Comments for A Blog By Justin http://blog.jmbennett.org a little bit of everything Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Validation by Justin http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/07/21/validation/#comment-352 Justin Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:59:00 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=65#comment-352 Ah, a comment from the great Zach Shepherd himself! Haven't talked to you in some time. You bring up good points and perhaps there are reasons behind the errors (though some of them don't seem like there could be). The quirks mode idea is a good one though, that would make the most sense (I doubt many of the people at Google are ignorant). Thanks for reading Zach! Ah, a comment from the great Zach Shepherd himself! Haven’t talked to you in some time.

You bring up good points and perhaps there are reasons behind the errors (though some of them don’t seem like there could be). The quirks mode idea is a good one though, that would make the most sense (I doubt many of the people at Google are ignorant).

Thanks for reading Zach!

]]> Comment on Validation by Zach Shepherd http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/07/21/validation/#comment-351 Zach Shepherd Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:07:35 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=65#comment-351 I read a few similar articles a while back. A few theories were proposed including "to save bandwidth" (which is completely ridiculous[1]) and "compatibility". I tend to agree with the second theory; try finding a browser that doesn't render google's homepage properly. Personally, I haven't found one. I support use of valid code, but if there weren't a good reason for the errors, I imagine someone would have used a day of their 20-percent time[2] to fix them. "why on earth can they not manage to include a DOCTYPE at the beginning of their page?" The most common reason (ignorance and stupidity aside) to omit a doctype that I can think of would be to put browsers in quirks mode[3]. Zach 1 - http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/google_valid_and_strict/ 2 - http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html&about=eng 3 -http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html I read a few similar articles a while back. A few theories were proposed including “to save bandwidth” (which is completely ridiculous[1]) and “compatibility”.

I tend to agree with the second theory; try finding a browser that doesn’t render google’s homepage properly. Personally, I haven’t found one.

I support use of valid code, but if there weren’t a good reason for the errors, I imagine someone would have used a day of their 20-percent time[2] to fix them.

“why on earth can they not manage to include a DOCTYPE at the beginning of their page?”
The most common reason (ignorance and stupidity aside) to omit a doctype that I can think of would be to put browsers in quirks mode[3].

Zach

1 - http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/google_valid_and_strict/
2 - http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html&about=eng
3 -http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by kurtis http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-288 kurtis Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:40:21 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-288 i think that the errors are showing up with the date portion of the feed. $start and $end are looking for missing child nodes... I got this to work for http://www.busproject.org with a few small tweaks. email me if you need help. i think that the errors are showing up with the date portion of the feed. $start and $end are looking for missing child nodes… I got this to work for http://www.busproject.org with a few small tweaks. email me if you need help.

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by Justin http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-247 Justin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:39:46 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-247 Hey everyone, Thanks for the comments. I'm not sure what the issue is, but I will look at it as soon as I have some free time. I looked at Dave's issue a bit and couldn't really come up with an explanation as to why he's getting a 404 error. Like I said, as soon as I have some time I'll look into it. In the meantime, if either of you figure it out, let me know. Thanks, Justin Hey everyone,

Thanks for the comments. I’m not sure what the issue is, but I will look at it as soon as I have some free time. I looked at Dave’s issue a bit and couldn’t really come up with an explanation as to why he’s getting a 404 error.

Like I said, as soon as I have some time I’ll look into it. In the meantime, if either of you figure it out, let me know.

Thanks,
Justin

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by Emily http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-243 Emily Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:57:26 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-243 I'm having the exact same problem as the Dave. Any ideas what the problem is. I'd REALLY like to use this plugin and would gladly donate if you could help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Here's what I have as my feed URL: http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/deni%40denibonet.com/public/basic?orderby=starttime&sortorder=ascending&futureevents=true&singleevents=true The other two options are just set to the default settings. I couldn't find any url that had "full" in it anywhere, so maybe I'm using the wrong one? I tried substituting "basic" for "full" but that didn't help. I'm not getting a 404 error like the commenter mentioned above, but when it gets to the part of the sidebar with the function call, it just stops. It doesn't show anything and it doesn't display anything that's underneath the function. Basically, it gets to that code and the sidebar just goes blank. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m having the exact same problem as the Dave. Any ideas what the problem is. I’d REALLY like to use this plugin and would gladly donate if you could help me figure out what I’m doing wrong.

Here’s what I have as my feed URL:

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/deni%40denibonet.com/public/basic?orderby=starttime&sortorder=ascending&futureevents=true&singleevents=true

The other two options are just set to the default settings.

I couldn’t find any url that had “full” in it anywhere, so maybe I’m using the wrong one? I tried substituting “basic” for “full” but that didn’t help. I’m not getting a 404 error like the commenter mentioned above, but when it gets to the part of the sidebar with the function call, it just stops. It doesn’t show anything and it doesn’t display anything that’s underneath the function. Basically, it gets to that code and the sidebar just goes blank.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by Dave http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-210 Dave Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:58:13 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-210 Great idea for a plugin. Unfortunately, I'm getting a 404 Error on my page when I tried to include it. I thought maybe my calendar wasn't shared properly, so I used a public one (http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/up9ba31v77o3bvjfoh1soeqapk%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic), but that didn't work either. I have the static option set to "No" and the max events set to 4. How did I go wrong? Thanks. Great idea for a plugin. Unfortunately, I’m getting a 404 Error on my page when I tried to include it. I thought maybe my calendar wasn’t shared properly, so I used a public one (http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/up9ba31v77o3bvjfoh1soeqapk%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic), but that didn’t work either. I have the static option set to “No” and the max events set to 4. How did I go wrong? Thanks.

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by Justin http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-209 Justin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:53:10 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-209 I've posted a screenshot <a href="http://blog.jmbennett.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/screenshot-1.png" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Please let me know what you think of the plugin. Thanks! I’ve posted a screenshot here.

Please let me know what you think of the plugin. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by mocona http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-208 mocona Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:37:10 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-208 Do you have a screen shot what is it like in wordpress ? specially in sidebar ? Do you have a screen shot what is it like in wordpress ? specially in sidebar ?

]]> Comment on Google Calendar Feed Parser by Jon Thomas http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/06/21/google-calendar-feed-parser/#comment-206 Jon Thomas Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:46:51 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=45#comment-206 Would love to see this for expression engine! Would love to see this for expression engine!

]]> Comment on Wedding Website by Pat http://blog.jmbennett.org/2008/05/20/wedding-website/#comment-201 Pat Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:31:28 +0000 http://blog.jmbennett.org/?p=40#comment-201 Sweet theme! Sweet theme!

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