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Jan. 15th, 2006
Knitting Blog Progress
Jan. 15th, 2006 05:39 pmI've spent a little too much time today trying to create code for knitting progress bars on my fledgling knitting blog. At first I was perfectly OK with some little CSS ones that were easy enough to tweak and update as needed - they only had one problem. I couldn't get the percentage done (text) to show up in the middle of the progress bar, regardless of how much progress was done. I got the numbers to show up inside the colored portion that shows how much I've done on any particular project, but if it was only 5%, then the text got crowded out and looked messy. Otherwise I could get the percentage in the progress bar just fine, but then the fill color got pushed down BELOW the progress bar! Worthless. So for a while, I figured I'd just have to put the percentage complete above the bar, next to the name of the project.
BUT!!!
I was just not satisfied with this solution - it really wasn't the look I wanted. I did some searching and found a nifty little javascript that does exactly the same thing, plus it's just a little simpler to update and it WORKS the way I WANT it to! Yay!
Now I need to start creating "actual content" for that blog. (I also started a new Flickr account to be knitting-dedicated. That way I can link to pictures there with comments on the images.)
BUT!!!
I was just not satisfied with this solution - it really wasn't the look I wanted. I did some searching and found a nifty little javascript that does exactly the same thing, plus it's just a little simpler to update and it WORKS the way I WANT it to! Yay!
Now I need to start creating "actual content" for that blog. (I also started a new Flickr account to be knitting-dedicated. That way I can link to pictures there with comments on the images.)
I noticed a new icon on profile pages within the last couple days - "Nudge a friend". I finally got curious and clicked it, and it's AWESOME! It lets you ask LiveJournal to email any of your mutual friend who have not updated their LJs in a week or more, and remind them to post something!
I have so many friends that don't update very often. Sadly, they are people that I don't hear from much anyway, so I keep hoping they will journal a little bit about their lives so I can keep up with how they are doing. I nudged a couple people today. I can't wait to see if something happens!
I have so many friends that don't update very often. Sadly, they are people that I don't hear from much anyway, so I keep hoping they will journal a little bit about their lives so I can keep up with how they are doing. I nudged a couple people today. I can't wait to see if something happens!