Earlier this year when we unleashed hell the new look and feel of HLS on our readers, the response was mostly positive, but there were a few glitches (I'm looking at you, dude who keeps visiting with a 800x600 screen and Internet Explorer 5). The biggest, to me, was that the commenting system just wasn't working right as a result of trying to integrate a 3rd party comment system at first, and then quickly ripping that away when we grew uncomfortable with it.
Well, hopefully that's no longer a problem. We've implemented some new styling that should make the threaded nature of our comment system much more intuitive (and it should look a hell of a lot better too).
Hope ya like it. It wasn't all that much work, but was a tough ToDo to reach on our ever expanding list.
Updated to add most important bit: And now, at last, you can leave a comment when logged into HLS!
I think it's pretty intuitive, but Carrier thinks their thermostats are intuitive, and those things are just downright bewildering, so: If you want to just leave a comment to the post, click on the "leave a comment" link within a post, and then fill out the comment form at the bottom of the page. If you are reading comments and want to reply to a comment, just click on the "reply" button under that comment, and the comment form should open under that particular comment (so long as you've got javascript enabled on your browser). The system supports sub-commenting to a depth of 5 comments, so if a "sub thread" gets to 5 comments, the reply button will be disabled for that 5th comment. But you can continue to reply to higher-level comments to your heart's content.
Also, again, we invite you to register on our site. We love getting to know the folks in these parts, and we've got some other features planned for our "regular," registered members coming up (hopefully) soon. We're heading into our 5th football season with HLS, and what started out as a laugh among a few friends has sort of evolved into a place for some pretty good discussions about all things ND football and CFB in general.
And even if you don't register with us, if you'd like to get one of those sweet, sweet images to appear next to your comments, just head over to Gravatar.com and click the button "Get your gravatar today." It's a simple process, and will help you establish a presence across a multitude of websites. Plus it makes it a heck of a lot easier for us (me) to recall you as a user, giving everyone more context.
By trey July 6, 2010 - 9:36 am
‘we’ve got some other features planned for our “regular,” registered members coming up ‘
Are we talking like chore lists, beatings, or something more fruitful like dividend checks? Go knows I’ve wasted enough of my life on here, bout time I get some kind of kickback.
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By domer_mq July 6, 2010 - 9:58 am
We’ve contracted with BP to give them something to do with all that oil water they’ve got on their hands, trey. What’s your mailing address?
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By trey July 6, 2010 - 10:39 am
Would that be a lump sum payment or shelled out over a period?
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By borromini July 6, 2010 - 12:21 pm
Ok…I’ve gone to the Gravatar site and have created my avatar…but I’m not finding an avatar option under my profile for this site.
What am I missing?
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By domer_mq July 6, 2010 - 3:23 pm
You have to tie your avatar to your e-mail address on the Gravatar site. So make sure that you’ve set your avatar on the Gravatar site to tie to the e-mail address you’re using on HLS.
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By borromini July 7, 2010 - 10:02 am
Thanks…
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By GB July 6, 2010 - 12:48 pm
I do think HLS has taken the place of BGS. Hi Brad and I am sure some of my old friends at BGS.
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By trey July 6, 2010 - 1:08 pm
I would be very cautious throwing that kind of comparison around here. BGS was informed, well-read and professional. HLS is…ummm less than that.
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By The Biscuit July 6, 2010 - 2:23 pm
how dare you! we are informed, well-read and super snarky badasses. i would call that MORE, not less. though some would just call it different, which is the PC route i guess. we appreciate any comparisons to BGS though, those guys were quality.
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By trey July 6, 2010 - 2:27 pm
Yea, but i those comparisons are to be valid, you might have to stop drinking. Which, of course, nome of us want.
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By trey July 6, 2010 - 2:28 pm
*if
*none
…recommendation: ‘edit post’ feature. At least for us ‘regulars.’
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By domer_mq July 6, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Nah. We’ve tried that feature before. People change their arguments mid-fight.
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By The Biscuit July 6, 2010 - 5:34 pm
which makes it difficult for me to always prove everyone else wrong.
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By trey July 7, 2010 - 1:51 pm
Guess youll just have to live with my sh***y iCrap grammar & spellin then
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By Nate July 7, 2010 - 6:15 am
Always enjoyed reading you guys. Hopefully the comment threads here will be as lively on gameday as those over on BGS. Brad, good to see you, bro!
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By The Biscuit July 7, 2010 - 3:09 pm
Happy to give you guys a home on gameday. We’ll typically do a Live Chat during the games, so I think you’ll see a lot of action.
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