Snapshots wouldn’t let the lightbox open up when linking from an image, so I disabled it.
Sorry guys, you’re now able to be RickRoll’d again. Just check the link address in the bottom left hand corner of your IE window just to be sure.
Archive for the “Site-Based” CategorySince I’m probably going to get asked this question eventually, I’m going to explain how I run my site, and how I’ve gotten to deal without having a laptop everywhere I go. It’s basically all down to this, and what I have installed on it. It’s like every other portable HDD, but it’s fitted with applications from PortableApps, a suite of programs that you can tailor yourself, or use right out of the box. They run entirely on a flash-drive or other removable storage, without leaving any trace behind (apart from Firefox, which leaves your cache in the appropriate folder in the logged on username, unless you set it to be automatically cleared). You can run other programs from it as well, if you snoop around the net and figure out how to do it. I have Last.FM, StarCraft and Quake 3 Arena on mine, as an example. However, running my blog(s) is all down to one program: Flock, and it’s portable brother, PocketFlock. Flock is Firefox, but with a lot more added onto it. Firefox was just the framework for Flock to be fleshed out on, providing links to Social networks, Media, Email, Favourites, RSS feeds and Blogs. With my current set up, I have RSS feeds from 9 different gaming sites (Some news sites, some blogs) which refresh whenever they have a new article up. I read the article, and if it’s good (and relevant), with another click I open up my Blog Post Editor, bang a small article together, put a link in, and click post. It really is that simple, because it’s all configured beforehand in a simple and easy process. Put it this way: I wouldn’t have even heard of Twitter if I hadn’t used Flock, and I would’ve stopped using Facebook, Youtube (for posting content), del.icio.us and Flickr a long time ago. It makes the entire job much easier, and is also a fully fledged browser, compatible with 90% of Firefox’s add-ons. Flock is now an integral part of my Web experience, and is the only real secret to getting posts out quickly, before other, more popular sites (such as Kotaku, one of my sources too) get it out, despite having worldwide editors/posters. There is no real tried-and-true way of running a blog or a site. It’s what you’re comfortable with, and this is what I am comfortable with. The only real tried-and-true way of successful blogging is be relevant, be consistent, and above all, update regularly. Don’t worry. All is still alive. Re: http://naked.dustindiaz.com/ Excerpt from the site: Where did my Design go?The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good ‘ol play on words. It’s time to show off your <body>. That’s right. I went there. If only there was as controversial as I made it sound. Snapshots has been around for a while, and I liked it, so I’ve decided to smack it on this blog. Anything that’s internally linked (as in, stays on 4str4stam.net) will not be snapshotted, but anything outside will be, allowing you to have a quick look at what the content is. It also has fancy integration with videos, music, RSS feeds and such, and is great for looking at my Youtube favourites, as you can view it without even going on to the Youtube page. However, there might be a little conflict of code between it and the lightbox plugin, so I will test that in a moment and see whether it works or not. If you don’t like it, click the Options icon in the top right-hand corner of the snapshot window and Opt out either for this site, or for all sites that have it enabled. I might disable the little Window-y icon next to them as well if it becomes that problematic. EDIT: Works just fine. The Window-y icon gives the preview, while the link itself activates the lightbox. The blog has just been upgraded to Wordpress 2.5, and had all plugins updated to their latest builds. Just as a note to self, in case I forget. |
 
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