searching a billion sites
Some google dudes making use of their vast resources have completed a study on the most used html tags and elements. Their findings are located here: http://code.google.com/webstats/index.html
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Looking closely at the CSS for the typography project…. The class example shows some good stuff (the css). Here’s some CSS tips and points to remember: To get IE to float properly, use a text-align:...
View ArticleA short history of web pages
Here’s someone’s short take on the history and evolution of web pages. Bluebones
View ArticleWeb developer extension for firefox
I’m always looking for it… https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/
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The history of abandoned things
Buried in sand: The abandoned Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse I came across the site Artificial Owl this week. Artificial Owl finds images of long forgotten, man-made objects, locates them on a map and tells...
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Many Mechanical Machines
Back again with another roundup of websites promoting some history. This weeks focus is on the computers and other machines. Technologizer has come through in the past year or so with some really fun...
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The Past in Color
This weeks installment of history found on the web includes links to a few sites with something special. Color photographs from the early days of color photography. Color somehow brings a photograph to...
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Filling in the missing dates with AWStats
Doh! Sometimes AWStats will miss some days in calculating stats for your site, and that leaves a big hole in your records. Usually, as in my case, it’s because I messed up. I reinstalled some software...
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Four Steps to a Personal Website
There are four basic steps to creating a personal website. 1. Content You may want to start out with a cool design, or fun idea on how to interact with visitors, or what have you. But really, the most...
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Atop – Apache Top, for keeping tabs on the web servers
When I first became a systems administrator of a large web server, I wanted to know what the current traffic to all of the virtual hosts (vhosts) looked like. I wanted to see which domains were getting...
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Setting up a Hosting Environment, Part 5: Apache and PHP
Figuring out the possibilities for Apache and PHP reminds me of a Dr. Seuss book, “Fox in Sox”. It’s a favorite of mine. I love reading it to the kids. In it, Mr. Fox tries to get Mr. Knox to say all...
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Upgrading Omeka and Neatline
A first project at my new job at the Scholar’s Lab at UVA was to update some old Omeka/Neatline sites. I wrote a script to take care of the process now and in the future....
View ArticleGrab all of the domain names in Apache host file
Quick script I whipped up today to grab all of the domain names on a server.#!/bin/bash if [ -e alldomains ] then rm alldomains fi alldomains=( $(find /etc/httpd/conf.vhosts/ -name *.conf) ) for domain...
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Docker Development Environment for Everyone
One of the biggest challenges when collaborating with others in developing software and websites is setting up the development environment. The good ol “it works on my machine…” problem. Well, this is...
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