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2/23/2002
Sun Pisces 05
A CHURCH BAZAAR.
Exchanges of spiritual knowledge. Overcoming loneliness and alienation.
Mercury Aquarius 09
A FLAG IS SEEN TURNING INTO AN EAGLE.
Turning away from having to prove oneself, rising above the commonplace, ascension. Rebirth.
Venus Pisces 15
AN OFFICER DRILLING HIS MEN IN A SIMULATED ATTACK.
Taking orders from a higher authority in order to better respond to a situation. The Higher Self training the Lower Self.
Mars Aries 26
A MAN POSSESSED OF MORE GIFTS THAN HE CAN HOLD.
Potent-iality.
Jupiter Cancer 06
GAME BIRDS FEATHERING THEIR NESTS.
Instinctive dedication for laying the groundwork for those to come. Creating a base.
Saturn Gemini 09
A QUIVER FILLED WITH ARROWS.
Make a strategy and then hit the target. Getting to the point.
N. Node Gemini 25
A GARDENER TRIMMING LARGE PALM TREES.
Trimming off non-essentials to get to the bare reality. Caring for one's possessions. Doing the work simply because it needs to be done.
Uranus Aquarius 26
A GARAGE MAN TESTING A CAR'S BATTERY WITH A HYDROMETER.
Testing our earthly vehicle for its roadworthiness.
Neptune Aquarius 10
A POPULARITY THAT PROVES TO BE FLEETING.
Staying true to oneself. Reversals of fortune.
Pluto Sagittarius 18
TINY CHILDREN IN SUNBONNETS.
Protection or blinkering.

where wave meets particle No Simpler than this:
Saturday, February 23, 2002

# 19:58  Radio
an include-based sidebar. it handles #file's.

Asc Mo

on max.wl.sidebar.get(bgcolor="green", filename="",pta=html.getPageTableAddress()) {
if filename=="" {
  if defined(pta^.radioResponder.atts.sidebar) {
   filename=pta^.radioResponder.atts.sidebar}
  else {
   return("")}};
local {
  s=string (file.readwholefile (filename))};
if string.length(s)>0 {
  s=html.processMacros(s,adrPageTable:pta);
  «bundle //format box
  s="\n<tr><td valign=top bgcolor=\""+bgcolor+"">n"+s+"\n</td></tr>\n"};
return(s)}

<#> 18:14  HelloWorld
evening check-in

Asc Mo

my feet are freezing from barefoot sword practice in the wet lawn. the sun is just setting and the moon is happy in the sky. tingles. will eat and code. after working out renumbering of posts and merging old data en bulk i want to tackle integrating a batch of 'new-old-posts' taken from the end of the file. this will allow me to integrate the north-node archive of astrological forcasts from the yahoo groups into the daily symbols archive page.

<#> 17:18  Radio
from the 'yikes!' dept.

Asc Mo

another interesting thing to NOT DO is to open copied database. copies have roots with the same names as other roots you already know about :) i've confused myself for several hours the other day before i came accros (finally!) a page describing CTRL-; .. a mini-script window. take that with msg(@wherever.you.think.you.should.be) and bingo! un-confusion. save yourself some time:

if you need to copy and paste from a copy of your data.. exit radio afterwards. do not count on you or it knowing which version of the data will be used by any other scripts you may want to run by hand - even if they are in that database.

(if you read the previous post you'll know i had a hard time with 'subtable not found' while working out the localized preferences thing) :)

# 17:03  Radio
first notes on the integration of pop-out windows

Asc Mo

more usability notes.. news-aggregator modified to link to popup-windows when posting new items.

this lets me pop-open multiple candidates for posting and/or surfing. so far it rocks. had to figure out how to clear the aggregator's cache first.. then to modify my pop-up's javascript to optionally NOT refresh the window that opened it. it makes no sense to refresh the news-aggregator.. but it usually makes sense to refresh after you edit an older post. that said..

let me tell you about this javascript object model page. It brought to an end totally fruitless attempts at reading internet explorer settings. i'm no big expert in js but i went down so many wrong tracks until finally settling on the referrer-string to identify where i was.. on the first view of the page.. or the reload after posting. .. i suppose i didn't want it to be that simple: there's no way to see if the menubar is active in the ie browser. not from js. forget it. use the referrer.

anyhow, i want to take up a little more space about how i've structured this inside of radio.

first, for this to work i need to patch and track at least radio.html.viewNewsItems. I changed the end of the "bundle //add EDIT button, checkmark" to read:
«local(lnk="<a href=\"" + url + "" title="Add this story to your weblog.">" + postbuttonimg + "</a>")
local(lnk=max.wl.desktopwebsite.newspostlink.get(postbuttonimg,url));
add ("<td class=\"dwsTableCell" valign="top"><center>" +lnk+ checkmark + enclosure + "</center></td>")

this is a paste of the database node containing the function:

max.wl.desktopwebsite.newspostlink:
get script: (see below)
flPopOut boolean: true
params string: &popout
WindowOpenParams string: width=590, height=590, scrollbars=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no

this is the function:
max.wl.desktopwebsite.newspostlink.get:
on get(linktext="",url="",title="Add this story to the weblog.")
{ with max.wl.desktopwebsite.newspostlink
{ if flPopOut
{ return max.link.popout(linktext,url+params,title,WindowOpenParams)
else { return max.link.href(linktext,url,title)}}}

by using a few more nodes i've structured this extension to mostly contain the things i dont want to tweak.. and to mostly expose the things i want to tweak. i dont even want to give this way of organizing my extensions and their settings any object type of name. its charming, its messy and it works to keep things simple for me. ok, i'll leave you with the .js included in pop-out pages:

<script>

</script>

and my desktop template:

<%max.wl.head.get()%>
<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" bgcolor=LIGHTGOLDENRODYELLOW>
<%if max.wl.desktopwebsite.IsPopOutPage(){return("")} else
{return(max.wl.GetRadioMenuBar("turquoise","black"))}%>

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr>
<%if !max.wl.desktopwebsite.IsPopOutPage(){return("")} else
{return(max.scripts.get("ClosePopupAfterPost"))}%>
<%if max.wl.desktopwebsite.IsItemEditPage() {return("")} else
{return(max.wl.leftcolumn.get(calendarUrlPrefix))}%>
<td valign="top" width=85%>

<%if max.wl.desktopwebsite.IsItemEditPage() {return("")} else
{return(
"<p align=\"right"><font size="+1"><i>"+description+"</i></a></font>"
+"<a href=\""+radio.weblog.getUrl()+""><font size="+2"><b>"+siteName+"</b></a>: </font></p>"
)}%>

<%max.wl.desktopwebsite.get()%>


</td></tr></table>

<%max.wl.copyright.get()%>
</body>
</html>

fwiw, this makes the popout and href links:

on popout(linktext="",url="",title="",params="", name="") {
local(s="");
if string.length(title)==0 {
  s=s+" title=\""+title+"""};
s="<a"+s+" href=\"#" onclick="window.open('"+url+"','"+name+"','"+params+"'); return false">"+linktext+"</a>";
return(s)}

on href(linktext="",url="",title="") {
local(s="");
if string.length(title)==0 {
  s=s+" title=\""+title+"""};
return "<a"+s+" href=\"" + url + "">" + linktext + "</a>"}

i'd love to hear your thoughts on this and the prior post. thanks!

# 16:03  Radio
radio template consolidation and switchable 'functionality'

Asc Mo

radio desktopwebsite usability update

i've been ignoring css for layout and in my tinkering unified my template to each be just 19 lines long. #template is identical to #hometemplate. the desktopwebsite temple is a little longer at 26 lines and now contains a couple of usability tweaks.

two weeks or so ago i added a couple of if-statements to the desktopwebsite to make it respond to /?e, /?r, /?c by rendering the edit-box, the recent-posts, and cloud-info respectively. these work in combination too but i just bookmarked the simple versions. i mostly use http://127.0.0.1:5335/?e to add new posts, http://127.0.0.1:5335/?r to see only recent posts. i have a fast machine. this is just for 'focus', when i want it.

using my render-callback-tweak i replace the editlink with one created by the function i worked out just now. its what this post is about :)

my t^.editlink now conditionally opens a new window. I have editlinks on all locally rendered pages. if i edit from these i get a perfectly sized pop-up window that closes after the post while updating the page i started from.

to make this magic happen i made my template page-headers and sidebars conditional. they now disappear from popout edit-windows.. and they disappear from /?e and /?itemToEdit - new and edit post - windows as well. this is a good thing.

# 11:25  HelloWorld
moning notes

Asc Mo

Helen called and woke me up. That was sweet. Thanks Helen!

# 11:10  LinkLog
What's Doing in Sonoma County?

Asc Mo

NY Times: What's Doing in Sonoma County?
"It is that very expanse that sets Sonoma apart, with a topography that varies from mountains to farmland to redwood forest to rugged coast. There are 11 separate microclimates, each yielding its own gastronomic treat. Blueberry enthusiasts will argue there's no better place to be. Lavender lovers will say the same; so will artisan cheese fans, olive oil aficionados and anyone remotely enthralled by the grape."
[SJL's Radio Weblog]

@ 13:14 03/15/02

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