Greg kindly pointed out that my RSS feed doesn’t work (you just get a 404 message). I’m not sure if I can fix it yet, but will have a look at it. But in the meantime, I can assure you that I do have a working Atom feed, and you can subscribe to it through services like Bloglines. But I don’t think it’s worth putting the link that I have on this page, because it works in a rather odd way. Maybe I can also set up a ‘normal’ Atom feed this weekend.
I’ve also noticed that since I stuck all those photos up, the blog no longer fits properly in the computer screens I’m using at the university (and I didn’t think they were that small; it’s fine on my laptop screen and that’s only 13 or 14″). The main column’s a bit too wide and the sidebar gets pushed down to the bottom. Of course, I could make the photos smaller, but I don’t quite understand why it does it, especially as it already has a slight ‘overflow’ (if that’s the right expression). So I apologise if you’re getting this effect; it’s not how you’re supposed to see the thing. (But I’m not alone: the same thing is happening when I visit some other sites too – though not all of them.) In fact, even if I take the photos down, the fit on this screen is a bit cramped. It’s hardly a big issue, but it irritates me.
But at least the damn page validates for XML">XHTML.
2 comments on “Feeds and other stuff”
The problem with the screens at the university is probably not the physical size of the displays, but the resolution they are running at. I would bet that the school’s PCs are showing only an 800 x 600 or even 640 x 480 display. Your pages look just fine running 1024 x 768 on 15-inch flat panels.
Thanks. That makes sense even to me (though believe me I’m usually even more ignorant about hardware than software…). I suppose the question then is how much I should worry about it. How many readers here are viewing the blog on low-resolution university computers (or older monitors) and not seeing it the way I want them to cf. those with up to date high-res screens who get it nice? And of the former group, does it bother anybody? (I’m finicky, I admit it.)
… Although I’ve just realised that the screen here in my office at least can be set to 1024×768. And, yup, then everything fits. But all the text is a bit tiny for comfort…