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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Comment count.Resolved? Err.. why is this topic “resolved”? I still have “phantom” comments.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Comment count.By-the-way, when a “phantom” comment is added to the count, I receive no notification that there is a new comment. The comment count is false as listed in single pages, archive pages, index page, and Dashboard > Manage > Comments.
Does anyone think this could be related to spam attacks? I’m pretty sure they are not genuine but failed attempts to leave comments.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Loading execute-pings.php automatically ‘cancelled’Is there anybody out there?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Comment count.I have the same problem as Ktula, using WordPress 2.0.2 + K2 and not Spam Karma (but using Askimet + Did You Pass Math, and various other non comment-related plugin-ins).
Typically the comment count shows “1” on posts that have none (e.g. here). However, sometimes the comment count on an existing post is falsely increased by 1 e.g. 6 to 7. The problem occurs when askimet is enabled and when it is disabled.
I solve it temporarily by adding a comment myself then deleting it, which restores the correct value. I’d rather not be doing this repeatidly, but have no idea what to try next. Suggestions would be most appreciated.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: bioneural.netpcmt,
I had a feeling the IE conditional CSS comments (more) might come up 🙂
(for those running other browsers, an alert is shown if the browser is IE 6 or less, advising the that the site looks ugly without a standards-compliant browser).
At this stage I prefer to design for the 2/3 rd of my visitors not using IE 6 or below. I’ve tested my site on IE 7 beta 2 and it does a pretty good job. I’ve just added the condition <!–[if lte IE 6]> which should show the (polite) warning to IE less than or equal to version 6. Yet to test if it is succesfully hidden in IE7. [Update: it is; IE7 users don’t get the alert!]
A valid point about IE, for all its faults, bringing people to the web. A bit like WWII and what it did for space travel, but I digress. I’m tired of all the excuses made for IE; with all the resources at its disposal Microsoft should have been leading the way, rather than coming in last in a bid to stave off Firefox.
But more than that I remember the agony of making my last site IE-friendly. Each hack often broke something else. I choose not to go through that again.
Many thanks for your thoughts.
Cheers, Bruce
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: bioneural.netsdenike,
Good point about the link colours. On the other hand, most people probably associate blue underlines with hyperlinks. I’ve taken away the underlines already; if the blue goes… I’ll think on it.
Re the prefs menu/ button, this is done using a script.aculo.us effect as here. As for the button I could do a rollover effect, or show the prefs via onmouseover instead of via onclick.
Most of the mini icons are from the Silk set, some of which are included with K2.
With the footer I originally wanted to do a JS-based reflection (like the prefs button), but decided to use the same image as for the header as a bg img so I didn’t need to load yet another graphic. Personally I think the footer helps balance the header.
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers, Bruce
