Results tagged “elections” from Plurk Skins

Yesterday I talked about the new US Elections 2008 tab that appeared below the timeline. At the the time there were several people who complained that they didn't want to see this tab so I provided a quick CSS hack that would hide the tab from view using the opacity command. Never let it be said that the Plurk developers don't listen. This morning we awoke to changes that were implemented that will allow the user to hide this tab from view. The tab now has a close box associated with it. Unfortunately the tab and associated close box are a beastly gray color that doesn't match our theme at all. In this tutorial I'll walk you through theming this new tab to match the others on your timeline.

Today Plurk introduced a new tab to cover the upcoming presidential elections in the United States. Along with it they also began a new contest including a mini-election where users are invited to vote for their favorite candidate. The tab appears below your timeline on the far right side of the screen. Hopefully the tab will be used by the Plurk community to search out

existing political discussions and concentrate the discussions there rather than creating new message streams.

There have been several people complaining that they don't wish to be involved in the political discussions and wish they didn't have to see them. While I can't solve the fact that political threads appear, I can provide you with a way of hiding the US Election 2008 tab. By adding the following code to your profile you will hide this tab:

#filter_tab .election {opacity:0;filter:alpha(opacity=0);zoom:1;}

This code will act upon the election tab and basically hide it from view so you won't have to look at it any longer. This line sets the opacity of the election tab to zero making it invisible. You can change the value from 0-100 to make it semi-transparent if you wish. It won't solve all your problems but it does allow you to make a statement that you don't want to be involved with the political views on social networking sites. Hopefully this will help some of you cope. Just breathe deeply and be comforted by the thoughts that the elections will be over in a month then hopefully things will calm down a little.