What is on Your Mind?

Yes. Our existing GeSHi syntax highlighter works OK and it is a server side process. SyntaxHighligher is client-side JavaScript process and so it is therefore kinda' slow to load; and since it does not solve the scrollbar issue and does not do a great job of actual syntax highlighting, I think better to table this and stick with our generic code tags and let people use GeSHi highlighting if they want.

I will put it on my TODO list to upgrade GeSHi to the latest version and add the AWK syntax highlighting code. Maybe I will create a few buttons in the editor for highlighting.

A lot of code works fine on the mobile site which does not work on the legacy (main) site, because the mobile site does not use any HTML <table> tags and only uses <div> tags.

For example. the scrollbars work perfectly fine on the mobile site.

So, I may enable the "plain" (not color or syntax highlighted) new SyntaxHighlighter on the mobile site and see how it works.

Also, instead of spending time trying to covert the existing legacy site which uses <table> tags to <div> tags, I'm thinking I will just convert more legacy pages to <div> tags on the mobile site; and keep building out that site.

Then, maybe someday, we can merge the mobile site and the main site together; but there are so many many pages on the legacy (main) site which uses these obsolete <table> tags, that is will take a long time to move all the plugins and pages to <div> only and so the site would be totally merged (mobile and desktop) and responsive to all form factors.

I'm thinking what is the best way ahead; but my focus will be changes to the mobile site.

You can use the mobile site on the desktop by setting styleid=137

Code:

https://www.unix.com/?styleid=137

and you can go back the the original legacy site:

Code:

https://www.unix.com/?styleid=38

Using that https://www.unix.com/?styleid=137 on my desktop doesn't change a thing in the presentation of unix.com. What am I doing wrong here?

No idea. Works fine on my end in all browsers.

Update 1: Confirmed this works for me, but not for other users. I must have some bool set from the development days which only permits this for me. I will have to hunt down this error.

Thanks.

Update 2: Working Now. I had to update permissions so other users can change to other styles.

See attached screen recording.

OK. Thanks.

Seems like a bug (update - fixed bug), where it works for me but not for others.

Let me hunt this bug and get back.

OK. Fixed.

I had to enable "changing styles" for all users.