I've just noticed, when trying to make an HTML list come out as

A)
B)
C)

that I can't, because Jon B's set an override for all List Items in the style sheet to

list-style-type: disc

(see end of second line) -- this is almost certainly a bug, in the sense of unintended feature, because it means that we can't have numbered lists or whatever.

I vote for that getting removed! Just the bit quoted above would do it.

Okay, I just got a real weird error message. Couldn't connect for a couple of minutes, then this:

September 28, 2002, 8:22 pm : ERROR [2] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) line 69 of file /home/buffist/public_html/classes/giles.php

September 28, 2002, 8:22 pm : ERROR [2] MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) line 69 of file /home/buffist/public_html/classes/giles.php

There has been an error. It's of the type we call fatal. Please don't be scared. You're not the one that's going to die.

Okay, where the $$?&(@#& are the developers?

That looks like the link was lost between the web server and the database server.

Yeah. It's working fine now, obviously, but it was weird. Mozilla just kept saying my connection was being refused by the server (and then asked, "OK?"), and Netscape gave me the error page.

I got a brief network thing going on too in the last five minutes or so. Just timeouts though, nothing interesting.

Should that error message say something like "cut and paste the error message above and send to dev@buffistas.org if it keeps happening" instead of just "where the $$?&(@#& are the developers?"?

Errors are trapped and written to a log. So there's no need to cut and paste.

I was wondering if the FAQ/links could carry a link to First Book and heiffer.org for preferred Buffistas charities? Is that ridiculous?

I was thinking of a few sentences to the effect of: these are beloved buffista charities. if you'd like to give a gift in honor of a beloved buffista, a donation to one of these organizations would be most appreciated. We like to save the world. A lot. If you're wondering about the appropriate livestock, a goat is always good.

You know, something like that, but better.

Allyson, you are a world class sweetheart.

We like to save the world. A lot.

This is really good. We would need something to explain, because the rest of the links page is all links about Buffy. I'd like to link to a few charities (and come to think about it, who's to stop me: WaterAid and the Screensaver Lifesaver), but one thing to worry about is that the charities linked to would seem to be endorsed by the Buffistas. That's not a problem for a link that turns out to be badfic, but I'm sure there are political or faith-based charities that some Buffistas would not want to be associated with.

heiffer.org

That's [link] What a weird name.

Well, the reason i picked those two is because there was a community-wide discussion about them, and they've been part of giving projects. I think those two ARE buffista endorsed. If we do a community project for RAINN or something, then that would be added. That's what I'm thinking.