Techie Web Stuff
(links verified 1/17/11)

This page is about developing a web site. It includes some of the sites I reference(d) when I started mine and as I continue working on it. Not everything will be just on developing a web site though; I have a link about how to deal with certain types of persons in a chat room, for example.

A second page of "not quite TG stuff" for everything else like digital cameras can be reached at Not Quite TG Stuff.

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Davita at her computer

And Now For Something Different

  • World Wide Web Consortium
    To get the whole list started... You want to know the truth? Here it is--the place to find the web standards. There is a lot highly technical information here, but to help out, they have a beginners section too.
  • Guide to Cascading Style Sheets
    This one is simple, straightforward and even I understood it.
     
  • Webmonkey Style Sheets Guide
    This one has a bit more than the prior site, but again, I found it quite easy to use and understand.
     
  • Web Accessibility Initiative
    "The W3C's commitment to lead the Web to its full potential includes promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), in coordination with organizations around the world, is pursuing accessibility of the Web..."
     
  • Color Voodoo
    "Like voodoo, color can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. The most powerful information about color symbolism, color theory and interior design is finally available in a series of books designed for computer viewing. Now you can discover the real symbolism of color, learn the logic of color design, and profit from successful color communication in everything you do." This site has gone commercial and they got rid of all the free advice *sigh*. I guess they were correct about things and so I have left them in my list.
     
  • VISCHECK
    "The world's first online color-blindness simulator!" Are you curious to know if color blind persons can read your pages? Try the simulator. By the way, if you are using a page that has one of those stupid ad links, you may have to stop the animation to see your simulated page. You will need a quick mouse and a finger in some cases *smile*
     
  • Search Engine Watch
    This is an excellent overkill on Internet search engines. "This section of Search Engine Watch (formerly called A Webmaster's Guide To Search Engines) is primarily for webmasters, site owners and web marketers. It covers search engine submission and registration issues. It explains how search engines find and rank web pages, with an emphasis on what webmasters can do to improve their search engine placement by using better page design, HTML meta tags, and other tips."
     
  • If some of my pic(s) do not display or don't change and you happen to be an older version Netscape browser person, that may be due to a Java security option relating to firewalls (don't ask) you have set in Netscape. The instructions below may help or at worst will not hurt. The instructions are courtesy of the owner of the Java script I used for displaying the pics, http://www.anfyjava.com They (anfy...) have a Java problems Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section too. My thanks to them.

    Look for the file "prefs.js" or "preferences.js" (without the quotes) somewhere in your Netscape "User" folder/directory. Open the file with a text editor (e.g., Notepad, WordPad, vi, etc.). Add the following (with no breaks or spaces) to the "security" section in the file:

    user_pref("security.lower_java_network_security_by_trusting_proxies",true);


    This will only fix your computer and no one else's.
     
  • I discovered a good write up on dealing with flamers and trolls, those folks that want to force their thinking on you by attempting to crash your system (the flamers) and who just need to tell you how wrong you are for not being perfect like them (the trolls). This information is applicable to your chat sessions and for that matter, everyday life. Check out Diane Wilson's advice.
     
  • Want some help with SPAM? Here are a few links that cover the topic and offer some solutions. These also offer pointers so you do not become a SPAMmer yourself.

Under Construction

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