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Open links in new window XHTML-conform
When I wanted to convert my blog to XHTML (finally), I first started with the Transitional version. There was really only one reason for that: in XHTML Strict, the target attribute is not allowed. I don’t want to get involved in any discussions about whether or not a webmaster may infantilize the user by forcing new…
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JavaScript and CDATA sections in WordPress posts
In the context of the XHTML-conform embedding of Google Maps, I encountered two problems (again): When I tried to insert the JavaScript with the CDATA section, WordPress got under my feet with its usually so comfortable automatic formatting functions. The end marker /* ]]> */ suddenly became: /* ]]> */ A line in the file…
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Highlighting admin comments in WordPress
Many WordPress users wish to visually highlight their own responses between the comments on a post, so that you recognize at the first glance which comments come from the site operator and which ones from normal visitors. So do I. A Google search revealed that it is most often being recommended to simply compare the…
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Embedding Google Maps XHTML conform
I’m quite glad I can write this post, for it allows me to parenthetically intersperse the news that I did not deem worthy of an own post: I have spent the last three days making this site XHTML valid. First I had started with the Transitional version, because otherwise several things which I wanted to…
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Automatic updates in WordPress
With the release of WordPress 2.7 on 11th December, I was facing a problem: Manual plugin updates don’t seem to be provided for anymore. To date, I had always downloaded my plugins using the download link in the backend and then moved them to my server via FTP, because the automatic update had never worked for me…
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Resizing images in Flash
Lately, I was working on a website which should have a neat Flash menu with funny jumping graphics. Now, they should be real bitmaps, not vectors. So when I wanted to let my images jump, whereby they should also change in size a little, I encountered a problem: The images only looked well at a…