What we’re doing - Psi ForumCheck out some news on the Psi front: What we’re doing - Psi Forum Also, I haven’t seen anything else about this, maybe they want it hush-hush. Oh well. As recently blogged by Justin Kirby, Qunu is an expert matching service. You’ve seen these before, Yahoo and Google and several smaller companies during [...] read more:
Link Building 101 - Resources and ToolsEvery now and then, there is a forum post worth bookmarking and a Search Engine Watch thread that compiles an excellent list of link-building resources is such a post. The post, and the comments that follow, provides for a very comprehensive list of tools, articles, forum threads and knowledge bases that can be found on the Internet. Good job Nacho. read more:
SEO Chat Forums - Backlink problems...Date: July 17th, 2006 02:27 AM - tommr1 - UntitledPost: The question is are your serps better or worse.G states in the webmaster info section that they do not return all information. soYou... read more:
Parents tv cream of the cropSubject: Thank you for parentstv.orgTo: Editor@parentstv.org, Webmaster@parentstv.org, Letters@parentstv.orgHello creators and maintainers of parentstv.org.I am not a parent, but I really, really appreciatewhat your site is doing. Specifically, the page at http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/clips/main.asptitled ' Worst TV Clips of the Week'.In general I have discontinued watching broadcast andcable television because of it's low quality and Isimply don't have time to sift through the garbage. What your page provides me is the sweetest necturefrom all the fruit of broadcast and pay television. Ican just hit your page once a week and get all thefun, hot clips. With your permission, I will startbacking up this page onto a CD-ROM archive that I canmail around and trade with my friends.You are all quite a peice of work. Don't ever stopbeing you!Gratefully yours,Austin happy non-parent and heavy user ofparentstv.orgPS-- Feel free to use this testimony on your website. read more:
If you need help, ask an expert!This weeks Accessible web design tip: If you need help, ask an expert!Where do you go when you have a question related to accessible web design? If you are like me, you probably spend too much time searching for, and then browsing through the many good accessible web design websites; hoping that one of them will have the answer to your current question. Search no more - this weeks tip is: if you need help, ask an expert. And you can now do that, by visiting a new discussion forum which is populated by some of the webs' most knowledgeable accessible web design experts. It is called AccessifyForum.com and it has been set up by Nigel Peck of MIS Web Design and Ian Lloyd of Accessify.com.The forum is already a busy 'junction' for experts and beginners alike. So don't 'sit on' that question a minute longer - ask, and you shall receive.The tips archive is at: http://www.mcu.org.uk/weeklytips/ read more:
The Amazing VistaTweakPRO!I just found this amazing tweak program on http://majorgeeks.com. It is VistaTweakPRO and it is better than TweakVista. There is not a version for 5270 yet but they plan a super one. There are also amazing tweaks and tips on the siite! VistaTweakPRO was designed for both beginners as well as the most advanced tweakers. For those who have used tweaking programs in the past, you will be impressed with the number of tweaks, tips, and tricks that VistaTweakPRO provides. Some key features included in this program are: 'DWM Tweaks' (including some not available in any other program) such as enabling more creative use of animations, borders, and effects Miscellaneous tweaks for Vista, including the ability to add Administrator to the Welcome screen (with other users you created), removal of shortcut arrows, and to change Desktop and Start Menu icon sizes A series of 'How-Tos' with pictures: using Virtual Folders, how to Magnify Images, use the Solutions Panel and new Start Menu Plus much more!  read more:
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WebMaster Media Maker.Create Streaming Audio and Video with Media players that do not require a streaming media server. read more:
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Fourth of JulyDaily Sucker for Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Submitter's comments: Why isn't the annual 4th of July celebration announced/on the front page? Why did I have to spend 5 minutes digging for this page? Something tells me the webmaster doesn't realize its about providing the public with pertinent information in a timely fashion - but rather to pimp-up the rep of incumbent politicos. Vincent's comments: Be... read more:
Can duplicate content really influence your rankings?Every few months, webmaster forums discuss if search engines penalize duplicate content. Can duplicate content affect your search engine rankings? What can you do about that? read more:
Trends forecast 2007: color, style, etc...Forum: Graphic DesignPosted By: D856CPost Time: 03-01-2007 at 14:31 read more:
Google's SandBox and TrustRank filters and your web siteGoogle's Sandbox and Google's TrustRank are often discussed in webmaster forums. How do these factors influence your web site rankings on Google and what can you do to get out of the sandbox or to get a high TrustRank? read more:
New features in Google SitemapsLast week, Google added new features to its Sitemaps service. After verifying that you are really the webmaster of a site, you can access some statistics about the information Google has about your site. This kind of information can help you to spot possible reasons when Google doesn't index your site. read more:
SEO Chat Forums - Is it worth me setting up a directory for better google SEPRs?Date: July 17th, 2006 06:51 AM - dzine - UntitledPost: Hmmm, I always liked the fact that this forum was a bit more 'to the point' and concise than - say - cre8asite*. I liked to get quick answers... read more:
SEO Chat Forums - To remove title keyword in hopes of increasing rank for another term?Date: July 17th, 2006 08:51 AM - ChildeRoland - UntitledPost: Listen to anything that EGOL says as he is an insanely well respected member in the SEO community. I don't post a lot in this forum,... read more:
Accessify Discussion Forum a hitMatthew Ogston sent me a note about the new Accessifyforum.com discussion forums: - which look like they are already a great success. Discussion topics include, Accesible website building, Legal issues and standards, 'beginners' and many more. read more:
SEO Chat Forums - What happened with the last update?Date: July 17th, 2006 08:15 AM - sampopy - What happened with the last update?Post: My sites lost their related:www.mysite.comThey all increased their rankings 4 to 6 PRone forum got a PR 6... read more:
2006 ICFP Contest registration opensRegistration is now open for the 9th Annual ICFP Programming Contest. The ICFP contest is an event that traditionally raises interest in the LtU community. A more detailed announcement found in the forum mentions that this year's theme is 'computational archaeolinguistics.' Intriguing. read more:
Copy catsTony Blair mounted a strong defence of the plans. Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he said: 'I pay great attention to the civil liberties of the country. But on the other hand, it is also right that there is a new form of global terrorism in our country, in every other European country and most countries around the world.' Britain 'sliding into police state'[guardian] read more:
Site Launch > MondayMorningInsight.comDaily Innovation, Ministry Insights, and Thoughts from Todd Rhoades for Pastors and Church Leaders.http://www.MondayMorningInsight.com It's always interesting how the timing on projects works out - here's the second site launch announcement in a week and a half, and I have a third site waiting for one last change before it goes live as well.I'm pleased to announce the re-launch of http://www.MondayMorningInsight.com - another site implemented on ExpressionEngine. This time the site is a blog that outgrew it's Typepad roots. Boyink Interactive played more of an 'implementation partner' role in this project, as site owner Todd Rhoades provided the overall site design (and I already see some changes he's making..;) ).The biggest goal of this implementation was to take greater advantage of the site archives (all imported from Typepad) - which have over 1000 posts going back to September of 2004. To this end, we created category pages that function as portal pages by showing: - The latest posts in that category
- Reviews of related books and other resources
- Related posts from the new forums, which also run on EE. This function took some custom code, and another EE weblog was used to store the relationships between the weblog categories and forum categories.
Other EE weblogs power the 'static' pages ( About MMI, ect., the Book Reviews, and the (not used yet) header area advertisements.I think I had the lighter end of the project, as due to a new category structure and some mild changes to the structure of each post Todd had to go through and edit all of the existing content before the site could go live (and he appears to have survived!).So if you're involved with a church as a Pastor, leader, volunteer or staff member, head over to http://www.MondayMorningInsight.com -- you're sure to find some help, encouragement, challenges, and humor helpful in your work/ministry. read more:
Is your website legal?A new article by Trenton Moss: Web accessibility and the law in the UK: Is your website legal?'There's been widespread speculation about the new legislation being introduced, which will ensure that websites are accessible to disabled users. Try to find specific information about it on the Internet and chances are you'll come up empty handed.'layout your forms using CSS instead of tables.I am a fan of using CSS for layout and presentation of web pages - but I do still have a few 'blind spots' when it comes to putting my good intentions into practice. For example, I still tend to use tables when creating layout for forms.I was recently alerted to this weeks tip by Tavis Reddick, the webmaster at Fife College; while communicating about another forms related issue, he pointed me to a useful article about using CSS to layout forms (scroll down the page to find the part about forms layout).I won't reproduce the example code here - because it is not the simplest technique I have come across - and I couldn't figure out a way to simplify it for 'tip size' consumption. However, I thought it was worth highlighting this example, as it demonstrates that CSS is flexible enough to be used for tasks beyond the simple two or three column page layout.References.Fife College Practical CSS Layout Tips, Tricks, & Techniques read more:
oracle with strutshi all,<br>for last 15 day i am trying to configure struts datasource with oracle but in vein.i have tried all code and forum on net.but nobody could 
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The Future is a little BrighterDavid links to a posting he forwarded from the Kowari developers list ( original post here) from Amit Kapoor about the future of Kowari: "The Topaz Foundation (http://www.topazproject.org) is very pleased to forward the email, from Michael H. Wallach (Senior Counsel, Northrop Grumman) to Richard Fontana...We trust that this letter will end any confusion with respect to the future status of Kowari, which has been secured, and that the community will now be able to focus on making Kowari one of the most vibrant open source projects." "Northrop Grumman respects the rights that users of open source Kowari software receive under the MPL. Northrop Grumman intends that open source Kowari software, licensed under the MPL, is and will remain free, open source software. Moreover, Northrop Grumman has no objection to the continued appropriate use of the "Kowari" name by developers participating in the Kowari open source project." read more:
Scottish Arts Marketers' Forum: accessible web designLast Thursday I lead a 'round table discussion session' on accessible web design for the Scottish Arts Council Marketers' Forum. It was an enjoyable experience - here are some of the issues that came up and brief versions of my answers.How do blind people surf the web? What should we be aware off when designing for someone who is blind?Many blind people, and people with low vision use a 'screen reader' which 'reads out' (i.e. turns into audio) the text on a web page. This has implications for making a site accessible to someone who is blind:Pictures can't be 'read' - so labels have to be added to the pictures to indicate their purpose or the content they contain. There also needs to be alternative ways to access the information contained in all non-text elements such as videos, or animations, e.g. a transcript or captions could be provided along with a video.Having information read out - is a 'linear' experience - generally screen readers will start to read from the top left of the page and work their way down. Depending on how the site is designed it can either be a long and tedious experience, or one that is a pleasure to a blind person because it either ignores or takes into account how screen readers work. For example, if the first section on each web page is the navigation bar, and the navigation contains 100 links, then the screen reader has to read out those 100 links before getting to the content of the page. There are many ways of getting around this problem; one would be to put the content first on the page and the navigation second, another would be to provide a way of 'jumping over' the navigation bar straight to the content.The arts community needs aesthetically pleasing websites - do accessible websites need to be just text and therefore look boring?The idea that accessible websites need to be text-only is a myth; most of the changes required to make a website accessible do not affect the visual appearance of the site. Whether the site is aesthetically pleasing or not, is not related to how accessible it is - it is related to the talents of the web designer, and how well the designer and the client have thought about the goals of the site. An awareness of accessibility issues can however lead to changes that improve the usability of the site for everyone.For many people a site which contains pictures, animations, sound and video will be more accessible than one that contains only text. Using different communication mediums means offering more choice to the visitor to the site - and that can only be a good thing. Well designer, good looking websites, that make good use of multimedia technologies offer a richer experience to the visitor - however as mentioned earlier provide alternative ways of accessing information within non-text content.Mostly arts related organisations do not have a lot of money - is it more expensive to build an accessible web design?I am not aware of any research that shows whether or not it is more expensive to build an accessible website. Testimony be web design experts during the legal proceedings in Australia (when an individual took the Olympic Organising Committe to court because their site was not accessible), estimated that the cost of building an accessible website adds 2% to the budget of the site.In the medium to longer term the support costs for an accessible website are lower. For one thing, there will be less e-mails and support calls from people who can't access the information on your site. Creating an accessible website helps the designer to think about important aspects of the site such as how the content of pages are structured, and how logically the navigation of the site is organised; getting these aspects right early in the design process will make the site easier and cheaper (certainly in terms of time) to manage in the long term.Some aspects of making a site accessible will be expensive if they requires specialist knowledge, such as adding captions to video, or creating content in several languages. Making a site accessible 'retrospectively' tends to be more expensive than creating an accessible website from scratch.We don't want to discriminate against people with colour blindness, are there any colours should be avoided?First, ensure that you don't design your site in a way that means visitors cannot change the colours to suite their own needs. Second be aware that 15% of men have some form of colour blindness (only .4% of women); the most common combinations of colours that can cause problems are red/green (remember red berries on a tree with green leaves) and yellow/blue (remember the swedish flag or yellow daffodils against a blue sky). Using these colours on their own is generally not a problem, it is only when they are used as in conjunction with one another that problems of contrast occur, e.g. red text on a green backgound; both may look like grey to someone who has colour blindness. read more:
BoF session for voting: 'Developing as a Non-Administrator in XP and Vista'A little late (voting ends today at 5:00 pm), but I have submitted a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session for TechEd 2006: Developing as a Non-Administrator with XP and Vista There has been lots of talk lately about the importance of running and developing software with least privilege accounts (LUA). Unfortunately, there are many developers who still run as Administrators on Windows XP and 2003 because it is either difficult to make the shift or just easier to develop that way. As a result, newly created software may only run when users are Administrators. This can cause problems for users who have to run software as a Non-Administrator. Also, Windows Vista promises to change things for better security with User Account Control (UAC). This session will provide a forum for developers to discuss the challenges of developing as a Non-Administrator with current Windows XP and 2003 environments as well as using the new UAC features in Windows Vista.
Intended Audience: Developer
Submitted By: Robert Hurlbut, Hurlbut Consulting, Inc. Please go vote here if this sounds interesting to you. I know some members of the Vista UAC team will probably be there (they are presenting a couple of sessions on UAC at TechEd) plus a few others with lots of experience on this topic. It should be a great discussion. Accessible Web Design in Practice Training CourseThere are still a few places left on the next Making Connections Unit, Accessible Web Design in Practice training course on the 9th and 10th of December. This a 2 day course being run in Glasgow Caledonian University Library in the Centre of Glasgow; the venue is close to both main Glasgow bus and train stations. Register your interest in the course by filling in the booking form.About the courseThis course is not about creating unattractive 'text only' pages; accessible design is about designing for disabled people and non-disabled people. The training combines off-line discussion and learning, with online experience and examples - including hands-on experience of surfing websites with text browser, a screen reader and using the keyboard only. Hands-on activities include using online checking tools to check the validity and accessibility of websites - and interpreting the results. The first day of the course builds an understanding of what is meant by accessible web design, and give a 'framework for thinking' - that provides a context for the topics covered in day two. I consider this an important aspect of the course; but it is not addressed, as far as I am aware, on any of the other accessible web design courses. This first day also gives and understanding of what HTML is, how it should be used, and makes makes it accessible or not accessible. The training is aimed at helping publishers manage their web content in a more efficient and flexible manner; accessible web design is about more than learning individual HTML techniques (although you learn the techniques as well). Accessible web design is about understanding how to manage and publish web content in the most flexible way - cutting down the work web publishers have to do to reach their widest possible audience. The second days is more 'topic' based, i.e. how do you make PDFs, web text, forms accessible, making pages accessible for people with particular impairments, and so on. The course is taught in a very 'interactive' manner - questions and discussion are the basis of the learning - with frequent reviews of what has been learned.In addition to the training itself, all course participants will take away extensive notes and articles for all of the topics (listed on the course outline at http://www.mcu.org.uk/services/training.html) for both days.About The Making Connections UnitThe Making Connections Unit, set up by Jim Byrne and David Donald in 1996, has been a pioneer in the area of Internet accessibility. It is based in Glasgow Caledonian University and provides web accessibility consultancy and services to nation and local government, as well as the voluntary sector, not for profit and private sector.About your tutor Jim Byrne Jim is a recognised expert in the field of accessible web design and has a thorough awareness of practice and policy issues. A former Disability Information and Training Officer, he has extensive experience delivering staff development and training programmes within the public, private and voluntary sector. He has written and spoken widely on the subject of accessible Web design, including publications for The Scottish Accessible Information Forum, and articles for The Times Higher Education supplement and a host of online magazines. He has also spoken about the subject of accessible web design on radio and television. In 2001 he was identified as one of Scotland's 'movers and shakers in e-commerce in Scotland' for his work in the area of Web accessibility (NB Magazine, June, 2001). Jim has been using and programming computers on a daily basis since 1979, and learning about how to design accessible websites since 1996.Register for the course now at http://www.mcu.org.uk/services/bookingform.htmlPlease don't hesitate to get back in touch if you would like further information about the course.Please pass this information on to other people you know who are interested in accessible web design. read more:
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