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Profile for Mark Carey

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Website: http://mt-hacks.com

About Me: yah

City: Flatts

State/Prov: Smiths

Birthdate: 1974-07-30

Interests: stuff

Favorite TV Shows: Lost

Recent Replies by Mark Carey

On 'FriendFeed Comments Test Entry':
Yes, you should ;) That comment was my first test of it, works well...
On 'I must know.':
Mostly I come up with them because they are things I want to do myself, but many features are suggested by others.

I have been using MT as a forum since 2003 (on MT 3.2) and only recently packaged everything up into a plugin (well, I mostly re-wrote from the ground up).
On 'Very neat':
Whoops, I guess I posted that last one under my Vox alias, Bob Sakamano.

Bob Sakamano = Mark Carey ;)
On 'OpenID for Forum Posts':
test reply
On 'This is really neat':
Just another test, to bump this thread to 11.
On 'This is really neat':
Still need to tweak these templates a bit.

On admin side, it may make sense for me to wait until 4.1 and release MT Forum only for 4.1+. 6A says the 4.1 launch could be very soon....
On 'User Profiles Pro Demo':
test comment
On 'About Small Things':
once more
On 'About Small Things':
again
On 'About Small Things':
Just a test
On 'User Profiles Pro Demo':
Thanks again, Merv. The problem happened because I tweaked a setting for the MT Forum demo, which kinda breaks Ajax Comments at little. ;) Neither has a bug, but I have either disable Ajax Comments or update my templates to properly support it when replying to forum topics. Thanks again for the report.
On 'User Profiles Pro Demo':
Thanks for pointing that out Merv. It could be a problem relating to MT Forum. I will test and fix.
On 'This is really neat':
Thanks, I am glad you like it.

Look for the release soon after Jan 1....
On 'Design issues':
Hi Rowan,

Note that just like blog comments, the reply form is at the bottom of the thread. When you click the "reply" button at the top, it just jumps you down to the bottom of the page where the form is. As such, the existing comments don't disappear (just scroll up), although it may seem that way. Also, like the default MT4 Entry templates, the reply (comment) form is hidden by default, unless you are logged in. I don't like this approach and will likely change that in the MT Forum default templates, doing so will reduce confusion and reduce barriers to participation.

Good idea on the threaded comments suggestion.

There is no "navigation on the right" in the current design, so I am not sure what you are referring to. However, I will say that this forum is indeed integrated into a blog.
On 'open id support':
Bud, I think this is a redirection issue within MT. After you login, MT thinks that you were on an "entry", and tries to determine what the URL for that entry should be. Because the topic is not an entry, it guessing wrong, and sends you to a non-existent page (which may have appeared like a blank screen). I have aworked around this is a few places, but I need to address the "redirect after login" case. Thanks for the report.

Note that the OpenID login did complete, but the redirection was less than ideal. Your topic above was successfully posted using your OpenID.
On 'This is really neat':
Hi Bud, no comments are not topics ;)
On 'Test the redirect':
again
On 'Test the redirect':
Now 3
On 'Test the redirect':
Now 2
On 'Test the redirect':
Now
On 'Test the redirect':
My reply is this.
On 'Another test New':
new test
On 'test':
Test comment
On 'User Profiles Pro Demo':
Thanks for the comments, Kevin.

The TypeKey email thing is the nature of the way TypeKey accounts get stored in the system. Perhaps there is a better way to handle them to avoid confusion. Hiding the email field is an option, but enabling TK users to add their email address is valuable for site owners. I will need to test for any side effects of that.

Regarding the Extended Profile, what browser are you using? I wonder if I need to tweak the CSS a little for cross-browser support...
On 'Ajax Comments Test Entry':
One more test to add to the list.
On 'Ajax Comments Test Entry':
I just cleaned up the comment spam on this entry. Seems like I forgot to enable the "Spam Protect" feature of Ajax Comments -- whoops. ;) I have now enabled that feature, which should prevent most spam...
On 'Ajax Comments Test Entry':
Just fixed a tiny javascript issue with IE7. This comment testing IE7...
On 'Ajax Comments Test Entry':
I will kick this off with the first comment!
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
hide form
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
logged in maybe 2
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
logged in maybe
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
2
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
new
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
test
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
then
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
now!!
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
and now
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
once more
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
and again
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
new one
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
newer test
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
new test
On 'Test MT4 Entry':
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