DAM's Place

Quoting GrillinInTheEye:
Made it through five of them and went in reboot. I'm bringing it back up now. Gonna try and change out his RAM.

OK, thought you did that last night.

Quoting GrillinInTheEye:
was pretty messed up last night. Figured I do this sober.

LOL, that may help

Quoting Bogon:
Hey, DAM.

Last night I saw that you were asking about umlauts and tildes and such over on Grill's blog. It looked as though you tried entering characters directly from the keyboard. In general that won't work for HTML. You have to use special codes sandwiched between an ampersand and a semicolon. There's a nifty list here. (I left a link to a different list over at Grill's.)

For each listed symbol or character there is a numeric code and a mnemonic code. I like to use the name if I can, because it is easier for me to remember than a number. Not all the codes work on all sites or in all browsers. I found at least one case (angle brackets) where I had to use the numeric codes on WU. When in doubt use the preview button.

Thanks, Bog. I did have it working using the ALT-number keyboard method with Western encoding, but it was defaulting back to UTF-8. I thought the keyboard method worked for the old site, though. Maybe not¡

Quoting Bogon:
Oh, yeah, voice of experience:

If you modify a comment here on WU, you'll have to reenter all the special character codes. That's because, once you hit the Submit button, they convert from codes to the actual characters. That's how they appear when you open the comment for editing. Then it's as if you had entered the characters from the keyboard. You'll get question marks (missing characters in your chosen font) or Unicode values in their place if you submit them directly.

Yeah, it's a pain, especially if it's a long comment. The best advice I can offer is to use a separate editor such as Notepad to compose your comment. Copy and paste your HTML from the editor into the comment box. If you have to change something, you still have the original HTML (with all the codes, etc.) in the editor.

Haha, found that out rather quickly last night.

Quoting MichaelSTL:


This points to a bug on WU's end in their comment modification software.

Was it keeping special characters when modifying on the old site?

Good afternoon.

Quoting PSLFLCaneVet:



Good afternoon.

Thought I'd make sure your place stays on the first page.

TYVM

Quoting Bogon:
On "My Favorite Blogs" it still sorts "3 days" ahead of "3 hours". On "Member Handle" you can't get past the first page.

My fave blogs sorts the last activity time properly.

I've submitted a support ticket about the handle problem. That's a strange one, as the proper URL shows in the status bar. You can use that to get to the different sections by modifying the URL in the browser URL box.

Has anyone submitted a ticket on the special characters/modify comment issue?

Quoting DontAnnoyMe:
I've submitted a support ticket about the handle problem.

Problem fixed.

Quoting PSLFLCaneVet:


Popping in to say: Hello!


Enjoy the day, friend. TTYL, GGPBL

LOL you too.

Quoting GrillinInTheEye:
Evening DAM, If I promise to play nice can I hang here for a bit?

Ha, a bit late, but yeah, sure. Any time at all.

Quoting PSLFLCaneVet:



Good to hear it.


Quoting yourself, eh. LOL (laughing out louder)

Wow, I missed your post too. Must have FWIW.

Still have 2 tickets in - re iFrame support and link button not working in email. I should check the email one again, maybe that got fixed w/the new version. BBL, prob. quoting myself again ;-)

Quoting PSLFLCaneVet:




Morning, pardner! How are things?

Quoting GrillinInTheEye:
Hey DAM!

Hey, been busy with domestic matters and had keyboard failure. Fixed it by shaking, connecting to laptop, and putting back on PC. Nothing big fell out, so I'm not sure what was wrong. Was worried it was the system board. Warranty expires Friday, prob will croak again for good Sat.!

Uh-oh, I hear the dinner bell, BBL.

Quoting Bogon:
Howdy, Mr. D.

Did you get any sleep last night? I don't know how far east you live in Carrboro.

LOL, yeah, got to bed an hour b4 your post, only a bit later than my usual time. I'm about as far west in Carrboro as one can be - 'bout 700' from the line, 2.5 mi. from Franklin and Columbia as the crow flies. Still, I can hear football stadium loudspeaker, if the wind is right.

Just happened to be in the Carr Mill area in Carrboro at the time the game ended, and heard the uproar explode out of the several nearby saloons. Didn't venture any further east though. Last time I witnessed that spectacle was in '09. If you've never been, don't miss it next time.

Although I worked at UNC for 27 years and should still be a rabid Heels fan, I don't really follow hoops much any more. I usually only know enough to know who in the ACC is the top 3, who in the ACC is in the AP top 20, and how many losses Duke has. Yeah, I guess I still do hate them that much ;-) Might get excited enough to watch some tournament and Final Four, and depending on who's in, the Finals. At any rate, you're right: anything can happen!

Thanks for visiting, ylee and todd.

Hi Grill and Vet, hope you're back on soon.

Quoting GrillinInTheEye:
Hey DAM! Can you hear me now??

Indeedy!

Quoting PSLFLCaneVet:


Bump! Getting just a bit weary of the narration....:)

Soon we'll be on the next page. hehehe

Yep, 7 more to go. That'll take another few weeks ;-)

Thanks, sandi and gamma!

Quoting Bogon:
Ha, using my incredible powers of deduction I conclude that it must be that time of year again.

Happy birthday, DAM!

Brilliant! Thanks Bog!

Quoting Ylee:
Happy birthday, DAM!

You know, with the drought in your area, I'd advise not putting a candle on your cake for every year of your existance! :)

Thanks, YL. No cake's big enough anyway lol.