Editor Questions

Having a problem with the editor, or don't know how to perform a particular function?  Ask here.

Note: Our current WYSIWYG editor doesn't work properly in Opera, and doesn't work at all in Safari.  We're looking at alternatives, and we're open to suggestions.  We will also be adding support for alternate editors, so if you have a favourite, here's the place to add your vote.

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New Toys

A new set of features has been uploaded to mee.nu, ready for our full-scale beta test.  You'll see new options for managing your posts, files, folders, templates and directories, automatic RSS and Atom feeds, site statistics, and a host of other bells and whistles.

And a much improved file upload screen:



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Statistics:Summary

Quickly Site statistics summaries.

Usage [statistics:summary {count=n} {mode=sum|avg|min|max} {order=asc|desc}]
[statistics:summary:here {template=type.name}]

Type block tag, here tag

Data Fields site, year, month, pages, bytes, bytes.text, pages.bytes, pages.bytes.text, files.bytes, files.bytes.text, feeds, templates, queries, rows, ctime, ctime.text, etime, etime.text, qtime, qtime.text

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Dates and Times

Your Manage Site page has options to select a timezone for your blog, and to choose formatting options for dates, times, and "datetimes". (A "datetime" is used where both the date and the time should be displayed together.)

The timezone should be self-explanatory; options for formatting dates and times are described in detail below.

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Conditions, Calculations and Variables

Conditional Tags

[if], [ifn], [iff], and [iffn].

[if] tests a single variable. If that variable exists and has a true (non-zero / non-null / non-empty) value, the template code within the bracket of the [if] and the [/if] is evaluated.

If the variable is false (zero / null / empty), the code is not evaluated.

And if the variable does not exist, the [if] tag itself is not evaluated, and is instead included directly in the output. So if you get the name of the variable wrong, and type [if post.coments] instead of [if post.comments], you will be able to see your mistake right there in the page. In this case, the bracketed code is processed as if the [if] tag did not exist.

[ifn] works exactly the same, except that the condition is reversed. Code inside the [ifn] [/ifn] is evaluated if the variable is false.

With [if] and [ifn], if the variable does not exist the behaviour of a following [else] statement is undefined.

[iff] and [iffn] are similar, with one big exception: The bracketed code is evaluated if and only if the variable evaluates to true (or false, for [iffn]). If the variable does not exist, the code is skipped, just as if the variable had been false.
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Allow Comments / Allow Pings Flags

Damn, I wish I'd had that working before I launched the beta.  Anyway, 8000+ threads and nearly 600 templates updated, and these flags now work.  (Or seem to work for me, anyway.)

I've removed the Locked, Hidden and System flags for the time being, because they're not very useful. (Locked currently has the same effect as turning off comments, and Hidden and System can be achieved by setting the status to Draft.)

Let me know if you have any problems with the comments following this update.  If you can't comment at all, email me at andrew -at- pixymisa -dot- net and let me know.

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Smile!

If you don't like the standard set of smilies, no need to frown!

Just hop on over to smilies.mee.nu and pick whichever smiley set that takes your fancy.  Copy the text in the box and paste it into your Smilies template and viola!

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BBCode Examples

One of the features built into mee.nu is BBCode support.  You can use this in both posts and comments.

Examples for all the currently supported tags are in the extended entry.
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A New Look for a New... Blogging Thingy

Yes, it's our new Autumn fashion range. It might not be Autumn where you are, but I think you'll like our stylin' new theme anyway. Counting down to beta launch: T-something hours.

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Comment Problem

Hi everyone.

We seem to have a problem with comments not saving at times.  I've managed to reproduce the bug, but haven't tracked it down yet.

I'll keep you posted.

Update: The comment problem is fixed!  Hooray!

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