It’s time once again for me to rave about Movable Type. I love how totally customizable the system is, AND since so many people use it, there are usually solutions already out there just waiting to be found. My latest thing was links in comments, I think it’s SO annoying how links people leave in comments get opened in that dinky comment window. I tried adding target=”_blank” to my links, but Movable Type kept filtering it out. A quick search (BTW, do I also need to rave about Google?!? It is seriously to the point where you can just type a sentence on what you want and Google will give you a page that will contain your answer!) and I was on my way to getting it fixed. First I had to change the settings so that “a href target” wasn’t being filtered out. This turned out to be a simple 1 line change in mt.cfg. Voila, users can now specify target=”_blank” on their links and all will work as expected. But, I wanted to go one step further, make ALL links left in comments open in new windows (even when the person didn’t specify the target). For that, I needed to “install” mt-regex, add 1 line, and change 1 line in my comment template. There, now any links left by peeps will launch in a full-sized browser. AND, since the site is being constantly rebuilt, these changes are automatically applied to any comments made in the past!
See? Ain't it neato??!? :)
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Translation as heard by people who don't know what the devil your talking about:
It’s time once again for me to rave about Movable BLAH. I love how totally customizable the BLAH is, AND since so many people use it, there are usually solutions already out there just waiting to be found. My latest thing was BLAHS in comments, I think it’s SO annoying how BLAHS people leave in comments get opened in that dinky comment window. I tried adding BLAH=”_BLAH” to my BLAHS, but Movable BLAH kept BLAHING it out. A quick search (BTW, do I also need to rave about Google?!? It is seriously to the point where you can just type a sentence on what you want and Google will give you a page that will contain your answer!) and I was on my way to getting it fixed. First I had to change the BLAHINGS so that “a BLAHREF target” wasn’t being filtered out. This turned out to be a simple 1 line change in BLAH.cfg. Voila, users can now specify target=”_BLAH” on their BLAHS and all will work as expected. But, I wanted to go one step further, make ALL BLAHS left in comments open in new windows (BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH). For that, I needed to “install” BL-LAH, add 1 line, and change 1 line in my comment BLAHLATE. There, now any BLAHS left by peeps will launch in a full-sized BLAH. AND, since the site is being constantly rebuilt, these changes are automatically applied to any comments made in the past!
JUST REMEMBER: DONT TAUNT HAPPY-FUN-BALL