Technical FYI and Feedback

September 13th, 2011 by zen

First, posts now will appear with a “share” icon at the bottom for the greater convenience of social networking readers. 

Secondly, ZP should now be properly visible on mobile devices, fixing a longstanding complaint. Unfortunately, this has opened a new can of worms where mobile users are now unable to comment, as I am informed by Shane and Lex. If you use a mobile device and you ARE able to comment, please leave one here telling me what you are using. Trying to sort this out. The current, widely hated, comment function’s days are numbered.

Third, looking at upgrading the site, first internally for the contributors and general site usability on diverse browsers/devices and then much later the aesthetics for a “facelift”. I (and my suddenly engaged webmaster) would like to hear what plug -ins/functions you like to see on blogs or, alternatively what you think should be avoided at all costs as useless techno-clutter.

Have at it in the comments, I have no strong opinions here, I’d just like ZP to work more effectively for everyone. I will direct your suggestions to my webmaster, thanks!

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  1. Andy:

    September 13th, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Personally, I really like the disqus comment system. 

    And yes, commenting is not possible on my iphone because the "comment" section isn’t recognized as form to enter text.  I can fill in the name, email and website portions, but not the body of the comment.  The same problem exist when accessing the non-mobile site on my iphone.  I’m very rusty on my web design, but I believe the problem is a configuration issue in the javascript that tells the mobile browser that the textarea for the comment is disabled.

  2. phil:

    September 14th, 2011 at 12:17 am

    Like Andy above I could fill out the "name" and "email" parts but not the "comment" section. I tried it using Android on an HTC Evo.

  3. J.ScottShipman:

    September 14th, 2011 at 12:55 am

    I was able to post name, email, and website, however I could not comment via my iPhone.

  4. Joseph Fouche:

    September 14th, 2011 at 8:01 am

    Weaponize the current ZenPundit comment system. Nothing will be able to escape.

  5. Bryan Alexander:

    September 14th, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    My mobile phone is a Blackberry.  I don’t think I’ve read Zen on it, though.  That’s because I live in Vermont, which has mandated lousy cell phone coverage.