JAPUNDIT Open Thread - 034

Here is the open thread for this weekend.

Please feel free to discuss or comment on anything you like.

Normal commenting rules do not apply.

9 Responses to “JAPUNDIT Open Thread - 034”

sputnik Said:

Hey Ed, I noticed a strange bug with the site. If I am logged out and click on an article the right-most advertisement and blogroll frame appears way below the comments section. It fixed itself once I logged in to post this message =P. It’s strange, can anyone else duplicate this?

Edward Chmura Said:

EU wants to ban ’sexist’ TV commercials

MEPs want TV regulators in the EU to set guidelines which would see the end of anything deemed to portray women as sex objects or reinforce gender stereotypes.

This could potentially mean an end to attractive women advertising perfume, housewives in the kitchen or men doing DIY.

Such classic adverts as the Diet Coke commercial featuring the bare-chested builder, or Wonderbra’s “Hello Boys” featuring model Eva Herzigova would have been banned.

The new rules come in a report by the EU’s women’s rights committee.

Edward Chmura Said:

I’ve known about this for some time, sputnik. Unfortunately, the theme we are using is a generic theme, and so no real support is provided for it.

If there is any CSS guru out there who might be able to provide some advice. . .

remora Said:

well it’s been a while… I recommend DD..

http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/bounceometer/shock.html

rem

Mr. T Said:

My wife’s family is planning on taking us to visit Nara later this year when we visit them on Shikoku island. Does anyone have any off the beaten path recommendations? I’m more interested in unique historical perspectives. Thanks! Keep up the great work JP.

sputnik Said:

Hey again Ed, I took a look at the HTML and noticed a discrepancy which could be causing this problem.
The element in question is which appears in the element when logged in, but outside of it when logged out.

Logged in:
http://bayimg.com/image/paklgaabg.jpg
Logged out:
http://bayimg.com/image/pakleaabg.jpg

It should be just a matter of moving “rside” back into the “container” element to fix it. If you try this, for the love of god, please back up the site or test it in isolation!! (I make no claims to know what I’m doing)

riki Said:

No need to back up the site for this kind of edit. Just backup the template.

Edward Chmura Said:

sputnik, thanks much for the advice. You are probably right, but I could not find what I needed to fix in any of my template files.

riki Said:

I just had a peek at the source. It looks like you’ve got a stray closing tag for the div container which is normally used to close the “comment_form” DIV.

Of course if you’re not logged in you don’t get the Comments Form, but you are still getting the closing DIV tag which shouldn’t be there. It should only be there for logged in users.

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