calkins, thx.  I've written down you instructions for posterity.  I think Cpod should go through your HTML suggestions and add them to the help section.

No, this Trinity River is in the Northern California Coast Range between the thriving metropolises of Redding (my birthplace) and Arcata (my current residence).

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sushan
 May 30, 2008, 02:24 PM

whenever I try to post video it doesn't take. the video works in the preview, but when I click 'add comment' the page does nothing and the comment with video is not added. About to try with a picture...

 

...picture worked ok. Another thing about the video, even if I remove the video anything more I do in the post will have the same results. ie and firefox have same issue.

 

Now how long do I have left to edit?

 

Now how long?

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calkins
 May 30, 2008, 04:37 AM

P.S. Is this the Trinity River in Texas?