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Thu Jul 25 2024

It's play time to see what I can/cannot resurrect from the good old diary...there is a chance this entry will be changed, redesigned, deleted (purely by accident, mind you). I just don't want to create yet another test entry every time I have a design idea. So this is my Sandbox, nothing of creative writings can be found here. Basically, just saying:

Ignore this entry

re-thinking back and now rearranged the Sandbox, so that the latest tests will be at the top...for easy tracing


checking if autocorrect will change the font - originally typing in TNR, making deliberate mistake and correcting...Nope. works like a charm - all the same font of my choice

Now let me try to type-delete-retype...and see if this picks up font...and yes it did...hmmm...

and another test - according to reports I've seen in other diaries - the font changes on picking up the word suggested by autocorrect...let me make a mistake...nope, still my own font here

testing piece of html here:

2004-Life Number Two

2012-Life Number Three

2021-Five Year's On Hold

2004-Life Number Two

2021-Life Last Before Now


So...I think, I figured it out with the fonts: when I insert a Horizontal Rule, anything I type under it, starts with default Arial...

but if I type next after the old text, it picks up the same font - Times New Roman - in my case

let me try inserting other things, just out of curiosity:

Table (I've changed the font on this to TNR manually, for the test purposes)


start typing in inserted table

typing in inserted table

inserted new column and type

insert new row - font picked up as Bold, unless you "remove row header"

fair enough, table treats first row and column as a header, unless selected otherwise - could be default behaviour

here font is not bold

within the table font defaults to Arial, default size

typing straight after inserted table - the font defaults back to Arial

next test - inserting image again (also to check which place in disclaimer it goes to) - again, changing font to TNR manually to test after insert:



and now typing straight after inserting image - it defaults back to Arial again!

SO: TYPING TEXT AFTER INSERT FUNCTION SEEMS TO REVERT TO DEFAULTS

inserting images

Adding text again after previously inserted image - and it picks up default Arial.

*Manual change of the font*

Checked Disclaimer - Steve, you're right! it does defaults to the photo sizing comment! Sorry, I haven't noticed it previously. Though you do have to actually click the T&C link to see it, if everybody tend to do it - another matter, but you're right again - their problem, not yours.


Handy Links

Some shortcuts, first off the top of my head, in no particular order:

Good friends, gathered all together:

Wrenchman366

D'vorahDavida

Following Wonderful Steve's advice, converting links to the old entries, just for the fun of it, really:

Comfortable Places

Behind My Walls

Is there Ever Ideal Someone

Some useful discussions about DD features post-first-migration-WordPress

checking out new exciting additions to the editor announced today (and the other day)...the Font choice doesn't seems to stick to the entry if you're updating it another time...would be nice to have it unified without making extra clicks...but this is only minor, so can wait until the themes come in - this may even be fixed in there anyway...

and no, the Font doesn't seems to stay, even as you edit the same entry - changed my above, posted pic, the font reverted to default...hmmm...patiently waiting for themes feature...

and another test for photos - just to check out disclaimer ;-)

Yetzirah, this year I've redesigned my garden and now have a little zen corner. Saw your balanced stones - thought of mine :-)

The Disclaimer feels a bit long to me personally, but it is legal stuff, everything has to be included, right? Also this is so not important right now, however, it is a long scroll, which in my experience, nobody ever scrolls all the way, not even with Microsoft Legal Agreements or stuff like that...so if we want to make sure people are informed, either need to bring up the briefing of the important things or make the tick box at the bottom of the scroll compulsory, that people read T&C? I don't know, the other way I can think of - add info about photos and content and such on DD front page

I mean - the one that says this:



10 Comments
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Mon Jul 22 2024
    Oh, I see it's an image in this post. If you re-edit the entry you should be able to click the image, and then press the 'edit' button in the top right corner of the image. You'll then get a dialog box, and you can choose Left, Right or Full Width for the alignment. Let me know if you get stuck! It may not align right unless you put some text next to it though?
  • From:
    MissTick
    On:
    Mon Jul 22 2024
    Steve, yes, this was the prompt for my question. I did found the option of left/right, but cannot edit image, like size it down or frame or anything. however, not a worry, not planning on importing more images until you tweak the editor for everyone
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Mon Jul 22 2024
    So, it's set to size down if it's aligned left or right, but the full width one will go to whatever the native size is, or the full width of the entry box. I'll look at how I can make it resize images :)
  • From:
    D'vorahDavida
    On:
    Mon Jul 22 2024
    Oh, links to friends. Now I will have to figure THAT out!
  • From:
    Wrenchman366
    On:
    Tue Jul 23 2024
    You are so good at this I need to figure out some of the cool things you put in your diary even though I was able to follow you on Facebook I am glad you are here Tim
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Thu Jul 25 2024
    Heya, themes feature won't change font choices in the editor. But I'm not seeing the problem - when I choose a font and save the entry, then open it for editing again the fonts are all preserved... Can you give me some more information please? :)
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Thu Jul 25 2024
    Just to add, (and this is going to sound awful) but I'm not really interested in whether people read the T&C. They can't complain if they didn't read it, then post a porn picture and get their diary deleted... You also mentioned that it's long (and I agree) but the T&C screen should scroll directly to the bit about images from the image insertion dialog?
  • From:
    MissTick
    On:
    Fri Jul 26 2024
    oh, I think, I've just accidentally discovered how to add your signature as a link to your diary in the comments you post! (Not that everybody might need it, but I think it is nice if the author of the post can get back to you without searching for your diary on a Home page updates. Obviously, this is just a temporary workaround until the time DD will allow linked names again (hint hint, nudge nudge) Click to go to Misstick's diary
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Fri Jul 26 2024
    Haha - love the nudge :) Yes, links will come back in. There's a couple of ways I can work that. Bear in mind that now a username is not the same as a diaryname - users can have multiple diaries. So, if I click on your username should it take me to a page listing all your diaries? Some of your diaries? Or to a default diary? Interested in your opinion :)
  • From:
    D'vorahDavida
    On:
    Fri Jul 26 2024
    Oh! Nice Zen garden! My garden is much more random. There IS no Zen .... Ha! More like chaos. I'll have to take some pictures. Yay! I CAN now. Woot!