On the blogger comments boxes people can put in bold, italics, etc.: I’ve tried but it doesn’t seem to work, I don’t seem to be able to close the tag… how do people do it?

How do you put ’strike through’ in a blog posting?

And lastly, how do you put in a link (such as you did for StatCounter) in a comment box either here or on Blogger comments?

Thank you kindly!

Never be embarassed to ask though. I do all the time and I’m a freelance software developer by day. Most of the time people start talking technical to me and I just give them a blank look.

Thanks for clearing that up. This is one of many techno-things that, to be honest, I’ve been too embarassed to ask. I come from that moment in time, *cough* years ago, when some schools were getting computer rooms (everybody else’s) and some were holding out because it was a fad (mine) so I didn’t get any tuition (or even helpful hints) and by the time I got to University it was assumed that everybody from my generation knew all about the things!

What site-stat-type thing do you use? I’m using Google Analytics but I’m not sure it’s a world-beater and I’ve been wondering if I can do better. (And I really want to know who my reader in Wotton-Under-Edge is!)

Yesterday I made some hilariously bad and ill-starred attempts to embed html in the blog… how I laughed…

RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication. Although in my experience it’s not actually that simple.

Since this has come up, and Lucy has written WTF over and over, I won’t feel like such a fool asking this…

What’s an RSS feed and how does it work? Does it mean I can find out what replies are going on direct to my inbox without having to relook at the page itself?

As to ADSL monitors, I’ve got a feeling something of that ilk came with my broadband package… but I’m not sure! Computer illiteracy, you better hope it’s not contagious… my black hole of knowledge might start absorbing your knowledge!

The ADSL monitor is partly that but it’s also because I’m interested to see how much bandwidth is being used when the machine is idle but, obviously, still connected to the tubes. If it also comes with an analysis of what programs are using then I’d also be interested to see how much TF2 and it’s ilk are using too.

Basically, it all comes down to BT telling me that it was my responsibility to monitor my usage to make sure I don’t go over my allowance which is a post in itself but as I’m switching providers, is not something I’m too worried about.

2. The only thing I’d rely on for all clients would be to put the text in an image. If you decide to make a PHP widget for it I’ve got a couple of old scripts that might make a worthwhile start point (do you remember my SWG skill box script?).

3. Make an RSS feed for comments. Or perhaps you have one, in which case you need to stop it being quite so well hidden.

Incidentally - did you realise who was did the voice for the rebel soldiers?

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