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| Editorial February 6th, 2003 |
G'Day Sizzlers!
We released an alpha version of HotDog QE (Quick Edit) to our
small group of Alpha Testers yesterday. A small but important
milestone for us! So far the feedback has been distinctly
positive. I have highlighted one testers comments in this weeks
Sizzler Spotlight.
We also have another new section I had been talking about. My
mate Brian Stevens is going to be writing about server related
issues. So you will be able to get your machines into top shape!
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So I will leave you to it! Read, learn, then implement!
Keep on sizzling!
Nathan Allan
Sausage Sizzler Editor
editor@sausage.com
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HotDog - Working Hand-in-Hand With You
HotDog can help you keep visitors coming back to your site by
reminding you how big your web page is and how long it will take
to download. All you need to do is call up ‘Document Properties’:
From the HotDog menu, select:
Mouse Keyboard
Format ALT-o
Document Properties ALT-d
SPEED ACCESS SHIFT + CTRL + d
and click on the ‘Document Size’ Tab. Choose the connection speed
- typically 33.6k or 56k for a dial-up modem and the time it will
take to download is calculated from the weight (in kilobytes) of
the web page.
Post your comments here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1305
HotDog Tip by Kevin Hannan
Nissan - SHIFT_web design
http://www.nissanusa.com/
My wife and I wish to buy a new car in the next year or so, and I
would love to have a new Nissan sitting in my driveway. They
make some of the sweetest cars on the road today, as Nissan tends
to focus on style and performance. Even their commercials look
like someone was trying to make a short film. Anyway, I was
checking out the Nissan website, when I realized they extended
the style and performance to the Internet.
The entire site sits on a white background, giving it a very
professional and clean feeling. But enough of the white is
covered up with attractive images and information so the white
doesn't blind you when it loads up. The earthy and gray tones on
top of the white actually make it almost soothing to gaze at.
The menu system is very simple and easy to navigate. It's broken
into four categories across the top of the page, or you can jump
straight to the car of your choice in the flash animation below
the menu. I think this is a very intuitive way of approaching
this, because the company focuses on automobiles, but at the same
time you are going to have people like me who are gathering
information and want to find it quickly. If I want to read about
financing, I go to the Buying menu. If I want to check
information like recalls on my current Nissan, I go to the Owning
menu. Extremely simple.
I also especially appreciate the fact that the web site, despite
the flash animation and numerous images, loads up pretty quick on
my lousy dial-up connection. I pine for the days when I too will
have broadband, but for now, it's nice to know that even web
designers for big companies like Nissan, know how to keep the
page reasonably sized for 56k'ers like me. Check it out and let
me know what you think.
http://www.nissanusa.com/
Post your comments here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1304
Site spidered by Orion Johnson
HotDog QE Alpha Tester Feedback
Although the Alpha of HotDog QE is not public (as we are using a
tightly managed group of users), I thought you would all like to
see some of the feedback from one of our somewhat excited Alpha
testers, known in the forums as WebDesEyen.
"(bouncing around like a little kid with his new favorite toy)
looking great! looking fast as lightening! looking yummy!
all "very constructive", i know... just wanted to show my appreciation"
"it took a long time, but it was worth the wait i think!
the guys from sausage have delivered...
and i am impressed.
big time."
So it looks like there are some happy users out there. We hope to
make this available to everyone as a Beta in the coming weeks.
Sizzler Spotlight by Nathan Allan
RPM Packges
Recently I have received a few questions about how to install
programs on Red Hat Linux. I'm not surprised by this trend as
more and more people are becoming tech-savvy and venturing into
cheaper, more efficient, operating systems.
So you are an ex-Windows guru and you are staring at this newly
installed Linux operating system and you start to think, "hey,
lets go download and install some programs!" So you download a
couple of EXE files to the desktop and double-click them...
nothing. Now you are staring at the computer in anguish because
nothing you do will install this EXE. You think, "where is this
vast world of open source software and how do I install it?"
This first question is easy to answer. If you are running a Red
Hat system then you can find a lot of software on Red Hat's Web
site. However, personally, I would rather you look to Rpmfind.net
for your desired software.
So now you know where the files are at but now you this long file
name in front of you and you don't know how to decrypt it. Let's
look at an example. We have here a DNS server install package
with a file name of: bind-9.2.1-9.i386.rpm. Now we will pick
apart the name to show you how to decypher this long file name.
Bind is the package name or you can think of it as the software
name, like Outlook. 9.2.1 is the version number of the software.
9 is the release number but if they came out with a new version
called 9.01 then the whole RPM package name would be
bind-9.2.1-9.01.i386.rpm. I386 stands for the architecture the
program was made for. I386 is for most Intel and Intel-clone
processors, like AMD. You will occasionally come across a piece
of software specially made for the AMD Athlon processor at which
time you will see athlon in place of i386. There are other
architectures such as those for the Sparc, Alpha and Mips
processors. Last, but not least, there is an RPM on the end to
stand for Red Hat Package Manager. So now you see that this long
file name serves a very important and beneficial purpose by
giving you the most information about a program before you
download and install it.
Just so you know there are other install packages out there like
DEB files which are controlled through the Debian package manager
but RPM is more universal on all Linux machines and that is why I
chose to write about it.
Next week I will outline the commands for installing, upgrading
and removing packages from your Red Hat system. This will include
installing from an FTP server. In the meantime feel free to
search out some RPM packages you would like to install because by
this time next week you'll be an Linux install guru. Until next
week, feel free to discuss this and more in the Sizzler Forums.
Post your comments here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1302
Sourced by Brian Stevens
(HTML) Creating Tool Tip Pop-up Messages
Javascript
Do you need to ensure the browser’s window is maximised? Copy and
paste this simple script either in the <HEAD>, between <HEAD> and
<BODY> or in the <BODY> section of your page.
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
<!--
window.moveTo(0,0);
if (document.all) {
top.window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight);
}
else if (document.layers||document.getElementById) {
if (top.window.outerHeight<screen.availHeight||top.window.outerWidth>screen.availWidth){
top.window.outerHeight = screen.availHeight;
top.window.outerWidth = screen.availWidth;
}
}
//
-->
</script>
Post your comments here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1303
Tip by Kevin Hannan
To read the Sizzler Forums you do not need to be a member.
However to take full advantage of this resource it will only take
you a few seconds to sign up!
- Go to: http://www.sizzlerforums.com/
- Read the information and click on the REGISTER button
- Fill out the form
- You will receive an email that you simply reply to
- Hey presto! Your a fully fledged Sizzler Forums member!
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