Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 2:08:39 pm PST #2414 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

If I understand what you're asking - The format of the sucked thread is such that it only uses a few lines from the external CSS file. I just hardcoded those few lines in the html of the sucked thread. No external CSS ref necessary. :)


John H - Dec 28, 2002 2:18:30 pm PST #2415 of 10000

I just hardcoded those few lines in the html of the sucked thread. No external CSS ref necessary.

That was exactly what I was asking. I knew you'd have it under control, just wanted to check.


Noumenon - Dec 28, 2002 9:53:57 pm PST #2416 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

the difference between "Search thread #__" and "Search [thread names dropbox]" is very small.

Because you already convert the thread_id to the thread title all over the board. I should've realized that. I was just thinking of the front end of the page and wanting to type the thread id number in a form instead of in the URL.


Michele T. - Dec 28, 2002 10:45:06 pm PST #2417 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Request: can we put a "subscribe to this thread" link somewhere in that opening description of the thread itself? (I can try to suggest a location if it's doable). And can the list of threads in Set Profile be last-first rather than the other way around if we're going to keep all the old threads listed for a while yet?


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 10:49:08 pm PST #2418 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I agree Michele. I think both those are fairly easy to code as well.


Rebecca Lizard - Dec 28, 2002 11:06:06 pm PST #2419 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

Request: can we put a "subscribe to this thread" link somewhere in that opening description of the thread itself?

I would love that.


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 11:11:33 pm PST #2420 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

By the way, ita, [link] works for me now. Go figure.


Michele T. - Dec 28, 2002 11:17:16 pm PST #2421 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

And looking at the thread title block, it could be

Natter 5,435: Will You People Never Shut Up?

Once more into the natter breach, dear friends. Blah blah nattercakes spoilerfree blah (Subscribe)


§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 11:18:29 pm PST #2422 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's currently commented out, but there's a line between the title and the blurb where the subscribe would go. I like it there better, since it's a more constant position, unlike after the highly variable length blurb.


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 11:20:08 pm PST #2423 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I agree with ita. That's also where it was in the original design.