Now that you have settled on a constant CCG style and Open Threads is working, can some of those comments (mostly mine) at the top of “Open threads as promised” be deleted now that they are no longer relevant?

Everything above Vals comment here could go perhaps.

http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2010/10/open-threads-as-promised/#comment-25928

BLOCKS2 seems to capture the essence and nature of “Climate CONVERSATIONS Group” perhaps a little better than the previous normal one did (IMHO).

Maybe it’s better to leave the ID#-only theme to JoNova where it works perfectly there.

RT, it’s just occurred to me (Duh!), that you might not be able to employ an ID#-only theme just for one trial post without changing the theme for the ENTIRE Blog.

If there is the facility to set an ID#-only themed trial post while leaving the rest of the Blog as is, fine. But if not, changing all the previous posts will stuff up the EXCELLENT and VERY USEFUL resource that has developed.

I’m sorry to send you on a wild goose chase (perhaps) but my minds been on other things and housekeeping doesn’t always get the attention it deserves.

Have not encountered any problems using BLOCKS2 for discussion, but it could get very tiresome if the #83 (14:01) – #91 (22:10) thread gets technical in a CA way (probably wont but you never know).

Change has been good so far IMO.

Or somewhere else in the Blogosphere.

Headline:-

Climate Wars: Climate Conversations vs Hot Topic.

The battle lines are drawn……yada yada

VERY NICE, as opposed to HT.

Perhaps not now that I’ve adjusted to it

“although 1 1/2 spacing might be better – seems very dense”

Also, perhaps not.

The normal theme with narrower boxes gave me grief in that respect – the new wider blocks are definitely better.

It seems easier to find sub-threads.

You could ditch the comment ID #’s (if that’s possible). They’re useless if they reset with each comment insertion.

Boxes and ID #’s are incompatible.

It’s either:- Boxes OR ID # sequence, NOT both IMO

P.S. I’d still like to give an ID # sequence theme (as Jo Nova) a trial run (if that’s possible and you’ve got the inclination) using an Open Thread post to make a comparison of the relative utility of discussion – PLEASE but no rush.

So there is no need to scroll back and forth. I don’t think that happened in the normal theme.

That feature is VERY NICE if a boxed sub- thread scheme is used.