HTML Tips and Tricks

Handy fake latin generator

18/4/2007

Handy fake latin generator 4guysfromrolla have a handy "fake latin" generator. It allows you to specify the number of paragraphs to generate. Source available too, although old asp. http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/demos/latin.asp?paras=2

The World of Crazy URLs .. Digg.com = 1086311198

28/12/2006

The World of Crazy URLs .. Digg.com = 1086311198 [[digg01.jpg]] We've all had the spoof emails with the bogus links in to Halifax.co.uk. I received one this morning which told me that my HSBC account was going to be frozen. _'''I got really excited''', because I didn't even realise I had an HSBC account._ Anyway the link that they wanted me to click on went something like this:- It would look quite ok to some people, particularly as it has only one address in it. After all, I have seen loads of these that have an IP address followed by the banks address, they are easy to spot. I pulled out the '''http://''' followed by the number and put that in the browser. WOW something came up! Well, I thought!! How did they get a number with no .co.uk or .com after it !! I want one of these! Had they found another registry, or was this just a way to convert an IP address to a number? Then I started changing the numbers and noticed that the ip address changed. I soon worked out the addresses of our web servers: http://1342528246 and http://1467335231 by using a series of Ping statements. (am I sad or what!?) ;-) '''You can do it for any IP address.''' ||GeekZilla.co.uk||1467335231||http://1467335231/|| ||Digg.com||1086311198||http://1086311198/|| How to do it Firstly, it must be a site that defaults to the IP address. * Get the IP address. * Hex each segment. * Join the answer as an 8 digit Hex number. * Convert it to Decimal and there you are. * You can then add /dirname/docname etc if you wish. Example '''Digg.com = 64.191.203.30''' .. * Convert each segment of the IP Address to Hex '''64.191.203.30''' = '''40.BF.CB.1E''' * Type the whole number into calc.exe with no seperators i.e. '''40BFCB1E''' * Convert it to Decimal ... presto! .. '''1086311198''' * Type that in your browser and you have Digg.com. So... Digg.com = '''1086311198''' [[digg01.jpg]] Which ends up as... [[digg02.jpg]] Summary So it is not another registry that has sprung up, it is simply another way of looking at an IP address. Why would you want to use it? The answer to that is "probably not", unless you were trying to impress someone or trying to trick them. For me, it is just a "nice to know" and I hope it is for you too. #$#

Google Applicance - googleoff / googleon Tags

27/9/2006

Google Applicance - googleoff / googleon Tags '''I came across these recently... thought I'd share''' ;) The googleoff/googleon tags disable the indexing of a part of a web page. The result is that those pages do not appear in search results when users search for the tagged word or phrase. For example, some developers use googleoff/googleon tags to comment out a navigation bar in static HTML pages. You can use googleon/off to tell the Google Search Appliance to ignore portions of a page. Insert at the point you want the Google Search Appliance to stop indexing, then insert where you want it to resume indexing the page. You can also use the tags to avoid indexing anchor links leading to another web page. You can use either of the following to prevent the words "chocolate pudding" from appearing in the snippets. The googleon/googleoff tags are index, anchor snippet, all. Here's how they are used. index tag Words surrounded by the googleon/off tags will not be indexed as occurring on the current page. A page containing: has the terms "fish" & "mackerel" indexed for that page, but will not index "shark" for the page. It's possible, however, that the page could be a search result for the search term "shark", since "shark" may occur elsewhere on the page, or in anchortext for links to the page. anchor tag "Anchortext" surrounded by the googleon/off tags and occurring in links to other pages will not be indexed as words associated with the other linked-to pages. A page containing: will not cause the word "shark" to be associated with the page "linked_to_page.html". Otherwise, this hyperlink could cause the page "linked_to_page.html" to be a search result for the search term "shark". snippet tag The text surrounded by googleon/off tags will not be used to create snippets for search results. all tag Turns on all of the attributes: index, anchor, and snippet. The text surrounded by googleon/off tags will not be indexed, followed to another linked-to page, or used for a snippet. _thanks to Google for this content_

What is a FavIcon

20/7/2006

What is a FavIcon FavIcon (short for Favorites Icon) is a feature that makes it possible to associate a special logo or other small graphic with a web page. The favicon is usually displayed next to the web site address. Much like the way shortcut icons are used on the computer desktop to distinguish computer programs and files, favicons can be used to personalize or brand your web sites.

Adding a Favicon to your site

20/7/2006

Adding a FavIcon to your site Found a handy little site which allows you to upload a GIF or Jpeg and returns you a static and animated FavIcon with all the HTML you need to implement. http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/