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If you’re running 800px screen width, this seems to be a general problem. The Ajax/javascript in the div overlay means you can’t get to the bottom of the page

Widgets are great for people who aren’t expert in PHP/HTML And yes, if you know a bit more about PHP/HTML they are nuisance (non-valid output etc etc).

I’d hate to agree completely with the developers of WP, but that’s why they are there…

Should be simple

if ( function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(1) && function_exists(‘anyUTWfunction’) ) etc

but probably best to leave a note for users that UTW is required, else no widgets…

Caution! – pizdin_dim’s method is the correct way to go but you should never put $userid or $_GET[anything] straight into a database query without checking it first. If it should be a numeric string, then check the string contains only numbers, if it should be a string, strip out tags and any unacceptable special characters. Read up about SQL injection attacks…

If you want valid XHTML at all times, best not to attempt it – catching and closing all tags is very hard work with the functions PHP has available…

What’s the bandwidth requirement at present? – we may be able to help.
(I must confess I only vaguely noticed this controversy)

Thanks ladydelaluna…

To clear up some points raised by email – it’s not easy to define and detect a WordPress blog – or rather, it’s easy to start with, until you begin thinking of all the exceptions. It’s possible to put web pages on one sub(domain), core files on another and the database on a third domain, if you really wanted to. We reckon we are detecting the ‘default’ installation 100%, but still have a little way to go with the weirder possibilities – which is why we do welcome any feedback.

WordPress.com blogs – yes, it is possible to enter a blog subdomain name on https://www.wordspace.info when not yet configured on wordpress.com – but it cannot be listed until the blog is configured and linked… so there wouldn’t be a lot of point in doing that…

not without taking that line out of the code

– if you don’t want your skypename showing, then there’s not much purpose in displaying the plugin…

Technorati – they don’t (nor claim to) pick up all tags. See their small print

Sorry, forgetting my manners – thanks for the generous comments

Due to the server load on my poor little blog, I’ve set up another download here