Comments on: New Printing CSS at ProBlogger

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:11:16 +0000

I did a lot of research into print CSS at my last job, but one thing I never checked out is whether the print CSS is invoked at all if you highlight the post+comments and then print selection. That is always an option for those who want the comments, unless of course the CSS kicks in and hides them from printing, but that really wouldn’t make much sense.

By: Alex Shalman

Alex Shalman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:24:56 +0000

For those without CSS know-how, there is a plugin available called wp-print that makes such a task simple.

By: Myo Kyaw Htun

Myo Kyaw Htun — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:07:54 +0000

Darren why sitemeter icon is shown in print page ? Am I only one see this icon ?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:55:24 +0000

On the subject of printing comments… Couldn’t you setup a DIV with the comments hidden by default and bit of javascript that says something like “To print the comments please click here” which then makes the DIV visable. Best of both worlds.

Kevin

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:21:52 +0000

I agree with the Vics and Rob…a tutorial on HOW to do it would be great!

By: martin

martin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:00:36 +0000

That’s very great. You remind me to do the same thing with my blog. I’ve never touched my print CSS.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:48:47 +0000

Yep, I’m thinking a tutorial on how to do this as well. Darren?

By: Rob Witham

Rob Witham — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:02:21 +0000

I’m glad you have been able to implement a print style sheet. I added it to my blog several months ago after hearing complaints from readers that they wanted to print out some of my articles and the print job was just terrible. I checked and they weren’t kidding! I occasionally print a blog post – mostly longer ones but also sometimes I print an article to share with a friend/relative that does not use a computer. As for comments, I disabled them on my print style sheet as well. I think the majority of people who are printing a post or article want the content itself rather than the comments. I suspect most serious comment readers are using readers and can access the comments via the comments subscription?

By: Vics

Vics — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:42:31 +0000

This sounds like a cracking feature to have.. I just wish I knew how to do it..

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:39:10 +0000

WOW!
This is fantastic, I always print stuff that I want to learn and then when I’m implementing on screen I can have it right there beside me and tick of parts as I go.
Maybe it comes with the greying hair (sorry Darren) and failing eyesight. I would like to to know how it is achieved, or is that a unique thing you want to hold onto, if so I understand.

By: Deaf Musician

Deaf Musician — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:41:34 +0000

Why include the stat counter (sitemeter.com) image? Also, why is the content width only 95%? It already has an auto margin of .5″. Also, the line-height should be increased a little. That’s just a couple negatives, but otherwise awesome!

By: LintCollector

LintCollector — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:26:47 +0000

Beautiful! I like the way it gives the print version simply by hitting Print or Print Preview … no need to go hunting around for a “printer-friendly” link or printer icon then clicking to go to another version of the page before printing.

My default choice would also be to avoid printing comments.

By: Brad V.

Brad V. — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:48:03 +0000

It never even crossed my mind to print a post out. This just goes to show you can never underestimate your blog’s readers. Personally, though, I much prefer to save paper. If I’m really desperate to save a particular post – I simply copy/paste it into my trusty Google Notebook!

By: SatelliteTVGuru

SatelliteTVGuru — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:01:22 +0000

This is a really cool feature, I’m gonna look into doing this on my blogs too because they are content heavy and I’m sure people print the posts all the time.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:18:43 +0000

I would say no comments unless you can give a way to print it either way. My default choice would definitely be to print without the comments most of the time.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:11:27 +0000

nathan – the actual blog’s background shouldnt have changed – but the print style is white….

gureyoon – I did consider including comments – but in talking to a few of those who I know print things out found that most didn’t want the comments. If others do want them I’d consider it – I’ll see what public opinion is in these comments.

In terms of making url visible – I’m told that it is Dependant upon different browsers – some make it visible and some don’t. I’m not sure we can actually change this.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:07:40 +0000

Nice. I’ve been meaning to do that for my blogs, but haven’t had the time.

By: qureyoon

qureyoon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:05:34 +0000

if i can make a suggestions, it would be nice if we can print out the comments too, but to make it more clear, the comments sections would be better if it has a page break first :)

another addition, is to have the url visible in print format :)

By: Starfeeder

Starfeeder — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:04:17 +0000

awesome, I too print out these pages :)

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:36:25 +0000

I would print blog posts all the time but I currently don’t have a printer. When you follow over 150 blogs a day it would be nice to sit down on your couch and read something that wasn’t on a screen, reading off of a screen all day can get tiring.