26th April 2007

The New Curtains Have Arrived! (BUMPED)

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UPDATED: As you can see the mysteriously and incredibly shrinking text has been eradicated. The problem was contained in the coding for the Technorati links at the bottom of each post.

I may stay with this theme although it has a problem with individual post pages slipping the sidebar to the bottom. (and all posts in IE, that ignorant, stupid #$^%^&*^%#$%^%^ Gates)

BTW Peter…. stop whining about the header image! You got your “tyre smoking, single seater.” A REAL one not one of them prissy little things that romp around the EU.

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Don’t shake your head, rub your eyes or otherwise stare in disbelief.

What you see is not what was here. And there is a valid explanation why. Reports (Thanks Guys & Gals) have been received about display problems, specifically on a comments page there have been times when a comment is entered the page refreshes but the comment has gone MIA.

The second problem is on the main index page. It’s been said most posts after the latest either disappear except the title and or, the text size gets progressively smaller as the page is scrolled down.

Sooo… the switch in themes is an effort to locate the problem. If they remain drop a comment on a post or shoot me an email with a description of what you have seen.

ON THE SUBJECT OF BLOGS: If you haven’t noticed a few new ones have sprouted up as the NASCAR season swings into full speed.

Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie - Charlie and Steve are also hosts of the radio show “ON PIT ROW” broadcast over WCWA Fox Sports Radio.

A View From Here: The Business of NASCAR - Written by Dr. Jon Ackley and Dr. Michael Pitts who who teach an honors course on the business of NASCAR at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Also new is the Motorsports Reporter - For the last few hours the site has been unavailable however from what I have seen the last couple of days they are off to a fine start.

BTW,this theme has a couple bugs in it so overlook them and just note the errors mentioned at the top of this post.

UPDATE: I hadn’t noticed it til now, but the aforementioned display problems are only visible in the IE browser. I’m not shocked it’s a piece of Gates crapola with a capitial “ola.” It doesn’t solve anything but at least I can see what they look like.

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There are currently 5 responses to “The New Curtains Have Arrived! (BUMPED)”

Why not let us know what you think by adding your own comment! Your opinion is as valid as anyone elses. (Except mine, it takes precedence over all!)

  1. 1 On April 25th, 2007, Luke said:#

    Marc, why don’t you just give in, drop me a line and let me do a theme for you? ;)
    Oh yes, don’t forget Steve and Charlie’s Fast Lap blog.

  2. 2 On April 26th, 2007, peterg said:#

    I like the new look, not to sure about the photo at the top, the little bridge on the river, very green, very tranquil? How about a tyre smoking, single seater?

    Seriously though, it does look pretty damn neat..

  3. 3 On April 26th, 2007, Charlie Turner said:#

    Marc

    I like the new look. But I liked the old one too.

    Thank you for the shout out about Bench Racing w/ Steve and Charlie. And thanks too, to Luke for the mention on the Fast Lap blog. We’ve done the show for seven years now and have a great bunch of regional fans but the blogging community for NASCAR is something fairly new for me (us) and, as you guys aready know, it is dynamic and PASSIONATE! Too much fun. Thanks again.

  4. 4 On April 27th, 2007, George said:#

    When I first mentioned your shrinking text you didn’t believe me! Our IT guy in work (the place I go to pay the bills) thinks IE is controlled by the devil. You may think it’s funny, but he’s serious!

    With 90% of the world using IE, glad you came around for your readers benefit!

  5. 5 On April 27th, 2007, Marc said:#

    Poor George, he was ignored.

    Not really, with only one or two remarking on it I passed it off as an anomaly.

    And yes, IE along with Gates is possessed.

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