shesafish

	Saturday, September 21, 2002

 Customizing Categories

A Trick:

Drop a #navigatorLinks file into a category folder. Edit the file (remove links not relevant to said category). Post an item to that category. Check out its home page. Look any different?

Variations:

• Use a different blogroll for each category; include all blogrolls on weblog homepage.
• There is probably a way to use markpasc's active renderer for bookmarks.

The bonus of using #navigatorLinks is that the category can continue to use the MainTemplate from the www folder (#template.txt). The latest tweaks to the look and feel will be reflected consistently accross your site.

8:26:07 PM  comment [] |

 XSLT

20% of the techniques do 80% of the work. XSLT must be one of them.

Resources:

• Using XSLT to Transform XML by J. David Eisenberg at A List Apart
• XHTML and CSS StyleGuide from the New York Public Library
• One-click XHTML Validator Bookmarklet one of Tantek's Favelets
• Date-Time Processing Module in XSLT via [Sanjay's Journal of Coding Tips] via [AFrogInTheValley]

(All Links via [Zeldman])

7:58:59 PM  comment [] | Topics: XML 

 Pickle Jar Time Management

 The quick How-to: 

• - Get a [large] empty pickle jar.
• - Add large rocks until full. Add two more.
• - Add pebbles until you can't add pebbles no more.
• - Fill to rim with sand.
• - Add water.

 

"No Time Management theory should be without balance, and the Pickle Jar theory is all about balance."

So true.

"Now, grab your jar again. Empty it.
Fill your jar with water until it is completely full. Now, try and add some sand. What do you mean it didn’t work?"

Original article by Jeremy Wright (via A List Apart) .

7:45:43 PM  comment [] |

 Correction to post on Anchors [HTML 1A].

The sample code given in the original post HTML 1-A Lesson: Anchors was incorrect.

The pound signs # should be used in the links to the anchors instead of the anchors themselves:

Before, Incorrect:
Link to the anchor:	<A href=enablingCategories>How do we enable categories?<A>
The Anchor:	<A name=#enablingCategories>How do we enable Categories?<A>

After, Correct:
Link to the anchor:	<A href=enablingCategories>How do we enable categories?<A> <A href="#enablingCategories">How do we enable categories?<A>
The Anchor:	<A name=#enablingCategories>How do we enable Categories?<A> <A name="enablingCategories">How do we enable Categories?<A>

4:28:18 PM  comment [] |