User:JimTittsler/Blog/2012

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Reader Mode
I have experimented using Javascript to convert the Vector skin to a more distraction-free reading environment. At the same time I have reduced the horizontal screen size by turning the left navigation bar into a slide-out drawer. This makes reading on a portrait mode tablet (or any other narrow window) more convenient. If you would like to try this mode (which will work not only in tablets, but in modern desktop browsers), you can add the following lines to your  file: // reader mode for narrow screens // should follow googlesearch.js if used // to force using reader mode, regardless of width // window.weReader = true; importScript('User:JimTittsler/reader.js'); Or cut-and-paste the relevant part of my.

--JimTittsler 00:37, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

WEnotes
WEnotes has two functions: An example is the feed used in the OCL4Ed course.
 * 1) it provides a micro-blogging interface for anyone with a WikiEducator account, allowing them to post 140 character thoughts and links to a WikiEducator stream
 * 2) it caches and displays an amalgamated microblog stream with content pulled from
 * 3) * the WikiEducator-specific WEnotes stream
 * 4) * a WikiEducator Moodle social forum (posts can be truncated to fit 140 characters)
 * 5) * identi.ca
 * 6) * (optionally) Twitter

--JimTittsler 04:30, 15 January 2012 (UTC)