Research time!  It seems the Twenty Ten theme had a little mistake, they changed a line of their code.  With the invent of Twenty Ten and the ability to make child themes (think skins or mostly appearance only changes) several themes were created that use Twenty Ten theme, thereby picking up this problem.  In addition there may be other themes with this problem.

If you have trouble with your blog images going back to full size, this may help.

CAUTION!!  THIS REQUIRES CHANGING CSS!!

If you are at all uncomfortable, ask someone else to do it.  Use this at your own discretion.

Here’s what you need to do, go to the editor under appearance.  On the right side select  style.css then scroll through the codes until you find:

/* =Images
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

#content img {
	margin: 0;
	height: auto;
	max-width: 640px;
	width: auto;
}

remove the line with width: auto;

Now your images should work fine.  If not you can remove the heigth: auto; as well.

HINT:  Copy all of the code in the area where you are working.  Paste in notepad.  You can always delete your changes and paste the original code back into place!!

Hope that helps my fellow bloggers keep their images the way you like!

Live ♥ Laugh ♥ Love

MJ Schrader

I was talking to Vernon Harleston of  HighRoadism.com last night.   Unfortunately there seems to be a “virus” that is claiming the lives of comments, making them disappearing into the ether. Hopefully I can shed some light on this problem.

If your readers are telling you there is a problem with your comments or you think your comments are getting lost here are some possible answers and solutions. While you do not want to be inundated with SPAM, legitimate comments are a way to know what is right with your blog and what your blog needs. Comments also help keep your blog alive and reader friendly.

Check your AKISMET, sometimes it catches comments thinking they are spam. Course it does catch a lot of true spam which is what makes it so great!

Other Spam Blockers

Unfortunately some of the spam blocker plugins block not just spam. There are some that block all comments. Now this could be a combination of your plugins not working well together or a theme and plugin issue.

Other Plugins

Unfortunately sometimes other plugins interfere with each other. This means one plugin may prevent another from working appropriately. You can turn off all your plugins by visiting Plugins and then installed, click all and deactivate. Then turn one plugin on at a time. This allows you to check for problems both with comments and also other problems you may have.

What else could it be?

Perhaps it is a problem with your theme. There could be a problem with their browser. It could be a temporary issue, sometimes there are glitches that cause minor and temporary problems. Unfortunately there could be millions of reasons why there is a problem.

Try Disqus

Disqus has been a great solution for me. Since comments are actually hosted on Disqus there seems to be reduced problems. You also receive less spam as Disqus adds additional layers of protection to Akismet. While it is a bit harder to set up, once set up it is easy to use.  It is also a free program so that makes it very nice!

~ MJ Schrader

Tomorrow’s Post: Categories vs Tags

BUT…

Yes, you probably heard that but coming from a mile away. But, Google Docs and Firefox do not always play nicely together.

First, Why Firefox?

Internet Explorer is trouble. While having a PC is a hacker’s dream, IE is very much so.  Tried Google Chrome but we had too many disagreements and it caused many problems. Firefox was recommended by many an online friend and worked.  However after additional research I found this problem exists with IE, Firefox and even Google Chrome.

But what is this problem..

Google Docs and on occasion.  (Pretty sad that Google Chrome and Google Documents dislike each other.)  While I can paste information into Google Docs, there are plenty of times I can not copy it back out.  When I try I get the following

“Your browser does not allow access to your computer’s clipboard. Instead, use CTRL+C, . . . .”

which does not, in fact, work.  Most of the time simply closing out of Firefox and restarting will cure this problem.

Not yesterday, and yesterday was not a good day.  I just got back from visiting my grandparents who are both on home hospice.  With that and 13 hours of driving back home and thinking about life, I am a wee bit stressed.  So yesterday when it refused to allow me to rearrange my list of to do’s before my boyfriend arrives (whom I haven’t seen in 2 months) so I was not a happy camper.

Here’s why…

A malicious script can read content on your clipboard from rich-text editors.  Since Google uses rich-text editors  browsers try to protect you.  You could have sensitive information copied on your clipboard.  This is great for most uses but not in Google Docs.

Seek and Ye Shall Find

Yup, I went on a mad hunt to find this problem and the solution. Three things to know about me, 1. I was taught not to cry, so I get mad, since I don’t like getting mad I get obsessed over something. 2. I am stubborn. 3. I like playing detective. After a mad hunt I found some solutions… so if you have this problem…

HERE SOME SOLUTIONS…

While there was a time when you could add a bit of code to make Firefox realize that it’s okay, it Memorize Ctrl+C=Copy, Ctrl+V=Paste (think of the glue cap facing down), Ctrl+X=Cut (looks like scissors), Ctrl+A=Select All.  This works in Microsoft Office or Open Office as well, and I use them, but more often I right click mouse. Time to learn to use the control click function.  Another crazy thing, could be your clipboard is full.  Seems like there would be a better way for it to tell you this…  But do you see the little clipboard, beneath View and insert?  Click on it, then click clear the clipboard.  If these don’t work, yup you still have to reboot your browser.

While there was a method that told your browser that Google Docs was ok, this no longer works.  In addition this time, the problem is not limited simply to one browser.

~ MJ Schrader

PS Please pray for my grandparents.