Category: Note to Self

  • Want to post a sticky in TypePad?  You have to be using an Advanced Template and be willing to muck around in the index.html template, but Don at TypePad Users Forum has posted the code.

  • With client-side software like ecto.

  • The W3C has lots of great online resources, including X/HTML validators for websites and for uploaded files.

  • Need to move your iTunes library from one computer to another?  No problem–just use your iPod.

  • A nice touch to add to your site is a favicon, a small graphic (typically 16 x 16 pixels) that will uniquely identify the site in visitors’ browser address bars, on their list of favorites, next to RSS feed listings, etc.  Here’s mine, which is also on my new business cards:   There are basically…

  • An friendly attorney of my acquaintance pointed out to me the importance of crediting any photos or images that I found online and posted here.  I did a little due diligence into best practices in this area, and the key steps seem to be: Host the image yourself; i.e. download it from their site and…

  • Alt and Title tags.  Not interchangeable.  Who knew?  There’s a useful thread over at Webmaster World.  Bottom line: use Title for credits and other descriptive text, especially if you want that info to show up in Mozilla/Firefox.

  • Michael Fagan’s Fagan Finder has a nice compilation of RSS-related info and resources.

  • Of all the HTML guides I’ve seen, John December has the best.  Particularly useful are the "Hex Hub" in his "Color Spot" section and the guides for the latest transitional and strict tags in his "HTML Station". December’s definitely quirky–see his "Live Simple" ebook, which apparently aspires to be a guide to everything from organizing…

  • Just expressing appreciation for Good Grief!, a really well-done personal site.  Thanks to Becky S. for the idea to use PicoSearch on my day blog, instead of the shite free Google search box.  (Although I still don’t really have PS up and running.  It only returns a single result, even when I know there are…