Wise Hacker

Turn a link into a button!

2009-03-02T00:36:00.004-05:00

Here’s a demonstration:Hover, press, release, and leaveand it works with tabover too! Go to my page to find out more and download the necessary files.

Patch for Archive Style (Hierarchy, Rounders template)

2008-01-26T20:00:00.000-05:00

Do you use a Rounders Series template? How about a Hierarchy style archive list? If you answered both with "yes," chances are that you've noticed a slight difference in that list from other lists in your sidebar. No arrow bullets. No dotted lines. Boring! But check MY archive list. Go ahead. Scroll down the page and check the sidebar. See you soon!Back? OK, notice anything different about my

How to Contact Blogger

2008-01-10T15:52:00.001-05:00

For those of you who would rather talk to Blogger directly to report a bug or Terms of Service violation, unofficially there's still a way to do this, nicely hidden if you try to find it on the help page. Contact Blogger HelpThere's a small caveat to this: many of the topics have been redirected to help pages, so instead of a form at the end, as you would expect, you find a link to the Blogger

Examples for my tips

2007-12-29T10:52:00.000-05:00

This template:

should always be enclosed in the underlined, bolded tags. A template without b:includable tags will not upload to Blogger.Any "plus sign":should always be led and trailed by spaces, because the form handler

Complete Blog Post List

2007-12-28T16:56:00.000-05:00

I took what Vin did with his post list here and turned it into a widget! All you have to do is click on the button below, select a blog to add it to, and click their button, and, voila! a complete list of everything you ever posted, right in your sidebar! You may change the widget heading to anything you like, but please, don’t edit anything in the widget’s template, OK? Happy listing!List

Tips for including widget templates in add-widget forms

2007-12-27T15:50:00.000-05:00

Here are a few tips that might help you avoid the posting mistakes that add-widget makes:Always enclose your template code in tags.Always include a space before and after every plus (+) sign.Always substitute & for every & in all your code. This is not a mistake. The extra amp; is actually necessary.These tips, if followed religiously, will ensure a

Better-Looking Blogger Preview

2005-11-15T19:55:00.000-05:00

As many of you already know, there is a bug in Blogger Preview. Fonts are two big, borders slam up against the left edge of the screen, widths are wrong... in short, the browser is operating in quirks mode when it should be operating in standards mode. I have informed Blogger Support of the problem, but until they fix it, here's a workaround. In your template's style sheet, after the body rule,

Blinking Text on Internet Explorer?

2005-04-01T12:43:00.000-05:00

Up until now, the tag was only available on Netscape and its close cousins. NO MORE! For all you IE users out there who are feeling disenfranchized, I have found the answer!!!Just put this text in your document’s header and, Voila! you have the blink tag!