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April 10, 2007
Nice Drupal Themes
Some Drupal themes that I think look nice. They each use a banner-like image at the top of the page:
andreas00 (Home page: andreasviklund.com - Free website templates)
screenshot of Foliage (1000x815 png)
screenshot of SEOposition (320x200 png)
Posted by lsloan at 10:43 AM | Comments (0)
Video on Adv. Programming Design Patterns
Google video presents two talks about advanced design patterns and Python.
I've not watched these videos yet, but I plan to. It was hard to find both parts of the video. In fact, I'm not sure there's not more than two parts. Google video lumped this video with many others by "Google EngEDU", rather than the speaker.
The links:
Advanced Topics in Programming Languages Series: Python Design Patterns (Part 1) - Google Video
Advanced Topics in Programming Languages Series: Python Design Patterns (part 2) - Google Video
Posted by lsloan at 10:31 AM | Comments (0)
April 05, 2007
target Attribute for Anchor Elements in CSS?
The question posed in this message, "Link targets using CSS", is just what I was wondering today. Unfortunately, the answer seems to be that CSS doesn't support target attributes. The solution seems to be either use Javascript or don't do it at all.
I had been thinking about this because the blog service I use doesn't automatically make links in my postings open in new windows. I could manually add target attributes to each link, but it would be more convenient if it was automatic.
The Javascript examples suggest using a class to designate which anchors will have target attributes. In my case, I would rather specify a container element, maybe by name or by position in the page, inside which all anchor elements would get a target. That way, all anchors in the body of my blog posts would get the special target, but not anchors related to the blog navigation itself.
To-do:
1. Try coming up with a Javascript solution that works the way I want it.
2. Request that the folks in charge of CSS standards include a way to specify target attributes.
Posted by lsloan at 05:33 PM | Comments (0)
April 03, 2007
U-M Library Access to Safari Tech Books
Safari Tech Books Online, U-M Library
Searchable full text of recent technical books from O'Reilly & Associates and The Pearson Technology Group (including Addison-Wesley, Alpha, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que and Sams) and other publishers.
Posted by lsloan at 01:03 PM | Comments (0)
A Parallels Plug
Parallels Makes IE Testing Suck Less, Melts Power Cord
Posted by lsloan at 12:01 PM | Comments (0)