Thanks, Sasha. I have been formatting my emails to Posterous for the way it looks on my computers. I probably should stop doing that, and just type continuous lines of text.
Dan On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > I think what is happening is you have your email set to wrap outgoing text > at a specific line length. When you email your text to your blog, Posterous > just accepts that default line length and confines the text to whatever line > length your email is set to. > > No matter what size window the Blog is viewed in, the text retains the same > line length. > > In a wide window, that results in the text being centered with wide panes of > the background on either side. Narrow the window, and the background panes > get narrower until the window is less than the default line width. > > Then you get a scroll bar across the bottom and you have to slide it back > and forth to see the whole line of text. > > Posterous doesn't re-flow the text from the fixed width of your email. It's > not a a "problem", just a description of what it looks like. > > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> >> Thanks, Sasha. >> >> I use Posterous, which is an easy and simple blog. I just send the >> text and attachments by email, and they imput it into their standard >> format. Because of this, I don't have a lot of control over the blog >> set-up. >> >> A number of others have looked at the blog and commented to me, but >> none report the kind of problem you experienced. That puzzles me and >> frustrates me. >> >> I am emailing your description of the problem to Posterous, to see >> what suggestions they might have. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Dan. >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Sasha Sobol <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Daniel, >>> > sorry I had to be more specific. >>> > I use a fairly large monitor and the blog text has fixed width. >>> > So I have a stripe of text and pictures somewhere in the middle of my >>> > monitor, surrounded by the grayish background. >>> > I use Chrome on Ubuntu if it matters. >>> > I do not know if there is a better way to present the text and photos, >>> > just tried to tell you about my experience. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > --S >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >> Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments, Sasha! >>>> >> >>>> >> Your comment on the appearance of the blog puzzles me. ?I don't see >>>> >> any such line on my monitor, nor do I see what you refer to as >>>> >> "endless gray." ?If it is on your monitor, it must be on others as >>>> >> well. ?Since I don't see it, it is hard for me to correct it. ?What >>>> >> browser do you use? ?What kind of computer are you on? >>>> >> >>>> >> Dan >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Sasha Sobol <[email protected]> >>>> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>> Hi Daniel, >>>>> >>> some nice stuff there. >>>>> >>> One thing: the blog looks clumsy on my monitor - a thin stripe in >>>>> >>> the >>>>> >>> middle surrounded by endless gray. >>>>> >>> may be it would be nice to have more inside/outside pairs? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> --Sasha >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >>>>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> In an effort to organize my images of diners, as well as my >>>>>> >>>> thoughts >>>>>> >>>> on the subject, I have started a blog devoted to the subject: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> http://dinerdan.posterous.com/ >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Initially, I am posting daily, but I will soon slow down to one a >>>>>> >>>> week >>>>>> >>>> or so. ?I would appreciate comments from those who have more >>>>>> >>>> artistic >>>>>> >>>> sense and those who have more experience with blogs, as well as >>>>>> >>>> from >>>>>> >>>> anyone with an interest in this subject. ?I need advice on the >>>>>> >>>> images, >>>>>> >>>> of course, but also on the text. ?Do you find my commentary too >>>>>> >>>> long, >>>>>> >>>> too stiff, informative enough, dull, whatever. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for your comments, criticisms and advice. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Dan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
