dlI’ve found an unusual bug in how MT handles white space with block level HTML when “Convert Line Breaks” is active. It’s great for ul and ol, but does some strange stuff to dl.
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I’ve made several small changes here recently, including automatic acronym tagging, fixing issues when using HTML in comments, and sending XML to compliant browsers.
From here on in I have several improvements in the works, including a redesign (the sooner the better!). I don’t even think I can call it a redesign actually — a design perhaps? ;-) This year I hope to post more frequently, write more about Japan and living here, and make this a more visually interesting weblog. Here we go!
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mod_rewrite, tutorialsSome links for further reading on a security weakness in MT (allowing spammers to use MT as an open relay), trapping bad robots and spammers (especially relevant for MT users), a good introduction to mod_rewrite, and tutorials on regular expressions and command line text editors.
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This site looked terrible in Mozilla 1.4/PC, and I’ve finally figured out why — Mozilla thought it was Japanese, and was applying one line of CSS only meant for inline use to every element. The weird thing is the only place ja appears on almost all pages is that one line of CSS. Is this a bug?
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This is a reference for me so I don’t forget how to code for Boblet. It’s just my notes on tag attributes and styles to tie in with my stylesheets. This is of no interest (unless you are interested in the how’s and why’s of my code).
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I recently read an email in the Japan Bloggers list, and my reply became too long to email. So here it is; Why should anyone use ‘Web Standards’ or validators when making web pages?
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My latest small polishings to this weblog have involved adding Metatags (what an ordeal!), changing the formatting of long posts (like this one) in indexes, and a start on reworking comments. Oh yes, the excitement never ceases round here!
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