When I blog, there's a good chance that I'll want to, or have to
in some cases, make an update to that entry. When I do, I like to
call out the update so that the average reader knows. Some
examples:
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Yeah, just try and remove something from Google
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Now, when I do this, I have to select my font
color and bold "
update:";
basically give it the exact look and feel each and every time.
Being a programmer, I like to simplify my life by creating a method to
keep me from having to duplicate my efforts each time. With that,
I've created a simple content filter that will render my updates the
same time, every time. Just add the following in the content
filters section of
dasBlog
note: You may want to change the look and feel unless you like my burnt orange color scheme.
\$update\((?<expr>[\w\s\d\W\D]+)\)
<font color="#cc6600"><b>UPDATE: </b>${expr}</font>
The only difference that sets this apart from some of the built in
content filters is \W\D
regular expression filters; these simply allow non-digit and non-alphanumeric characters thru.
\D # NOT a digit
\W # NOT an alphanumeric (word) character
Now, there are changes that can be made to the above such as changing
$update to $u for simplicity. You could also change so that it
uses <span>'s with css classes for better control of future color
scheme changes, which I highly recommend.
UPDATE: This is what an update to this entry looks like using the $update content filter.
Enjoy.