Some more info about .htaccess + mod_rewrite

Today I was trying to look for .htaccess commands to make sure that my subdomain I setup, stays in the address bar, just like it is in case of this blog, webeno.blogspot.com. I got a bit disctracted by visiting some otherwise very useful articles, like Ultimate htaccess Examples, the .htaccess Tutorial thread of AskApache.com, or the one about domain masking with .htaccess at Site5.com Forums but, however being very detailed and needy in some cases, none of them provided me with the solution I needed. So finally I stumbled upon a website called Mod_Rewrite Forums and posted this thread: subdomain to stay in address bar. Hope it gets solved soon! ;)

Update:
The solution of this thread can be found in my post of the 7/17/09: Subdomain to stay in address bar.

My first Flash animation

Well, yes, I was tempted too, so I downloaded a Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Trial, looked up a tutorial and found this very nice and easy one: Creating a Simple Animation.

See my first Flash animation below :)



Want to know how I embedded this Flash animation? Here's the code:

Vista Button with Gimp

Today I was looking for a tutorial about how to create a nice 3D-like button in Gimp (a very good quality freeware image editor) and found this article: Vista Button | Gimp-tutorials.net. It's very detailed and comprehensible, thanks again, dude! ;)

Avoiding duplicate content + .htacess tricks

Another important factor in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is avoiding duplicate content. This RagePank.com (mind the swapped first letters of the 2 words - genious!) article gives some information as to how it is taken by the search engines and how you can prevent duplicate content by using some .htaccess commands. Some of the commands can be setup through the standard user interface of your domain provider, but sometimes .htaccess is really very useful to know about it a little bit more. Another fine compilation of basic .htaccess commands can be found here .htaccess Tutorial - Part 1.

Did you know?
The dot (".") before the file name means that it's hidden, so only website administrators can access and modify it.

Use your own fonts on your website

Wanna use your own fonts on your website? Check out this interesting article about Html Document Fonts

Honestly, I haven't tried this, I find it too complicated, only recommended if it's absolutely important that you have a sepcific font on your website.

CSS and round corners: Borders with curves

Rounded corner tables are very much in style these days and honestly, I love (and also use) them a lot. You'll find an excellent description as to how to create them at WebCredible - CSS and round corners: Borders with curves.

Currently I'm doing it by splitting the table into 3 rows and place a picture with the upper left and right corners and the top part of the border together in one picture at the top and repeat the same at the bottom. The part in between is colored the same as the top and bottom border pics. However, the mini-genious about the solution in the linked article is that in that way the table border will always automatically follow the width of the text within the table.

Embed music with Apple navigation bar

I was trying to add a very simple music player onto one the blogs I was developping. Normally you're supposed to use the player that the visitor has installed on their computer, but to my opinion, there's a nicer and cleaner way: Apple QuickTime.

Here's a simple code that you can embed into your website

PsycHo - Classic Blogger Template

Did you ever think about to give your blog a very specific look but just could not find the right one among Blogger's preset ones? You don't have to worry anymore, as Aideen made it possible for you by developping PsycHo: Free Template Generator. As soon as you setup the template the way you want to, with a little html knowledge, you can do additional modifications to it and paste it into Blogger.

To change your Blogger blog so that you can add your self-developped html or template, go to 'Customize' option, then chose 'Layout' -> 'Edit HTML'. On the very bottom of this page, you'll find the option 'Revert to Classic Template'. Click on this and then click 'OK' at the warning message. Now you can add your code into the big text box. Note: your 'Layout' menu will change into 'Template'.