Friday, 13 April 2007
Comment permalinks: spelling it out for Iain Dale the blogging 'expert'
"Now if you tell me how to add these Comment permalink things that you keep referring to I will happily do so." - Iain Dale
Whoops! Did you see what I did there? Here, let me show you again.
Now why does this link work and not this one?
Well, it all comes down to a single missing letter in a single line of code, which becomes obvious when you see the two URLs side-by-side.
Here I have to admit to being just a little bit mean to Iain; his actual ignorance of blogging really gets up my nose, as does his feigning of ignorance when he's put on the spot... so I've been feigning ignorance to highlight his genuine ignorance.
Clear so far? Good.
Twice now, in direct emails to Iain (on 14 February and 1 April) I've waved correct versions of the relevant code under his nose and suggested that he consult his designer (who "should understand what this all means").
Iain didn't pick up on the obvious difference between this code and what was in his design template, and neither did his designer (assuming, of course, that his designer was consulted).
Of course, the manual workaround used above could have been used at any stage, but that would have made it far too easy for everyone's favourite blogging 'expert'.
However, an important upcoming post is going to rely heavily on the extended use of comment permalinks, so the time has finally come to spell it out for Iain Dale and deliver the fix in a hand-holding gesture that I'm sure will be appreciated...
Iain has this as the guts of his comment permalink code:
But what he needs is this:
All that's missing is the letter 'c' after the '#' and before the comment number (which is also the Awfully Big Secret of the manual workaround should anyone wish to use comment permalinks between now and when Iain finally gets around to fixing this).
Job done. Over to you, Iain.
(PS - Where should I send the invoice?)
Labels: iain dale the expert
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2 Comments:
- D-Notice said...
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If you send him an invoice which he doesn't pay, will you march on his house with other angry bloggers like with our Dear Leader? ;-)
10:49 PM, April 13, 2007 - Tim said...
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That, dear sir, depends almost entirely on how long Iain holds out.
11:19 PM, April 13, 2007
;OP
BTW, for bystanders, it was 3 *years* after I issued the relevant invoice that I finally ended up on Tony Blair's doorstep.
But, then again, these things can escalate suddenly from time to time*.
[*This is not a threat.]
