Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.

'Touched'


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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.

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Allyson - Jan 06, 2003 1:59:52 pm PST #2634 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Many thanks.


msbelle - Jan 06, 2003 7:07:41 pm PST #2635 of 10000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I was getting repeated network connection errors on Netscape 4.** (Mac) and switched to IE. I just got a network connection error on IE5 (Mac).


§ ita § - Jan 06, 2003 9:35:04 pm PST #2636 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Anyone want to rewrite the site so it delivers XML, and then implement XSLT? It would simplify things SO much.


Allyson - Jan 06, 2003 9:46:42 pm PST #2637 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Anyone want to rewrite the site so it delivers XML, and then implement XSLT? It would simplify things SO much.

I will do it. I will code the ring to Mordor.


Michele T. - Jan 06, 2003 10:01:36 pm PST #2638 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Uh, I can't do that, because I know jack about PHP, but I can help write or customize a DTD if we go XML.


§ ita § - Jan 06, 2003 10:14:06 pm PST #2639 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Admittedly the idea was the spawn of an especially tedious day-long tech briefing with 200 word powerpoint slides, but really -- it would ease the difference between a standard page, a fuck-work page, a work-paranoid page and a threadsuck page, neh?

My XSLT is pretty limited, but it does need to improve.


§ ita § - Jan 06, 2003 10:56:07 pm PST #2640 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm looking at the PHP XSLT engine, and it shouldn't be too bad ... we could start out small, with just the posts in XML and transformed.

I think.

But the whole page should be possible.

I think.


P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2003 10:57:58 pm PST #2641 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Well, if I've time, that's something I can work on.

Though my eyes may bleed.


Rob - Jan 06, 2003 11:24:20 pm PST #2642 of 10000

How does using XML change our compatibity with various browsers?


§ ita § - Jan 06, 2003 11:30:06 pm PST #2643 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The XSLT can spit out exactly the same HTML as we're using now -- it'll just make switching "skins" easier.