I just installed the TinyMCE module for Drupal. This is my first posting with it. It let's me do stuff in a WYSIWYG environment like:

• Bulleted lists
• Font styles
• CSS styles
• Çustom ch∂r∂cters
• Hyperlinks
• Images
• and more
  

It's got plugins for spell-checking, saving local html files, and so on.
So far, so good.

Okay, so I've noticed a number of glitches and features I am less than happy with. First off, tinyMCE likes to rewrite my HTML if I edit a previously created node. This would be fine and dandy, only it takes my pretty, well-formatted HTML and makes it a single, run-on line of code. Now even that would be okay if I was never going to have to see it again. However, tinyMCE only performs a small portion of the HTML tagging I tend to write on a regular basis. That small portion is the stuff I use in the greatest frequency, and so is sufficient for most jobs, but when I need to do something such as add a <code> or <blockquote> set of tags, I need to edit the raw HTML to do so. Now that tinyMCE has mangled the HTML, it is damn-near impossible to read or find anything. So...

One of the reason I stick with hosted Cpanel solutions is because of the provided access via SSH. (An option which some hosting providers disable, but I never even consider signing up with those providers.) SSH allows me to have a lot more power in terms of administration -- you can't get much more control over your Linux environment than having shell access.

I came across an article on A List Apart that discusses how to do custom underlines with CSS.

These are some items I'm tracking on Drupal.org:

• Page after login should be configurable
  I've figured out and documented the hack there, but I'm still looking forward to seeing the feature properly integrated.
• Event items for August 31st are not showing up in calendar view
• Root menu node displays "There are currently no posts in this category."
• Can't Edit Other Users' Book Pages

Woah, I can't believe I've been missing out on Blogger. I mean, I haven't been living under a rock -- I knew about it. I read Blogger blogs all the time. And I do use w.Blogger to blog to both Drupal and e-Xoops. I just always assume that any free service is usually not such a good deal. (I'd love to link to some good examples of bad deals, but I refuse to increase their page rank).

Well, as usual, I've found another way to be wrong. It's not to surprising; both that I'm wrong again and that there are free things that are really good deals. I mean, my favorite applications are free, and they hold their own against any software one could purchase. When you think about, the most phenomenal service that has totally changed my life is a free service. (Oh, I could have put a lot of really bad jokes into that last link!)

Having difficulty getting text to flow or break around an image like you want? The HTML tag <br> has an attribute called clear which allows you to control how text breaks or flows around left and right images. Possible values include "none", "left", "right" or "all". An example and a thorough explanation can be had here.

Drupal.org has a great article on using diff and patch.

A new plug-in has been released that installs quickly and adds an option to search Drupal from Firefox's built in search field (to the right of the URL field). Very useful if you're a Drupal user or developer.

Unfortunately, the site owner appears to have taken the page down which linked to these files. However, the files can still be downloaded at these links:

• Source file
• Drupal icon

Drop the two files into your Firefox\searchplugins directory, restart Firefox, and you're all set to go.

I've been using darker colors for years and decided it was time for something different since I have to stare at it so often. The other thing about my color scheme is that I use my blog often at work as a tool to journal current tasks I'm working on. I don't like it when people staring over my shoulder assume I'm dorking around on the net. So I was going for something stylish yet conservative.

Obviously... I failed miserably on both counts.

This theme is an only mildly-modified version of "box_cleanslate" theme, which is included in the "box_grey" theme download. I touched up just a few CSS elements (colors, fonts) and added my own AnalogDuck.com graphic to the included logo graphic, then called it a day.