Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 9:56pm
Hi there, rarely-heard-from techMama Lynn back again. The tech changes long needed at the Hipmama family of websites are finally finished. It should be much easier to keep up with things now, from my perspective anyway! The folks here are still working on the purty, but it looks a little better than it did! Thank you for your patience.
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smileys are fixed
...and there are more of them. Share and enjoy!
***family values are for EVERYONE***
It is so very purdy!
I like it!!
Thanks!!
love it so far
Looks so pretty!
Sunflower the unflower
Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky
looks good!
and much appreciated ^_^
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Love it lady
Thanks for all your hard work.
what happened to the sigs??
what happened to the sigs??
Jessica
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind~~Dr.Seuss
Hmmm. That's a good
Hmmm. That's a good question! Will have to look into it!
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
wow
Amazing. Looks so with the times! Thanks for all the work you've been doing. Oh, and I'd like to second that concern about the teaser/body thing. That's my only complaint. But yeah. Cool!
"Feminists are just women who don't want to be treated like shit." -Su.
Hey, and that's without
Hey, and that's without changing anything at all about the template! This is just the basics. I might yet go in and tweak colors and stuff, but we'll see. So if things look different several different times over the weekend, I'm playing.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
oooh, pink!
it's purdy. can you try purple next??
Sure! I'm looking for stuff
Sure! I'm looking for stuff that will match a potential new site image, I don't think purple will be it, but then I don't have the image yet either!
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
can't wait to see what the final product looks like!
thanks for all your hard work, susan and lynn! <3
Blue, blue, I vote for
Blue, blue, I vote for blue!!! (my vote totally counts, right?!)
I'll make the site blue
I'll make the site blue tomorrow for you. : )
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
seconded.
i find this green..... distracting..
p.s. where are the italics? can we not do that anymore?
"the explosive powder he was hiding in his underwear failed to detonate"
come out
Italics? Is the < i >
Italics?
Is the < i > (without the spaces) not working any more? Testing, testing...
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
Ah ha... I think I know how
Ah ha... I think I know how to fix that... 'ang about... /red dwarf reference...
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
Fixed! Oh how I love the
Fixed! Oh how I love the simple ones to fix!
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
testing italics
italics
"the explosive powder he was hiding in his underwear failed to detonate"
come out
Really? I love the green!
Really? I love the green! It's my favorite so far!
"Feminists are just women who don't want to be treated like shit." -Su.
yeah really
but i have issues with green.
"the explosive powder he was hiding in his underwear failed to detonate"
come out
I understand. I have issues
I understand. I have issues with Metallica.
"Feminists are just women who don't want to be treated like shit." -Su.
Wow, it's shockingly
Wow, it's shockingly different yet quite nice. I think I like it! Great job, thanks!
a note:
i'm having some trouble getting used to this "teaser" vs "body" setup here. when you click on a post, you only see the body, but often the post starts in the "teaser" and it's weird as a reader when you're reading and pertinent information is missing, and weird as a writer, trying to decide what to put in which box and whether to repeat one self.
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come out
"the explosive powder he was hiding in his underwear failed to detonate"
come out
Yeah, I hear you. I need
Yeah, I hear you. I need Lynn's help to see if we can't get the teaser part removed. It's a content management function meant for publication situations rather than a simple text entry function... My recommendation for now is to not use the teaser at all. Text will automatically be selected from the body to fill in the teaser as necessary like before & then you can just ignore the whole thing.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
is there any way
we can get some spaces back?
i'm finding it really hard to read the threads now that there's no space between the id stamp and the text (i.e.: Submitted by motherfluffer on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 1:27pm.) as well as the text and our signatures.
plus it's hard to read the really long posts now that we can no longer put spaces between our paragraphs.
thx
The changes aren't done yet
The changes aren't done yet -- I think we're still waiting for an upgrade & then the final aesthetic tweaking stuff.
Not sure what happened with all of that, but I'll see if she can't help figure that stuff out too.
Thanks!
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
thank you
we appreciate all that y'all do!
I looked at the config stuff
I looked at the config stuff that I can see & line breaks are supposed to be showing up as line breaks, so... I'm perplexed. Hopefully the final upgrade fixes it?
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
when you click on somebody's name
what does the 'web links' part mean, what is that function?
creative life | children
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
That's a functionality I
That's a functionality I need to kill. I've only ever seen it abused by spammers. Everyone else seems to more or less know how to include a link in a comment/body... < smile-y face >
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
so that's what it does?
it adds links?
creative life | children
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
More like that's *all* it
More like that's *all* it does. Yeah. Worst. "Feature." EVAR.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
Will the upgrade fix the search?
The search on the site only brings up really old stuff, like 2004, 2005. Will the upgrades fix this? Or if not, can you embed google search within the site?
creative life | children
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It was a long time ago, but
It was a long time ago, but I think we disabled search because the search engine bots were overwhelming the site & causing major (*major*!!!) performance issues. I don't know if that's fixed in the upgraded drupal versions, or if that's an external issue.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
changes are not 100% done
Early next week I'll be upgrading all three sites AGAIN to the most current Drupal; this was an interim step. Then we be doin' the pretty. Susan et al are getting their ideas together.
***family values are for EVERYONE***
***family values are for EVERYONE***
thank you.
come out
"the explosive powder he was hiding in his underwear failed to detonate"
come out
I have to admit...
It's kind of freakin' me out a little bit. I'll get used to it?
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"Feminists are just women who don't want to be treated like shit." -Su.
"Feminists are just women who don't want to be treated like shit." -Su.
don't
Don't get used to it. This is an interim step. Once I finish the basic upgrade/consolidation of code base for all three "sisters" then I have to come back and upgrade everyone to Drupal 6.x. THEN we'll start making it purty again--maybe even purtier.
***family values are for EVERYONE***
***family values are for EVERYONE***
ah I see
ya'll doing a new logo also or bringing the most recent one back?
creative life | children
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
We're looking at some new
We're looking at some new stuff.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
Good luck
I can't even figure out my cell phone. Thanks for all that you do, Lynn.
Sunflower the unflower
Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky
Sunflower the unflower
Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky
seconded!
you rock, mama!
so long supermom
thanks for all your hard work, lynn!
man, things look SOOO different around here. it's like coming home and finding out that TLC's "while you were out" remodelled your living room...it's very cool, but it feels like you're in a strange, new place for awhile til you get used to it!! seriously, though, thanks again to you and everyone else (susan, i'm looking in your direction, here!) who tirelessly works so that we can have our hip mama. you fucking rock!
btw, i'm not sure if anyone else noticed, but links are busted...you prob already noticed, but just in case...
(smileys are back, yo!)
http://www.clinically-inane.blogspot.com
Yep, there is more upgrading
Yep, there is more upgrading ahead, so things are likely to shifty-shifty-shifty a little bit more over the next little while as we do that & then poke at stuff with pointy sticks to see what breaks. We'll eventually try to add a little more color & stuff back into the site too, but for right now that's time intensive for stuff that's just going to be lost in the next upgrade anyway.
Some links are totally busted & some of the images are not where they used to live, but we know & we'll get there! < smile-y face >
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
spacing
not sure what's going on or what the outcome will be, but I thought I would just mention that when I was posting something and tried to put spacing between my paragraphs, the final post had everything all squished together.
Thanks for the work!
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looks good!
I like the upgrade, looks great!
creative life | children
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
eco & biz
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
yeah, smilies are borked
I just ran out of steam for tonight. I'm going to figure out what's up with that (I suspect I just have to move the images somewhere) and then they'll just start working again. Then I get to upgrade the other two sites, and then I get to come back here and start all over again with the NEXT upgrade! (We're so far behind I'm having to upgrade in steps.) whee!
***family values are for EVERYONE***
***family values are for EVERYONE***
PS
You're not crazy. This was the original version of this post:
Hi there, rarely-heard-from techMama Lynn here. I'm just about to start fiddling with the back end of HipMama in a fairly serious way to bring it up to current tech standards. That means things will look funky and there will be times when you won't be able to get to the site.
I'm going to leave this up without doing anything for about a half-hour while I get things ready, then this statement will be up on the "whoops, we're down for maintenance!" page. Cross your fingers, this is yucky stuff, very much akin to sticking your hand up a cow to help a birthing. But at the end we'll have a cute little calf. Or something. Um. Yeah.
So I'll be over here working.
***family values are for EVERYONE***
***family values are for EVERYONE***
Oh, wow
We're not in Kansas anymore Toto......
I was just hitting the comment button when the update came. I haven't had time to decide if I like it, though it seems really organized....
It's just like walking on the moon. I've been coming here for two years, since my turbulent first weeks of motherhood, and thank God I found y'all, so this just really seems odd.
Thank you so much for all your hard work. As I said, this site has helped me through tough times, and any time I've had a difficult problem. Thanks for making HM possible. Thanks for getting all these mamas together.
Don't be too afraid to be yourself. The alternative is always worse.