Comments on: No, you are not my friend and you can’t comment here http://www.centernetworks.com/no-you-are-not-my-friend-and-you-cant-comment-here Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: matt_a http://www.centernetworks.com/no-you-are-not-my-friend-and-you-cant-comment-here/comment-page-#comment-14575 matt_a Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14575 Actually you don't have to put a # before color codes any more. Actually you don’t have to put a # before color codes any more.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/no-you-are-not-my-friend-and-you-cant-comment-here/comment-page-#comment-14598 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14598 <strong>First of all, in response to matt_a's comment:</strong> Says who? I haven't found a browser yet that recognizes your color choices if you don't place the # symbol in front of the hexadecimal number. Yes, you can use the hex number without the # symbol when declaring a "color" inline (such as <font color="000000">). Browsers other than Mozilla will recognize it and display it properly, but that's still not correct. If you declare colors that way in your style sheets, those color declarations will be ignored. <strong>Secondly, in response to the blog post:</strong> Absolutely. People should be able to control whether or not others are allowed to comment on their blog entries. They should always have the power to turn off the comments altogether, restrict comments to registered users (or friends) or allow everyone to comment. Unfortunately, spam is so prevalent in this world that you absolutely have to have those options available. For those of us that have seen the pending comments inside popular blogs, we know just how important it is to be able to control the comments that are posted. When you go for months and months thousands of useless spam comments and absolutely no useful comments, you should have the right to turn off that feature. It might be different if the world was perfect and spammers didn't exist. Until that day, however, I will absolutely support the right to disable comments on blog entries. First of all, in response to matt_a’s comment: Says who? I haven’t found a browser yet that recognizes your color choices if you don’t place the # symbol in front of the hexadecimal number.

Yes, you can use the hex number without the # symbol when declaring a “color” inline (such as <font color=”000000″>). Browsers other than Mozilla will recognize it and display it properly, but that’s still not correct.

If you declare colors that way in your style sheets, those color declarations will be ignored.

Secondly, in response to the blog post: Absolutely. People should be able to control whether or not others are allowed to comment on their blog entries. They should always have the power to turn off the comments altogether, restrict comments to registered users (or friends) or allow everyone to comment.

Unfortunately, spam is so prevalent in this world that you absolutely have to have those options available. For those of us that have seen the pending comments inside popular blogs, we know just how important it is to be able to control the comments that are posted. When you go for months and months thousands of useless spam comments and absolutely no useful comments, you should have the right to turn off that feature.

It might be different if the world was perfect and spammers didn’t exist. Until that day, however, I will absolutely support the right to disable comments on blog entries.

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