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If a Post Title Spans Two Lines and Still Looks Good, You Win!

by pearsonified on June 14, 2008 · 39 comments

So yeah, this is one of those things that you gotta test. If it comes out right, you’ll be a hero. Otherwise – baaaaa – you’ll be a friggin’ goat. I needed some extra text for testing purposes, so here ya go.

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Humdinger Diddly July 3, 2008 at 2:30 am

Does this still work?

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Humdinger Diddly January 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Does this break if I post a comment?

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Mr. Answer March 5, 2009 at 1:09 am

Hellz no it doesn’t break! It pwns hard as a mutha, knawmsayin? Now that you’ve read this, you understand why this comment spans three lines.

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 1:14 am

Thank you, Mr. Answer. You pwn.

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 2:21 am

I, too, enjoyed Mr. Answer’s contribution to the conversation. What a guy, huh?

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 2:39 am

Sorry, Mr. Answer… I guess maybe next time, I should speak directly to you :-/

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Humdinger Diddly February 27, 2010 at 12:37 am

Es no pour me?

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DubPee McStomperson February 27, 2010 at 12:56 am

Why is es no pour le working pour me?!?

Not a real user January 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Well, what happens if I’m not a logged-in user and I post a comment? Does it break then?

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 2:11 am

Oh, why thank you, Polly Prissypants!

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 3:24 am

I hate to butt in, but isn’t that just a little too non-sequitur?

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 3:26 am

Dude, last time I checked, you don’t run the place.

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 3:27 am

I’m just sayin, jeez! Somebody’s a grouch :D

Humdinger Diddly January 18, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Let’s try an unmoderated one. What say you?

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Humdinger Diddly January 5, 2010 at 3:32 pm

I sayeth NAY, homeh.

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Not a real user January 18, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Let’s try another unmoderated one, especially since that last one came through as an admin comment.

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Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm

What if I post a comment does it break ?

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Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm

What happens here if I begin to talk to myself like an idiot ?

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Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:51 pm

You know like those guys on Fox News ?

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Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:51 pm

At some point we all start sounding like pundits here on the IntraBlogoSphere.

Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:55 pm

I think I almost broke it. Nope I didn’t damn it.

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Johnboy Twoliner January 5, 2010 at 1:27 pm

How come no one has posted a multi-paragraph comment yet? Sup widdat? I think they’re gonna look a little bit wonky due to the vertical spacing between the commenter’s name and the start of each comment.

The only way to test that is to post a multi-line comment, and then check the results to see if they’d make baby Jesus cry.

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Humdinger Diddly January 5, 2010 at 1:30 pm

I guess this isn’t a total abortion. If avatars weren’t so indiscernible at 30px by 30px, I’d be able to set up the comments like they were on the previous, non-Thesis version of Pearsonified…

To be honest, though, I’m really liking my new convention to use big avatars for initial comments and tiny avatars for replies. Good stuff.

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Humdinger Diddly January 5, 2010 at 1:33 pm

Oh, and I should add—the tiny avatars for replies are 33px by 33px, and that’s still bigger than the proposed 30px by 30px that would better match the old design.

The last UI convention I need to tackle here is the link display on commenters’ names. Due to the lack of vertical spacing between the commenter’s name and the start of a comment, the old convention of a dotted border now looks like visual clutter. Dammit.

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Humdinger Diddly January 13, 2010 at 12:48 am

What about a nude one?

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Humdinger Diddly January 13, 2010 at 12:48 am

Ahhh, so I can reply to this. Damn, WordPress is jacked.

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 3:29 am

I’d humor you, but this has nested on long enough, don’t you think?

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm

I’ll have you know that if you continue to nest, I’m going to cutchoo.

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm

There’s really no chance of that, although we do need to see where the tipping point is on the width of the comment form inside these damned threaded comments.

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Stinkum Dinkum March 5, 2009 at 2:53 pm

I think we may have found it, gub’na.

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 2:53 pm

Far from it, I’m afraid. You can nest these suckers ad-infinitum.

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Humdinger Diddly March 5, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Ha, just kidding—we’ve reached the limit!

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Barry Dingle December 19, 2009 at 10:52 pm

At what point does my punditry wander over into the sidebar, is it with this comment or the next?

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nick January 7, 2010 at 3:21 pm

You can change the number of threaded in the WP options -> Discussion area.

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Dooshay February 26, 2010 at 9:17 pm

I have one thing to say:
01100101 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01011011 01100011 01101100 01100001 01110000 01100011 01101100 01100001 01110000 01011101

You know what to do with that.

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Matt February 26, 2010 at 9:17 pm

Who the hell is dooshay? He sounds like a real, well, douche.

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Humdinger Diddly February 27, 2010 at 12:38 am

I don’t understand why it goes anders…

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DubPee McStomperson February 27, 2010 at 12:45 am

Typo fail, too, kinda. Damn.

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DubPee McStomperson February 27, 2010 at 12:49 am

Es no pour le working?

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