| ThoughtWrong | shares | The *official* Plurkshop #10 thread! **Unique Designs in the Plurk World** |
| beminedesign | says | hi thoughtwrong |
| onepinktee | hi thoughtwrong - thanks for hosting this topic! |
| Konstantino | says | Do we say we should qualify or something? |
| ThoughtWrong | says |
| Bakla | says | hello |
| Connie | Are we taking roll? *raises hand* "Present." |
| ThoughtWrong | "thanks" to zenelements for making is plurk box larger with CSS code |
| Teeg | *raises hand* |
| Bakla | says | Present! |
| ThoughtWrong | *raises hand as well* then thinks he had better be here, lol |
| ThoughtWrong | says | so are we all ready? |
| Mike ██ | is | Hi All |
| beminedesign | says | excuse me, what is that great image on your profile Thoughtwrong? |
| ThoughtWrong | asks | or do we need to give time for a few more people to roll in? |
| AmberCadabra | Charles, I say go for it. Folks will catch up, they always do. |
| ThoughtWrong | says | pritcharddesign its as I lay dyings cover for frail worlds collapse |
| ThoughtWrong | says | ok take it away thoughtwrong |
| ThoughtWrong | says | Hi everyone, I am thoughtwrong |
| ThoughtWrong | Today we will be discussing what has seemed to be one of the most controversial topics over the past week on Plurk! |
| ThoughtWrong | The custom CSS design and inplementation on Plurk profiles have been compared to "Myspace for the microblogging world" |
| ThoughtWrong | This 'in my opinion' is most definately not the case. |
| ThoughtWrong | says | however, this is Plurk! So its not really about *just* my opinion now is it? |
| ThoughtWrong | says | so before we get into comments/questions |
| ThoughtWrong | I have compiled a short list of links I would like to share before we get started just as a refrence for the conversations in this thread. |
| ThoughtWrong | Is Plurk the MySpace of Microblogging? - The seemingly controversial mashable post by waynesutton |
| uberdev | is | *rolling in* thoughtwrong |
| ThoughtWrong |
| ThoughtWrong | I Saw It Through The Plurkline - Plurks blog post made yesterday on the CSS topic. |
| zenelements | has | to admit, I was a little concerned the mySpace effect would take a hold of Plurk but there are a few points to this... |
| ThoughtWrong | http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-21651/TS-134703.mp3 - where we all discussed a little about this topic as well. |
| Connie | "seemingly" ? |
| zenelements | says | 1. that everyone is entitled to their own crazy CSS Profile fun |
| ThoughtWrong | Plurk CSS -Great tips from our very own ZenElements on the Plurk CSS and how to use it to your advantage. |
| zenelements | says | 2. How often do we find ourselves on each others actual profile as supposed to just our own timelines? |
| ThoughtWrong | groups.google.com/project plurk (Project Plurk) - our google group for an open source custom css generator |
| Eric Odom | says | thoughtwrong your profile looks great, but messed up in my res www.plurkpix.com/pix/Hm.png |
| Eric Odom | says | I'm working on my css as we speak... thoughts? |
| ThoughtWrong | says | ericodom usually I am just thinking about myself and what I like to see, not sure why but to be honest it should work on any resolution |
| zenelements | says | does get that same smaller picture with my res, yeah.. anything over 1024 I think gets the blue background |
| AmberCadabra | ZenElements that's exactly my view; YOU are the one that looks at your page the most |
| zenelements | says | nice city lights!! |
| ThoughtWrong | says | Yes, That is the next topic I wanted to discuss, your profile, is just that YOURS! |
| zenelements | shares | for EASIER response space, use this CSS: #input_small { height: 75px; } |
| zenelements | says | agreeing with you thoughtwrong |
| AmberCadabra | ericodom being a chicago girl, I think i'm biased. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | you are he one who has to view it 90% of the time, be sure however that you make the text readable so new pleeps can find out who you are.. |
| Bakla | says | Exactly! Your Profile is just yours. And there are some who believe that having an "awesome" profile will attract more friends/fans |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | ..without too much eye strain |
| Teeg | says | shoot! Dh has decided he's ready to head to dinner *now* instead of in an hour. Will look forward to reading when we get back! |
| Bakla | says | as to why they would want to add more friends/fans is beyond me though |
| ThoughtWrong | says |
| Eric Odom | says | as long as plurk doesn't allow music on page load it will never be like myspace imho |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | More Pleeps = more conversation, yes it can get hectic but it can also be worth it |
| zenelements | says | hope you have a good supper Teeg |
| beminedesign | says | I like that I'm looking at a representation of me while plurking |
| uberdev | was | never a fan of plurks color schemes. |
| Connie | asks | How complicated is it to customize your CSS? I know just enough HTML to be dangerous. |
| zenelements | says |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | asks why uberdev? |
| zenelements | hopes | music never spreads to Plurk outwith linked videos, etc... |
| martinbogo | eric Ummmm .. what if I said I found a way to do an <embed> tag? |
| beminedesign | says | Connie follow one of the available tutorials or get someone to help you |
| martinbogo | ericodom I have a way of embedding a flash mp3 player now, but for the same reasons you mention, have not released or used the code |
| martinbogo | since it is mostly just a parsing bug on the part of A-Team. I should actually file it as a bug |
| LaShae | thinks | CSS custom profiles are just like clothes, like pritcharddesign says it's a representation of her |
| Connie | I understand the principles of CSS, just have little experience using it. Are the tutorials on the Plurk blog? |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | connie CSS is definately easy however fo people whom just do not want to or dont have the time to lear... |
| ThoughtWrong | ...we have put together the google group to help out all the pleeps |
| uberdev | says | thoughtwrong, plurks colors to me really reak of vegas. i'm a big fan of simplicity |
| Connie | ah, cool. |
| Connie | Plurk's basic color schemes leave a lot to be desired, IMO. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | the CSS project will be benificial because it encompasses the true meaning of plurk, *togetherness* by having everyone work on an open |
| AmberCadabra | would be great if we can gather links for tutorials here or in the recap on plurkshops.com |
| beminedesign | says | your google group link is *404* |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | source program and then putting it on a website for all other pleeps to use |
| AmberCadabra | connie I need RED, dangit |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | here is a full CSS beginners tutorial this one is easy to follow and is how I learned |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | not 404 here |
| beminedesign | says | cool. thanks |
| uberdev | asks | anyone who doesn't like custom css in plurk, do you apply the same philosophy in twitter? |
| zenelements | says | w3schools is a great resource for anyone looking to get a slightly more indepth look into CSS |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | he wants to know what everyones views are on the Waynesutton post at mashable, how did that one go over with everyone? |
| Connie | Nobody *has* to use custom CSS, they can use Plurk as is. |
| beminedesign | says | I think a personalized profile page also reveals more about a person, making friending decisions easier |
| Connie | the proverbial lead balloon ... even with this mama |
| ThoughtWrong | says | very true connie , it is most definately your choice |
| Connie | with Wayne's mama |
| LaShae | wonders | if it was a move for controversy to get people to look at plurk |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that was a funny post, she said "he stepped in it" |
| Connie |
| AmberCadabra | I had much less issue with his comments on CSS than I did with his blanket statements about the community. i'm defensive of my pleeps. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that controversy can be good but how do you view myspace right now ItyBites ? |
| beminedesign | thinks | mashable post was a *verrry* narrow view of plurk |
| AmberCadabra | connie that video is classic |
| uberdev | says | there is some validity comparing plurk and myspace. it seems the community for both is more homogenous. twitter stills seems very techy |
| LaShae | says | I don't really use myspace too many problems |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | yes but on the same token comparing us to myspace, most people view myspace as the teeny bopper hangout of the internet |
| beminedesign | thinks | ok, so some profiles on plurk may go tacky. There are people with tacky taste. What're you gonna do? Ban them? |
| Connie | and they view myspace as spammy and, in many instances, sleazy -- because there were no safeguards when it debuted. |
| zenelements | says | I agree the two communities are quite different really uberdev. |
| Connie | No, pritcharddesign. When I see tacky profiles it may cause me to question whether I friend them or not, but it's their prerogative. |
| beminedesign | says | so it's more about what kind of people will be attracted then the actual functionality |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that was just a bad comparison, via myspace to plurk. |
| zenelements | says | I have to say though, one of my strongest views is that we are not often 'on' each others profiles but our own timeline/profile. |
| Bakla | says | Tacky taste is universally relative. If you hate the tackiness, remove as friend |
| beminedesign | says | I agree connie |
| Connie | The problem with Wayne's criticism, and he had to know this in spite of his disclaimers, is that in the circles he is in, myspace is |
| Connie | considered a social network wasteland. So even the hint of comparing it to Plurk made the post inflammatory. |
| beminedesign | says | I agree with IamGAY! and Zen Elements as well! |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | So moving on.. |
| beminedesign | says | right Connie and he went further by almost categorizing plurkers |
| ThoughtWrong | asks | how do you feel about the Plurk reaction to this post and the ensuing blog post they put up in response? |
| Connie | I haven't seen the blog post in response. Link, anyone? |
| ThoughtWrong | says | its on the plurk blog |
| Connie | thanks |
| ThoughtWrong | says | also in the links at the top of the thread connie |
| uberdev | asks | you like a person's perspective, comments, contribution to community but not their plurk page style. friend or no friend? |
| Mike ██ | shares | blog.plurk.com/ |
| zenelements | uberdev, I would friend. I'm rarely on a persons profile to judge and if they are interesting and awesome themselves, I'm happy. |
| beminedesign | says | probably friend, but depends on what the plurk page shows |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | it is amazing how Plurk developers take the time to read and respond "in their own unique way of course" to what people on their service are |
| ThoughtWrong | saying |
| beminedesign | says | that's exactly why we're on plurk. not to just post links. |
| beminedesign | says | oops, sorry, you said developers |
| beminedesign | says | I agree. The A-team has a great attitude |
| ThoughtWrong | I would friend uberdev, my judgement of people is based on quality of them being themselves. |
| ThoughtWrong | even if i dont like a certian design they pick that is not my call, it is theirs. We are all unique |
| uberdev | hates | getting his qualifiers confused... |
| ThoughtWrong | says | LOL pritcharddesign |
| bloggeries | is | uberdev Your affinity for someone should have no bearing on their css imo. 90% of the time you're on your own background anyways. |
| Connie | And you're right, at that point CSS would have little to do with my decision, unless it was offensive in some way. |
| ThoughtWrong | says |
| beminedesign | says | agree Connie. I like finding new people in other people's threads. |
| uberdev | says | what about the viral effect of sharing your profile? you have a community w/ a focus - ngo. spread your profile = spread word for non prof |
| beminedesign | says | you can friend people based on their comments, not the little in their profile |
| Connie | pritcharddesign it's kind of like "try before you buy." |
| LaShae | says | first impressions happen usually before I get to their profile page |
| ThoughtWrong | wonders | what is everyones favorite CSS snippit of things they can change in their timeline so far? |
| Mike ██ | thinks | people need to work on their images. They need to be at least 1600 px wide and not huge in weight |
| zenelements | specifically to update the size of your response textbox --- #input_small { height: 75px; } --- I've found this extremely useful. |
| Connie | Does the Google group have any CSS templates we can adapt for our own use? |
| Bakla | says | ZenElements it is indeed very useful! thanks! just edited mine |
| beminedesign | says | ability to change verb bkgds .q_hopes { background: #5c4294; } |
| zenelements | says | not as yet but they are coming I beleive connie. I have a basic format of some Plurk:CSS on my blog just now though if it'd help. |
| Connie | asks | pritcharddesign Can we add our own verbs or just change the colors of the ones they aleady have? |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that it dose not atm connie, I plan to get some up and get going on the project monday but its been a hectic weekend thus far |
| zenelements | likes | that one too pritcharddesign |
| uberdev | says | well, i've really enjoyed the conversation here, but gotta go. everyone have a terrific evening!!! |
| Connie | That is great thoughtwrong. The generosity of the Plurkommunity will help those of us who are coding-challenged. |
| beminedesign | says |
| beminedesign | says | bye uberdev |
| LaShae | asks | which elements would you suggest a CSS noob play with? |
| ThoughtWrong | bye uberdev |
| uberdev | says | bye pritcharddesign |
| ThoughtWrong | is trying the plurkify room now as he was having technical issues w/ plurk updating |
| zenelements | bye bye for now uberdev |
| uberdev | says | bye lashae thoughtwrong connie |
| uberdev | says | goodnight beckysue, zenelements, and johnboy! hahah |
| ThoughtWrong | Anyone have any suggestions on basic startup themes you all may like for your own plurk pages? |
| Connie | asks | thoughtwrong Do we need to switch to the blog/chat? Plurk does seem to be slow updating. |
| AmberCadabra | thoughtwrong I don't think the plurkify room is working anymore since they updated back end stuff |
| ThoughtWrong | I just switched up to plurkify rooms connie , a little slow but works better than the non updating plurk atm |
| ThoughtWrong | rooms.plurkify.com/1t28g |
| Connie | Okay, let me know if you want to switch to blog/chat. |
| Connie | I'm sticking here. Plurkify is too hard for me to read and doesn't autorefresh. |
| Bakla | on plurkify now |
| ThoughtWrong | hmm, go ahead and switch to the blog/chat cvonnie, having issues o this end now as well |
| Connie | okay, give me 60 seconds .. or less |
| ThoughtWrong | says | no problems |
| zenelements | says | ItyBites - I would suggest good starting point is background colours, moving onto backgrounds graphics after that. |
| Connie | Here's the URL to continue the chat: plurkshops.com/?p=21 |
| Connie | This is a Meebo widget embedded into Plurkshops blog. If you have a Meebo account, log in so your name displays properly. |
| beminedesign | cool. never been in plurkify |
| zenelements | says | ItyBites, then you can look at font colours, font-type, etc.. let the fun role on |
| Mike ██ | says | ditto Zen |
| LaShae | very cool thanks ZenElements |
| Connie | plurkshops.com/?p=21 for Meebo chat |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that he cannot login on the blog so we may stay here |
| zenelements | says | no problem ItyBites. I have a blog post here which might help some fellow plurkers out a little too |
| yoonamaniac | guess she's a little too late |
| LaShae | I will be mining this plurkshop over the next week, playing with my CSS |
| ThoughtWrong | says | no problems yoonamaniac we are still here getting our CSS on |
| ThoughtWrong | asks | what are your thought? |
| ThoughtWrong | feels | ItyBites should keep up with the google group as well, we may have some tutorials coming there also |
| Connie | Sorry, the Meebo chat is not working properly either. I think we're just going to have to tough it out with a slow Plurk update. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | toughing it out is cool, I am down for slow conversation vs no conversation |
| LaShae | sorry thoughtwrong |
| zenelements | says | I am going to work on some tutorials for the googleGroup/Plurk |
| Connie | Some tutorials and CSS templates that we could adapt to our own use would be awesome. |
| Connie | I know I could learn CSS and do it from scratch, but I really don't have the time to invest in doing that. |
| ThoughtWrong | is | definately going to be working on this in the next week |
| ThoughtWrong | loves | the idea of pleeps helping pleeps. |
| LaShae | thinks | this could be a good intro to CSS for folks who don't have hosting and find WP and other places too intimidating |
| zenelements | has | some plans to get these things up for the googleGroup and will try to do so sooner too connie |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | so too ItyBites |
| beminedesign | for sure. Thanks Thoughtwrong! |
| Mike ██ | says | Thanks www.plurk.com/user/ZenElements for sharing your wisdom ! |
| ThoughtWrong | says |
| beminedesign | I've learned alot since joining plurk |
| yoonamaniac | well, not changing my own profile because I like things clean and simple, and what they have suits me just fine |
| Connie | Plurk has turned out to be a great place for sharing knowledge - but that's a reflection on the people as well as the platform. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | Plurk is a place for learning and sharing and helping others, I love all my friends and would bend over backwards for em' |
| zenelements | has | to donder off a little moment but great PlurkShop today thoughtwrong and was intersting to hear peoples views on things too! |
| yoonamaniac | and I don't give a rat's tiny ass how tacky others make their profiles to be since I rarely have to see them |
| beminedesign | bye ZenElements! |
| Connie | Thanks for joining us, ZenElements |
| beminedesign | good for you yoonamaniac |
| ThoughtWrong | feels | we may want to wrap this up now as it has been an hour coming and plurk seems sick tonight |
| beminedesign | BTW Thoughtwrong, nice haircut. |
| yoonamaniac | quite frankly, people put tacky pictures as their avatars, and really, who cares? |
| Connie | LOL yoonamaniac - we talked about that earlier. You rarely view anyone else's profile. |
| beminedesign | an hour goes quick! Thanks again Thoughtwrong! |
| ThoughtWrong | says | thanks, I am really conceited and wanted to show it off, lol |
| beminedesign | and everybody else! |
| Connie | Thoughtwrong, I think we should have part 2 of this conversation when the Google group is farther along. |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | yoonamaniac hit the nail on the head, its all about what you like not the 5% that other pleeps spend on your profile |
| Mike ██ | asks | What is the code for increasing the height of the main plurk input? |
| ThoughtWrong | thinks | that would be a great idea connie I will look foreward to that and maybe we can get more involvemet with plurk acting better. |
| beminedesign | I think it's just 'cause it's saturday night. |
| Connie | Yes, thoughtwrong Plurk has been slooooww tonight. |
| yoonamaniac | oh the responses are not updating timely |
| yoonamaniac | was | wondering why nobody was replying |
| ThoughtWrong | says | hrrm...farho I would have to look through the CSS and see if I could hash it out |
| yoonamaniac | felt all alone and scared... |
| ThoughtWrong | says | gimme a little while and I could PM you about it |
| LaShae | thanks for hosting thoughtwrong and to all the pleeps a plurking tonight on Plurkshop #10 |
| ThoughtWrong | says | yoonamaniac is never alone when thoughtwrong is around |
| Connie | Farho, you might need to get that code from ZenElements or Thoughtwrong, then. |
| yoonamaniac |
| AmberCadabra | thoughtwrong will you post a brief recap on MyPleeps? I can then copy it and post it on Plurkshops.com too |
| Connie | At the very beginning of this thread, thoughtwrong posted some links to a Google group where they are discussing the CSS. |
| Mike ██ | says | I saw the response one above. I like it so much I want to change the main input |
| ThoughtWrong | says | Thank you everyone for coming out, I gues I must close w/ my catch phrase, heh |
| Connie | go for it |
| ThoughtWrong | says | I am thoughtwrong..and you've just been **PLEEPED** |
| ThoughtWrong |
| Connie | Thank you for all your thoughts, Thoughtwrong. (who is usually thinkingright) |
| ThoughtWrong | AmberCadabra I can do that. Am I authorized to post on plurkshops or will I need to be sending a copy to one of you alkl |
| ThoughtWrong |
| yoonamaniac | Later dudes and duddettes |
| AmberCadabra | thoughtwrong You can just go ahead and send it to me, I don't mind at all |
| topsurf | am I late sorry I had company |
| ThoughtWrong | says | k no problems, will get it up as soon as I can |
| ThoughtWrong | says |
| topsurf | I guess so, oh well I will re read the thread and try to catch up |
| topsurf | oh ok thoughtwrong |
| Mike ██ | says | Thanks for hosting this plurkshop Charles! |
| Mova | wonders | what this is? |
| Bakla | gotta go. Thanks for the great tips and info everyone! |
| thekidds | is | so sad she missed the party but got lots of good info and wrote down all the links to peruse later. Thanks thoughtwrong for doing this! |
| Cheska | asks | what is this? |
| Cheska | loves | her plurk page too. |
| babybell21 | needs | to understand this sooner or later. |
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