Comments on: Sandbox Now Available http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/ Minimalism in blogging: an experiment out of control Fri, 16 May 2008 04:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: ericsetiawan.com » Sandboxing Day http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-3114 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:13:32 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-3114 [...] Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « Happy Birthday,Bud! [...] […] Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « Happy Birthday,Bud! […]

]]> by: Martin McCallion http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-556 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:44:03 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-556 Never mind, I discovered that you have to be at WP 2.0.3 or above. I upgraded to 2.0.4, and it now works. I'd still like to know how the comment preview is done, though. Never mind, I discovered that you have to be at WP 2.0.3 or above. I upgraded to 2.0.4, and it now works.

I’d still like to know how the comment preview is done, though.

]]> by: Martin McCallion http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-546 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:22:21 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-546 Hi, sorry to add to this so long after the original posting, and I also sorry if it's the wrong place to post a report of an apparent bug. Please point me in the right direction if appropriate. Anyway, I've just installed Sandbox on my blog, and I can't select any skin but the one that was active by default. That is, I see the installed skins on the "Sandbox Skins" admin page, but whatever one I click on, nothing changes. The default "Two-Column Minimalist L" remains in place. Also, I <em>love</em> this live comment preview. How do you do that? Hi, sorry to add to this so long after the original posting, and I also sorry if it’s the wrong place to post a report of an apparent bug. Please point me in the right direction if appropriate.

Anyway, I’ve just installed Sandbox on my blog, and I can’t select any skin but the one that was active by default. That is, I see the installed skins on the “Sandbox Skins” admin page, but whatever one I click on, nothing changes. The default “Two-Column Minimalist L” remains in place.

Also, I love this live comment preview. How do you do that?

]]> by: Björn Lindström http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-231 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:03:19 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-231 I figured out what I did wrong. I assumed that only sidebar 1 was used by a 2-column skin, but it turns out it uses both sidebars piled over each other. Thus the widgets sidebar 2, which I hadn't put any of my widgets in, used the default values. Moving some widgets over to sidebar 2 fixed it. Anyway, I don't think it would be too far out for a theme to require using widgets, as soon as the widgets plugin comes with WordPress, which is something I understand is in the works. I figured out what I did wrong. I assumed that only sidebar 1 was used by a 2-column skin, but it turns out it uses both sidebars piled over each other.

Thus the widgets sidebar 2, which I hadn’t put any of my widgets in, used the default values. Moving some widgets over to sidebar 2 fixed it.

Anyway, I don’t think it would be too far out for a theme to require using widgets, as soon as the widgets plugin comes with WordPress, which is something I understand is in the works.

]]> by: Scott http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-229 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:03:01 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-229 Hey Bjorn: No, none the sidebar contents are hardcoded. Using widgets, you can entirely replace the contents of both sidebars. In the 0.6.1 release of the Sandbox, I added Sandbox-style widgets to match the default contents. These are loaded into the widgets pallete for choosing, but they're not hardcoded. It is interesting, though, to consider having blank sidebars and require widgets to be used for results. Interesting. Hey Bjorn: No, none the sidebar contents are hardcoded. Using widgets, you can entirely replace the contents of both sidebars.

In the 0.6.1 release of the Sandbox, I added Sandbox-style widgets to match the default contents. These are loaded into the widgets pallete for choosing, but they’re not hardcoded.

It is interesting, though, to consider having blank sidebars and require widgets to be used for results. Interesting.

]]> by: Björn Lindström http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-228 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:35:36 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-228 Even using widgets for Sidebar 1, there's a bunch of sections that seem to be hardcoded (Search, Links, Feeds and Meta). In effect you're forced to have those, admittedly useful, below all the widgets. Since this makes the ordering of widgets somewhat illogical on my page, it would be nice if the sidebar were completely empty aside from widgets, when widgets are used. Even using widgets for Sidebar 1, there’s a bunch of sections that seem to be hardcoded (Search, Links, Feeds and Meta). In effect you’re forced to have those, admittedly useful, below all the widgets.

Since this makes the ordering of widgets somewhat illogical on my page, it would be nice if the sidebar were completely empty aside from widgets, when widgets are used.

]]> by: Explaining the New Theme · plaintxt.org http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-192 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:09:21 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-192 [...] Please note that the Minimalist Sandbox has been replaced by the far, far better Sandbox theme (also note the lack of “Minimalist” in the title). It’s a great step forward and you can read more about it here. [...] […] Please note that the Minimalist Sandbox has been replaced by the far, far better Sandbox theme (also note the lack of “Minimalist” in the title). It’s a great step forward and you can read more about it here. […]

]]> by: Zeo http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-150 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:59:25 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-150 I still can't figure it out, how could it inherit if the tag doesn't exist even in DOM. Show me some light! I still can’t figure it out, how could it inherit if the tag doesn’t exist even in DOM. Show me some light!

]]> by: Scott http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-149 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:17:53 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-149 The <code><abbr class="published" ... ></code> is a part of the hAtom specification. As I mentioned above, you can style it with good success by giving the parent element attributes that the child, this <code>abbr</code>, would inherit. The <abbr class="published" ... > is a part of the hAtom specification. As I mentioned above, you can style it with good success by giving the parent element attributes that the child, this abbr, would inherit.

]]> by: Greg http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-147 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:08:54 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/08/06/sandbox-now-available/#comment-147 Out of curiosity, why did you use the abbr tag to wrap the date? I've looked at the workarounds for styling within IE, but it makes for some rough CSS. Wouldn't it have been better to have a span with a class inside the abbr tag? I've never seen the abbr tag used in this way? Other than that... beautiful! Out of curiosity, why did you use the abbr tag to wrap the date? I’ve looked at the workarounds for styling within IE, but it makes for some rough CSS. Wouldn’t it have been better to have a span with a class inside the abbr tag? I’ve never seen the abbr tag used in this way? Other than that… beautiful!

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