SEO doesn’t only help with organic traffic but also with the brand authority. You need to create a great site for your company. Make sure that it will stand the test of time. Now you need to ask yourself, can you be in a position to provide content to the world and also provide your […]
Having just returned from watching the latest Harry Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” I can’t help being a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t as if it is a bad movie, it’s just that the book was better, Allot better. The CGI magic effects were impressive for color […]
This is always hard to find when you want it. Printer preference: From main screen click on set-up/report preferences/printer tab/select printer for reports/ok. Done and you are now using the proper printer. It always seems to want to go to the printer back at the office instead of the different printer you happened to bring […]
This clip, when run on normal text scrambles the characters in 4 letter words and above without altering the formatting of the text. It leaves the first and last characters of each word unchanged but scrambles the others. I don’t know who’s responsible for the original algorithm but a writer, he thought it might make […]
Okay, I often search Google to find Notetab’s great Yahoogroups messages. I find the search utility in YahooGroups to be fairly limiting. Tonight RP Dooling — the author — suggested that a clip might be in order … and that got me to thinking. Here is the first in what could easily be a series […]
This clip will create a definition list in html coding. Features: it will create a blank list with specified number of dt and dd tags in ratio to each other it will create a dl from a highlighted list using either every other, a set ratio or custom set determination of what is a dt […]
CIMG0027 Originally uploaded by thefooter. Pat on Christmas worrying about what the Grandkids are breaking NOW!
This clip will wrap images into xhtml pages for viewing. It works like this: 1. all files must be closed before the clip is run 2. you will want to have your image in their own directory on the computer 3. you click on begin new index … it will ask if all files are […]
This clip will remove all and tags from a document. This includes all links, including all mailto: links. The version as written asks if you want to remove each tag. After you are comfortable with the clip, there is a comment telling you to take out the skip if you don’t want confirmation. ;*** Effort […]
A list user had referrer logs on his server and wanted to strip the search terms from them. I wrote this: ;effort by don at htmlfixit.com ;02/04/05 ; to take query terms from lines of stats ;one long example line ;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=”We are what we know” ;becomes ;”We are what we know” ;turn off wordwrap ^!SetWordWrap […]
My friend Mikal finally (and I mean finally) implemented a Firefox friendly css on his blog. Others should follow suit as our stat show a rapid increase in Firefox users.
This works to find a matching html tag. Nesting is fine with this as it will work through it. It will highlight the start and end tags and all content in the middle. There is a find closing html tag in the Notetab Utilities Library, but it is fooled by nested tags. ;*** Effort by […]
No sooner do we get WordPress 1.2.1 up and running across our many blogs … and now it is time for 1.2.2 … so here goes nothing. Only problem is that the post file needs manual correction for the image auth hack we use and like.
I’m always on the lookout for new ways to tweak CSS for design purposes. The more you can rely on CSS to drive layout, versus images, tables, etc. the faster your site is going to load and the more you’ll distinguish your site from others. Mandarin Design is one such site that is pushing the […]
There is great pressure from local governments to tax internet connection services. Several states already tax broadband and/or DSL connection services. A prior ban on such taxes lapsed at the end of November, but President Bush last Friday signed a bill to extent that exemption from local taxation. They allowed states already charging a broadband […]
Blog is one of the “top ten” words being looked up and has been added to the dictionary. I am not sure if that is necessarily a good thing, and I am not sure the definition is even accurate at this point as many blogs are no longer simply personal (ours being a perfect example). […]
In the BBC breakfast new was some advice on how to deal with the latest scam in which a computer user’s Internet dialler is diverted to a premium rate or international number. Amongst the list of advice was to consider changing your web browser and that a popular new browser is Firefox, which is less […]
A reader on the YahooGroups Clips List was wondering how to open files in Irfanview via a NoteTab Clip. I proposed the following two solutions:
I regularly have to create target splits for a five kilometer (5K or 5,000 Meter) race. This clip creates even mile splits based upon a target finish time.
These may display very funny for some people because of the use of the pre html tag.
I am a big fan of NoteTab, a text editor on steroids. I use the pro version of this software, but there is also a free, no nags or advertisements, light version available. One of my favorite features of Notetab is the clips (and I will save a bunch I wrote/write here)
The ESP Game claims to be labeling the web. It is a “game” where you see images and with a partner have to guess words in common. They disallow certain words for most images, including often the obvious words. The tricks seem to be to guess the word in the top left if it isn’t […]
This article from InternetNews.com points out an attempt by an advertiser to get regular references to their product/site from regular high traffic bloggers. Unless it is a clearly disclosed situation, I would be offended to find a post I am reading turns out to be a paid ad. The company says that the blogger can […]
Having tried this new excellent program for a couple of weeks now I have found some super new additions and improvements. Number one for me was that you can now create easy vertical text and borders. The optimisation of images for use on the web is also improved. It loads a lot faster than version […]
For just $30 a year for a consumer, or $600 a year for commercial users, you can use Keyhole, an interactive mapping solution that gives you zoomable high definition images of the earth. I can see where a realtor for example, may benefit from being able to show a site to a prospective buyer. I […]
The recording industry, encouraged by favorable treatment from the most liberal federal bench in the US Appeals system, has filed a petition with the US Supreme Court, seeking to hold file sharing software companies responsible for the sharing done by clients of the company. Among Monday’s petitioners siding with the entertainment companies were the Association […]
Tired of being blog spammed (or blammed as it is known), we have decided to work on a new method to stop the automatic submission of comments. While we are working on it I have disabled our comment feature. We are getting hammered one per ten seconds at the moment. At least this way I […]
Google has a calculator built into it’s search engine. I never knew that. If you type “meters in mile” for example, it will give you the answer. You can also type typical math problems such as (2*4)+9 and the answer will appear. You can also ask it to return definitions. Type “define: google” for example, […]
A fascinating article on the use of WiFi networks to relay messages via remote control cameras in high crime neighborhoods. New Orleans reports significant drops in crime. Of course then the question is how much standard monitoring do we as a free society tolerate? Do we have an expectation of privacy when we look around […]
A current study is underway to compare nasal flu vaccine to injections. Ironically, there is a big “scare” in the US this year because the flu shot is in very limited quantity because of a manufacturing problem. What people don’t know is that the mist for nasal inhaling is readily available. Of course, until this […]
As the US prepares for a national election this week, I wonder how much longer you will have to go to your local precinct to vote. Voting technology is so out of date it isn’t funny. Finally, Nevada electronic voting may move us forward as they are the gaming capital of the world. In some […]
I seldom pass on jokes on the internet. There are just to many of them and it isn’t worth the traffic. I did find this one particularly funny however. If you ever watch robot wars … this little bit is a good twist on it.
This is a very neat on-line utility for splitting images. It will build the mouseovers even. It will only work with proportional images needing splitting, but if you only do one every once in a while it might work well for you.
This little on-line utility will help you build a favicon. You can build one manually if you wish using irfanview and your image editor, but if you don’t need a lot of control, give this a try.
Find a missing font by answering a few questions. The bigger the sample you have, the more likely you are to find what you are looking for. Hint, if you don’t know say you don’t.
An interesting bit of PHP from my latest blog I am following, Mike Davidson. His blog has a neat feature, it is skinnable, and one of them has the live weather in Seattle. He took the weather from noaa and then massaged it with php. For a guy in big deal design, he sure had […]
I am considering adding Mike Davidson to my personal list of web/html heros. He has something called sIFR (flash replacement of text so a nicer anti-aliased font can be used). Or as he puts it: Introducing sIFR, The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text. I think I will try playing with this. If I understand it […]
CSS on the fly at this site. You can try various layouts via drop down and radio buttons and the css is generated for you.
Google has done it again, come up with something for free that will make your life easier, and finding what you lost possible. How often do you have to look all over your computer for something? Cannot remember where you left it etc. Google now offers a 400k download that will index your hard drive […]
I recently updated to Thunderbird 0.8 from http://mozilla.org. One of the great new features they have added is RSS support. If you click on: “tools” -> “account settings” -> “add” button and then select “RSS news and blogs”. From there is it pretty self explanatory. I set mine to check my favourite blogs regularly and […]
Corel Software today (October 14th, 2004) announced the purchase of Jasc, the company that produces the popular Paint Shop Pro program. Hopefully it will lead to more widespread use of the program and will not lead to increased costs for this fine program.
Way cool photographs of the Earth from above. Spend a few minutes looking around this site. I really liked some of the photos. The site is done in three languages … and instead of picking one, you see everything in all three. That made for some interesting comparisons of language that are usually bypassed when […]
According to a HollandSentinel.com article, a new bill would crack down on voyerism. I suspect it would also make a lot of my home movies illegal. There must be a better way?
Go get the bums! People who place spyware deserve jail. I hope they get it too.
USATODAY.com reports on currently advancing legislation that will make file sharing a serious criminal offense.
iTnews – Security news brought to you by Microsoft Anybody else see the irony here?
Tips to Achieving Ironclad Wireless LAN Security by PC Magazine. These are clearly written suggestions.
‘Wardriving’ conviction is first under Can-Spam says this article in the Tech News on ZDNet. People are suprised to find out that their area is already mapped. You must take steps to protect your wifi! I think the download of illegal music is likely to be the next significant use of misappropriated wifi access points.
Should cops police your Wi-Fi? | News.blog | CNET News.com … can they … aren’t they snooping?
Gmail Atom Feed Coming? is an article Franki pointed out to me today. An intriguing idea I guess. Franki is using Thunderbird now for RSS feeds and I am starting to use the bookmarking feature for RSS in the new FireFox 1.x release. Gmail invites meanwhile have become much easier to get as all new […]
gapingvoid: the sex & cash theory is interesting. The guy explains the natural tension in life between what we want to do and what we have to do. Some get lucky and find the blend. I think retirement may allow the sex to overtake the cash, but by then so many people are tired, cynical […]
The battle has started between those interested in software innovation and those interested in lining their pockets to the detriment of everything else. The battlefield is the patenting of non specific ideas. To give you an idea of the problem, say for example I had patented the idea of burning a flammable substance and using […]
The Incredibles — The Official Movie Website is up and running counting down the days til the movies release, and to market the website they use different marketing techniques from page optimization to the use of GMB images, which this article on using GMB photos from Local Viking explains how it works. If there is […]
We have been tracking hits to our site using the best statistical hit counter we know of … ours … and we keep getting this unusual hit to this to one of our tutorials: (hold your mouse over the link to see the url popup.) HTMLfixIT box model hack tute. (via Google) It appears that […]
Cyber Security Tips are available from the CERT folks. They are from the government and they are here to help you. These days, cybersecurity companies play an important role in helping safeguard businesses from cybercriminals. With many cybersecurity companies in the market today, how can you pick the top cybersecurity companies that suits your needs? […]
Google is our favorite search engine at htmlfixit.com for many many reasons. First it produces the most relevant search results. Second it has an entire Linux section. Third, even though it accepts paid ad’s (and pays us something for ads on a page here or there), they have not used pop-ups, they don’t compromise the […]
California MCLE, CLE and Continuing Legal Education is a neat site, it has many many sample contracts. For example use the search feature to look for Microsoft and SCO, or find leases for real estate by Amazon.com. Fun to look around.
I love Google. At the bottom of a recent Google search up pops a promo for Picasa. It said: You can find any image you want on the Web. How about on your own computer? Albums. Editing. Printing. Sharing. Try Picasa, Google’s new photo organizer. Free Download! Now I have to tell you, it looked […]
“Maxthon is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in IE, works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient features … ” Interesting to me, after reading one of Franki’s posts on […]
For those who need tutorials I have noticed that the Jasc website now have these. Go to http://www.jasc.com/support and then the learning center link on the left or use the others, whatever you need. We used to have to go to the Paint Shop Pro users group for tutorials before, I don’t know exactly how […]
I just came accross the Gmail Giving Tree – Welcome site. I have been wanting to give Gmail a whirl for a bit now. A couple of groups I belong to have people who have received invites. I have not. I am curious if anyone has had experience with the giving tree concept. What bothered […]
Browser History timeline: Overview provides a listing of the release date of each browsers final version. Some have not had a significant update for over three years of their latest version!
ISP and related industry seeks to water down proposed legislation that may hold them responsible for file sharing. The problem with the original proposal it seems is that it may hold everyone responsible because the costs incurred in defending litigation will surely be passed to all consumers. The real culprits — those sharing illegally — […]
Jasc Software has released a new pair of products. Their popular Paint Shop Pro, a competitor of Photoshop, has become similar in one more way, two versions. One called Studio, is more intuitive and light, much like Photoshop Elements is meant to be I think. The other, Paint Shop Pro 9 (Nine) is meant for […]
Tivo to Go won approval today by the FCC. It will allow you to send a recorded TiVo show to your laptop and take it with you. The NFL is concerned it will be used to bypass blackout restrictions on games. Of course, anyone who really wanted to do that could probably figure out a […]
Wall Street Journal RSS Feed Information is available. RSS isn’t just for the little guys any more. First exploding (in my opinion) in blogs and smaller places, the big boys are now coming on board with RSS feeds, further validating the concept has long term viability. This page also is good because it explains in […]
Up until recently, I never really thought that I had very extensive browser needs, but I’ve now loaded most of a dozen Firefox extensions into my browser. The reason is pretty simple, I didn’t know what I was missing till I tried them. My current four favourites are BugMeNot, User agent switcher, Super Drag&Go and […]
Well, now this is an interesting one. Microsoft claim that they get more virus’s not because they are less secure, but because they have more market share. It appears they were at least partially wrong. (Actually, they are totally wrong, they have nowhere near the market share of web servers as does the open source […]
In an effort to compete on a more even footing with Yahoo and Google, Microsoft is developing their own search engine, one that relies on their own search and spidering algorithms, (rather then using the results from other engines as MSN search does now.) You can test the results now at MSN Tech preview. The […]
The world has millions of sight impaired people, Australia has at least 300,000, and other countries have an order of magnitude more. Should they be discriminated against by web designers? Most countries have laws that give an emphatic NO! In fact, there have been court cases where companies have been sued for not providing for […]
Tonight I came across Spellbound which is a full spell checking extension for Firefox.
It installed flawlessly, I simply selected all the components by ticking the relevant boxes on the spellbound page, and then did the same for a dictionary (choosing Australian in my case.).
It’s official,
PHP5 is now a stable release.
While doing my daily rounds of the various tech news sites that provide the source for most of the articles you see here, I came across this blogging article on TheRegister. The fact that 8000 new bloggers appear every day isn’t really news to my mind, neither is most of the other accompanying data. What […]
Even if you’re not a Linux fan, you should have a look at this because it makes for fascinating reading. People that know me, know that I am no fan of Microsoft, I make no secret of it. I do admit however, that they played a significant part in making computers the commodity they are […]
Iraq is still in upheaval, with problems popping up all over the place, but in the shadow of all that, they have started their first Linux Users Group. (LUG)
with the idea of showing people (particularly those in government) how to setup an IT infrastructure that doesn’t rely on the software or services of big multinational companies which always results in huge amounts of money heading offshore.