(0727) Very late start, slept through but then had to attend to pressing matters till now, inc. raw material for this morn at HQ. Sunny window (real window, at home) closed, shady window on another wall open. Ok, item 1 below is long, extended, needs writing though. Next post will have Steve and DAD, after short brek. (0759)
Housekeeping
Cunning table of contents:
*On Redacted and other “longs” from readers … the single, simple reason I can’t “invite authors” into the main HQ posts is security … just that, five way … for the author/contributor/commenter, for me, for the site … as there are other things connected, powering the site, which are incog.
Solution? To provide space so that you can write longs if you like, e.g. the Last Refuge repost, in one of four places, plus OoL … the two main ones being NOWP and to a lesser extent … here. Why “to a lesser extent”? Well look at this for example:
You can see the huge variation in font size in that sshot composing window … the one place we want large font and large composing space is in the composing window … NOWP is vastly better for commenting.
Composing longs at HQ is not fun unles one first composes elsewhere, copies, then pastes in the tiny window.
But WP security then kicks in … rightly so, as they have their own limits on comments. Obvious q is … why don’t I change it? Even change site theme? Answer is … do you really think I’d not have already done so? I myself am caught in a “default” straitjacket which can’t be changed.
Why not blgr/ggl? Think back to July 26th last year. Ghost or other platform? Sorry but WP is the most comprehensive and best for serious blogging, despite the strictures. For now. And they know it too.
**Penseivat and ***Steve … the anecdotal reflections I’m capturing for the navbar sections Quotes and Reader recollections. Trouble is … it can become unwieldy, difficult to navigate, so a certain amount of “take this one, leave that one” is involved, on the run. You can always leave a note for me if you’d like it preserved.
****Central registers … this affects both blog and at home … obviously, a well signposted central place helps anyone seeking to find but … big butt … do you actually want bad players finding, e.g. where your cash is kept, where your most explosive posts can be found?
Obviously not, so what’s the solution? One is using dead tree rather than online but that’s not useful online. Online, I’ve suggested that if you see anything to keep, have a multi-gigs usb stick of your own Amz, PC World, whatever) or even hard drive and copy it there. If you do not bother, dearest reader … I can only say bad luck ole chap because the chance of it surviving at HQ is low … HQ is in bad player crosshairs … the spam attacks alone are insane each day.
*****Toodles and other occasional commenting. Clearly, some comments are just “shorts”, not meant to be more … fine. When they become long and preservable, I’ll preserve some. For example, the Last Refuge repost is way too long, so it stays in place where it is. The backup is at the Last Refuge hisself, see blogrolls.
*******My mindset is that NOWP and HQ are equally valid, with UHC and Jstack one rung below that … but still valid. OoL is a different matter, with Julia. In the morning, I use NOWP as my portal actually, before HQ … that’s how I navigate. That navbar is vital to me too. I find NOWP easier to read, while HQ is our central depository. 6th floor? Never mind … poor joke. …/END.