Cover Photo is not quite Consistant with Profile Photo
By Josh Lewis on Thursday, 16 October 2014
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These minor issues have existed since ES 1.2 beta, but finally figured I'd voice them.

1. When you hover over your profile picture it says "javascript:void(0);" in the url below, but shows nothing when hovering over the cover. This is inconsistent. Personally I prefer the non js display better.

2. When hovering over your profile photo it shows your cursor as a pointer, it displays as a basic cursor over the cover. In this instance the profile photo does it right, displaying the cursor as a pointer indicates that clicking will open something.

3. Cover uses css background while profile image uses img tag. I personally prefer image tags myself. This is a minor issue, perhaps it's a lot easier to work with backgrounds for cover positioning? Figured I'd bring it up considering that we are talking about differences.
Hello Josh,

Thanks for the heads up on this, in the next release, this will be fixed!
Mark
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Friday, 17 October 2014 14:13
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Hello Josh,

Cover uses background positions as you are able to arrange the cover photo but it's actually not possible to arrange a profile picture. Hence, we had to use the image tag instead.
Mark
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Friday, 17 October 2014 00:31
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Thanks Mark for the explanation for point #3, I think it's great that the profile image uses the img tag. So what about point #1 and #2? (issue #2 is really easy to fix)
Josh Lewis
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Friday, 17 October 2014 00:42
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Hello Josh,

Issue #1 is the same as issue #3. It's showing javascript:void(0) instead because it's a real hyperlink as opposed to the cover but seriously I don't think this matters at all.

As for issue #2, it's related to issue #1, because it's not an anchor link. We'll see if we can use css to address this.
Mark
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Friday, 17 October 2014 13:02
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Issue #1 doesn't really matter that much (the most insignificant of all 3), but figured I'd voice it in case it was an easy fix. Regarding issue #2, it is a little bit important because it's a indicator for a real link (popbox). To prove that it's an easy fix, here is the CSS to make the cover show a pointer:

.es-cover-container {

    cursor: pointer;

}


I could have easily placed this on my template, however this is one of those things that should be built into the core considering that everyone who uses ES would benefit from it. You and I know what works as a link, but not everyone is tech savvy. If I saw a cover for the first time, I would not know that it links without the cursor indicator.
Josh Lewis
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Friday, 17 October 2014 13:11
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