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Do not use GET for form processing!:
DON'T. Double check your form tag for explicit method="POST" (155 Words)
[November 26, 2009 06:17 PM]
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Google Visualizations quick start:
Pretty nice article at Jeez.eu: Google Visualizations From A To Z. Explains how to use Google's json apis, get... (43 Words)
[October 26, 2009 10:38 AM]
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SCM backed blogging - part II:
NanoC! (37 Words)
[September 22, 2009 08:20 PM]
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SCM backed Blogging:
Version controlled based static site generators (153 Words)
[August 31, 2009 01:51 PM]
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Got linked in!:
Recently I joined LinkedIn via an invitation. I am already in Orkut. But how useful are these on an ongoing basis? (126 Words)
[June 09, 2007 07:50 AM]
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What is your excuse now?:
Switch! (48 Words)
[September 21, 2005 08:42 PM]
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Which is the best DN site?:
Developer Network sites are used a lot by programmers. Here is what I found most usable. (582 Words)
[September 10, 2005 07:01 PM]
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Citibank defines advanced browsers:
This message, in 2005, is surely a poor excuse for not knowing how to design web sites. (210 Words)
[August 03, 2005 07:01 PM]
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Freeware for HTML editing on Windows:
I like these 3 tools; so bookmarking those. (11 Words)
[June 06, 2005 04:01 PM]
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TiddlyWiki and GTD:
I just had to write about these. I used it for 4 hours and I was hooked. (50 Words)
[May 17, 2005 05:08 PM]
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Quick Links:
Last week's bookmarks about useful Javascript and CSS tricks. (36 Words)
[November 21, 2003 07:09 AM]
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Quick Links:
Unwanted technologies, great writings and a popular writer who seems to be quite confusing. (65 Words)
[October 24, 2003 11:00 AM]
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Quick Links:
J2EE development setup, OpenEJB, web services and XMLFace. (129 Words)
[October 14, 2003 06:39 PM]
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Quick links:
C#, diamond wiki, searching in Perl and Linux e-mail server setup. (60 Words)
[September 27, 2003 11:10 AM]
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Java is an SUV:
Couldn't have said it any better than Philip Greenspun. (361 Words)
[September 21, 2003 08:50 AM]
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Linkfest:
Some links that caught my attention today. (101 Words)
[August 21, 2003 05:33 PM]
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Waiting to turn the page:
The Washington Post writes about personal publishing. I'm confused! (156 Words)
[July 31, 2003 06:41 PM]
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Monday morning links:
Tree SQL, JGoodies, SWT and JWS, three software picks. (112 Words)
[June 23, 2003 06:40 AM]
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Beginning to like bloggers better than journalists:
At least bloggers have courage to say what they write are opinions! (809 Words)
[June 16, 2003 03:15 PM]
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Spam statistics:
Results from a bizarre experiment (collect spam, categorize it) for 15 days. (271 Words)
[June 16, 2003 01:47 PM]
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Mozilla Firebird 0.6:
Everyone should know about this by now. Still, this release is very slick. (78 Words)
[May 17, 2003 07:18 PM]
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Identity stealing scams via e-mail:
Simple idea by con artists to steal your identity. (305 Words)
[May 01, 2003 11:59 AM]
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Fastest browser?:
I chanced upon links-graphic on Linux. IMO, it is the fastest browser I've ever seen. (161 Words)
[April 30, 2003 06:44 PM]
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PBS on Weblogging:
Tonight's PBS news had a 10 minute piece on "blogging" phenomenon. (238 Words)
[April 28, 2003 09:30 PM]
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Trying out Blosxom:
Blosxom is simply superb. Simple idea, big returns. (124 Words)
[April 27, 2003 06:13 PM]
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Checky!:
Fantastic Mozilla plug-in provides quick access to various validation services. (124 Words)
[February 02, 2003 06:29 PM]
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HTML Email isn't rich:
Arguments for and against HTML e-mail. (145 Words)
[January 21, 2003 08:31 PM]
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E-mail mistakes:
8 e-mail mistakes that make you look bad. (284 Words)
[January 06, 2003 07:07 AM]
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Free Speech -- Virtually:
A blogger-journalist writes about legal constraints on blogging. (54 Words)
[December 19, 2002 05:48 AM]
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Free PDF creation:
Use pdf995 suite or a Samba trick. (73 Words)
[December 10, 2002 06:15 AM]
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Useit.com on intranets:
Don't be fooled by 1000% ROI! Your corporate culture will need to change to get there and the investment on culture change could be very high. (380 Words)
[November 12, 2002 06:43 AM]
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Mozilla user CSS:
Use Mozilla to view sites as you want to view them, not as the creator intended. (71 Words)
[November 04, 2002 06:37 AM]
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Demoronizer:
A perl script to sanitize Microsoft's HTML. (86 Words)
[November 03, 2002 06:57 PM]
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Ten things to do with IIS:
Wonder why switch to Apache is not on the list! (232 Words)
[October 26, 2002 07:47 AM]
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Building online communities:
Finer aspects of community building. (94 Words)
[October 22, 2002 06:05 AM]
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Doonesbury on blogging:
Overt ego takes a stab at blogging. (287 Words)
[October 21, 2002 06:26 AM]
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Overpaying for CMS:
A pretty nice article that is inconclusive, though it asks the right questions. (503 Words)
[October 08, 2002 08:21 AM]
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IBM web performance tools:
Two cool tools from AlphaWorks for stress testing your web application. (117 Words)
[October 03, 2002 05:51 PM]
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Spin intranet server:
Apparently, you can write software that runs fast in Windows. (80 Words)
[October 02, 2002 02:23 PM]
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Web Mechanics or Web Masters?:
How to make IT an honorable profession? (115 Words)
[September 19, 2002 05:43 PM]
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Websites getting obsolete?:
Back to hot topic - upgrading sites to new standards. (83 Words)
[September 11, 2002 01:07 PM]
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Miscellaneous articles:
Links to some articles that tickled my random mind (156 Words)
[September 11, 2002 06:52 AM]
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Moving selected items:
HTML with Javascript to do client side manipulation of selection lists. (67 Words)
[September 10, 2002 09:54 AM]
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Good Solution for managing web sites?:
What should I choose for web development? (352 Words)
[September 04, 2002 07:29 AM]
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Radio vs. Movable Type:
A good comparison of the two blogging tools (188 Words)
[August 16, 2002 06:17 AM]
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Spicing up MT sites:
Some helpful links while setting up your Movable Type site. (34 Words)
[August 15, 2002 06:23 AM]
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Ars Technica reviews Mozilla 1.0:
I found the review too long. (276 Words)
[August 01, 2002 06:07 AM]
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Paying to provide access?:
Should mega-sites pay ISP for letting people access their sites? (96 Words)
[July 31, 2002 05:41 AM]
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Developing for J2EE Tomcat:
Good lessons on J2EE (61 Words)
[July 27, 2002 06:46 PM]
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Short HTML style guide:
Short and sweet entry point to proper HTML coding. (55 Words)
[July 23, 2002 07:25 AM]
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Day 13: Using real links:
Get rid of those javascript: links! (85 Words)
[June 26, 2002 09:49 AM]
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Flash without Macromedia:
Ming or JGenerator could help you make Flash files without using Macromedia products. (211 Words)
[June 20, 2002 06:51 PM]
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Random registration at NYT!:
I've registered at nytimes.com several times and have forgotten my password several times. Here is random registration maker if you... (46 Words)
[June 18, 2002 12:04 PM]
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Small values of cool - #1:
Quick links from Simon Brunning's blog (29 Words)
[June 18, 2002 06:05 AM]
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Making spam go splat:
Good article about spam. Hotmail blues. (127 Words)
[June 09, 2002 05:15 PM]
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Mozilla 1.0 is out:
No more browsing with unofficial beta browsers. My browser now has a non-beta version :-) (32 Words)
[June 05, 2002 06:20 PM]
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Simple CMS using Rebol:
Alistapart.com has a small article on building a very simple content management system using REBOL. (87 Words)
[June 04, 2002 03:45 PM]
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Roll your own weblog!:
A linkfest about the weblogging tools out there. (41 Words)
[June 01, 2002 04:46 PM]
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Jabber and e-business:
DeveloperWorks article on Jabber and Wireless messaging. (113 Words)
[June 01, 2002 03:45 PM]
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Steffi wins case against MS:
Steffi Graf won a court case against MS over fake nude photos of her that were posted on a Web site run by the company. (178 Words)
[May 29, 2002 06:12 AM]
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Content editable for Mozilla:
Xopus.org: ContentEditable enables easy in-place editing of HTML by just setting an attribute or property. A temporary solution for users... (24 Words)
[May 28, 2002 09:58 AM]
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One guy actually loves spam:
An opinion piece that actually profess why spam is good. (159 Words)
[May 19, 2002 11:53 AM]
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Hotmail opt-in:
East side journal: " Microsoft has suddenly changed the privacy preferences for all Hotmail users. They're now sharing your name... (156 Words)
[May 17, 2002 06:18 AM]
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Does Flash 6 invade your privacy?:
Slashdot story: Apparently, Flash 6 can capture data from your PC's mic and camera. I really think this is a... (146 Words)
[May 13, 2002 06:09 PM]
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Scripty Goddess:
Scripty Goddess is another Movable Type site. Pretty good design and got several information in 5 minutes this morning. -... (46 Words)
[May 08, 2002 06:08 AM]
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Another "helpful" site!:
Went to search Google for "Willem DeFoe" and one of the hits was to 80's movies gateway. I clicked on... (95 Words)
[May 05, 2002 05:59 PM]
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Webmonkey: Blogging software:
WebMonkey runs a survey of weblogging tools. Quite a good article. I'm especially thrilled to see that he too settled... (39 Words)
[May 05, 2002 11:41 AM]
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Why don't they allow deep linking?:
Many web sites have terms of use that prohibit linking directly into a page other than their home pages. DallasNews.com... (290 Words)
[May 01, 2002 03:01 PM]
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DomAPI for cross browser UI building:
DomAPI is a set of libraries for using DHTML and Javascript to make cross browser user interfaces. It works perfectly... (42 Words)
[April 30, 2002 12:45 PM]
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J2EE weblogger:
O'Reilly Net article on the wonders of using Java to make an open source weblog. All the more reason why... (39 Words)
[April 19, 2002 11:43 AM]
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Jon Udell: Groove 2, Zope, Virtuoso:
As usual, Jon's excellent writing skills are evident when he discusses Groove 2.0, his experience with Zope and Virtuoso. I... (71 Words)
[April 16, 2002 06:01 AM]
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10 steps to test your web application:
A quick 10 step guide to test web applications. Very short and useful.... (13 Words)
[April 15, 2002 06:21 AM]
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rsync for web site updates:
Since the first time I used it, rsync has been an indispensable tool. Here's a page with tons of useful... (57 Words)
[April 13, 2002 08:01 PM]
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Web services - executive summary:
Good article on what the deal really is. I think web services are really useful, but it is quite easy... (37 Words)
[April 13, 2002 06:59 PM]
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Radio blogging from Word:
A strategy to hook up Word using Blogger API using SOAP. If we have an XML-RPC library for Word, may... (32 Words)
[April 12, 2002 10:47 AM]
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Elephants in the living room:
The Destructive Role of Denial in Web Design. How Engineers, Security, Lawyers and Graphic Designers can sink a site's usability.... (69 Words)
[April 08, 2002 08:35 AM]
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Google API:
Slashdot thread on Google offering API using SOAP. Good, that means there are going to be some standards for this.... (58 Words)
[April 06, 2002 06:59 PM]
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Movable Type or Radio?:
Dave Winer disputes Karl Martino's comparison that Movable Type and Radio are essentially similar. Naturally, Dave feels that Radio is... (138 Words)
[March 26, 2002 07:19 AM]
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Modifying DW to produce valid XHTML:
A neat article on extending DreamWeaver to produce valid XHTML. That should make life easier for "artists" and "designers" who... (30 Words)
[March 24, 2002 08:03 PM]
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DHTML hierarchical menus:
A good comparison of available code for DHTML menus from evolt.org. I particularly liked the one from Milonic.com because it... (27 Words)
[March 09, 2002 07:09 AM]
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Spam filtering tools:
O'ReillyNet has an article on spam filtering tools. This is a subject that has been interesting me for some time... (25 Words)
[March 07, 2002 06:53 AM]
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Open meta tools:
Article in byte.com talks about meta data setup using open tools like OpenLDAP. I've been thinking about how to implement... (47 Words)
[March 05, 2002 05:39 PM]
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Jon Udell reviews Radio 8.0:
He says that "Radio UserLand 8.0 is a lab for group-forming". I'm not so sure. I tried Manila for web... (206 Words)
[March 02, 2002 08:15 AM]
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Google loves blogs:
John Hiler discusses whether blogs are here to stay.... (9 Words)
[February 28, 2002 08:47 AM]
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wow web designs:
Wow Web Designs is a site that show cases some sites. Seems to be a pretty good start. May be... (28 Words)
[February 27, 2002 07:44 PM]
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Sites blocking browsers:
Several months ago there was a furore over MSN blocking Opera browsers. Things have not changed much. My bank (Bank... (70 Words)
[February 27, 2002 06:27 AM]
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Javascript: moving items around in select lists:
Wrote a page that uses the technique mentioned in previous link on the subject. My implementation - warning, it opens... (25 Words)
[February 25, 2002 10:48 AM]
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Javascript: manipulating select boxes:
IRT.org has a good article with code about programmatically moving around options from select lists. Useful javascript.... (17 Words)
[February 20, 2002 01:48 PM]
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Blogging with Manila:
Last year, I had started a site on Manila, when it was still being offered for free. I wanted to... (55 Words)
[February 02, 2002 08:00 AM]
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New section on usability:
I thought that I needed to note down what I consider as "unusable" web. So, started a new section called... (34 Words)
[February 02, 2002 08:00 AM]
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Making IEEditor work with Zope CMF:
Some of the readers figured out how to use the editor within Zope CMF and graciously provided me with instructions,... (28 Words)
[December 16, 2001 08:00 AM]
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XML-RPC Services:
Went back to see a bit more about XML-RPC services and I think it is lot more cleaner than SOAP... (45 Words)
[December 16, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Convert File/Image to ExtFile/Image:
An external method to convert a File/Image to ExtFile/Image type in Zope. This is going to save me a lot... (27 Words)
[November 25, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Site to be restructured using CSS:
I'm amazed by how much CSS can help in designing. Soon, this design will change to use CSS exclusively and... (28 Words)
[November 18, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Zope eXPeriments:
Got a new account at the free Zope hosting provided, NIP Ltd. At the moment, there is nothing much there... (47 Words)
[November 14, 2001 08:00 AM]
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DEC: Adding target for links:
New article on how to set targets in custom dialog box for links, for the DHTML Editing Control. [link]... (21 Words)
[November 08, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Mozilla 0.9.5 rocks:
Went through the pain of downloading a 9.5MB installer at 56Kbps - but I think it is still worth it.... (50 Words)
[October 28, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Improvements to zopemir.py:
The script that I use for making a static copy of my site from Zope has minor updates. [link]... (21 Words)
[October 22, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Jon Udell: Universal Canvas:
Jon Udell's column about the Universal Canvas has some of my comments. [link]... (15 Words)
[August 06, 2001 08:00 AM]
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DEC: Fixing IMG tag:
DEC adds a style tag for height and width of images. This messes up display in Netscape. A small client... (28 Words)
[May 29, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Newsgroup - attachment downloader:
Python script to download attachments from newsgroup postings. Not the best one, but a quick and dirty one. [link]... (21 Words)
[May 29, 2001 08:00 AM]
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DEC: Custom controls for image/link:
A solution with code on one of the frequently asked questions about Microsoft DHTML Editing Control. [link]... (19 Words)
[May 22, 2001 08:00 AM]
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DEC: Code for image/link dialogs:
Download the zip file containing ASP code for making custom dialogs for DHTML Editing Control. Just because it was done... (49 Words)
[May 22, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Printer friendly script - ASP:
The PHP script to generate printer-friendly formatted pages seems to be very popular. I got some time today and wrote... (26 Words)
[May 22, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Tidy SOAP service with ASP:
A very small writeup with downloadable code on how to get a SOAP service going to clean up HTML using... (25 Words)
[May 13, 2001 08:00 AM]
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IE Editor for Zope:
I downloaded the HTML Document product and hooked it to a WYSIWYG editor written using IE's DHTML Editing Component. Makes... (43 Words)
[May 13, 2001 08:00 AM]
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IBM: Making usable sites:
. Very good, and I hope the so called designers who make pages out of Photoshop/Fireworks slices pay attention.Like the... (45 Words)
[April 27, 2001 08:00 AM]
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How to ease the pain of link management in Zope:
If you have multiple servers through which a site must be made - like development, staging and production, managing links... (32 Words)
[April 11, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Better method to make static sites from Zope:
A script I wrote this morning for maintaining this site. Also made a similar one at work. [link]... (20 Words)
[March 30, 2001 08:00 AM]
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PHP/XML slideshow:
I wanted to use XML and put together an XML file with my photos and a PHP script using PRAX.... (36 Words)
[March 17, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Web site development guidelines:
A small document with guidelines about site development. [link]... (11 Words)
[March 08, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Using TidyCOM:
Using TidyCOM object to clean up HTML documents. [link]... (11 Words)
[March 02, 2001 08:00 AM]
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Browser upgrade initiative:
Please do read the Browser Upgrade Initiative. If you are hesitant to upgrade because you can't wait for a 2... (43 Words)
[February 19, 2001 08:00 AM]
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WASP is Back:
A-List-Apart decides to just ignore the non-standards compliant browsers. Here's from their site (I especially liked that part about Flash... (110 Words)
[February 19, 2001 08:00 AM]