Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Askablogr Question: Widget Install Hack for Unsupported Templates

Q: My blog has a *very* customized template, so you can't install a widget in it. Can't you just give me some HTML? Also, your widget will clash with my site -- Can I use my own CSS? Why the 200 char lim
Posted by royleban

A: Hi Roy, thanks for the question. Our recent wave of member signups has exposed a lo-o-o-ong list of areas that need attention, and supporting more types of widget installs is high on that list. Although I don't currently have a programmatic solution, a hack that several members have put in effect on their own is to register their blog so the automatic insert works, but strip the "ask me a question" url from the widget code and create a custom Ask button that works on their site. This doesn't give you access to the "recent askers" photostip, but it enables the basic flow for you and your readers. You can grab your individual member "ask" URL from your member profile page.

Thanks for the heads-up on the issue - we'll be scrambling to chase this and other feature needs for at least the next several weeks.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Askablogr Question: Q&A Workaround for Platforms that Disallow Javascript

Q: Using a WP.com blog that I believe strips <script> from the code. Is there a workaround?
Posted by toddwaller

A: Hi Todd, welcome to Askablogr! Not sure we have a workaround for the full script, butIf you just want to enable the ask-anwser flow, you can take the URL from the call-to-action (e.g., http://www.askablogr.com/question/ask?blogger_id=foo, where foo is your member ID) and drop it in as a text link in your sidebar. For this to work, you need to have registered your blog via the 'full install' option.

The widget works fine in most WordPress installs that we've come across so I'm also wondering if there's just a setting you can change to enable jscript widgets? (I'm not a WP master, but will dig around a little and see what I find).