Snap.com has a nice script that allows users to preview external links before clicking on it. It would reference hyperlinks to different sits like the youth site or Heather’s blog. You can preview other sites like google.com, disney.com or even some other site like the photo gallery.
Search engine ranking is a science. Google has robots that “crawl” the web scanning content from web sites. This is what makes a search respond with instant results. It’s not that Google actually scans the web for each search. Google, instead, stores information from the previous crawls.
My last crawl was Feb 11. That’s from the old web site. Therefore, nothing from this current web site will be found on a google search. I’m using the Google web master tools to correct this. I just varified my page and now I’m going to create a site map. this makes it easier for Google to find me and to keep my pages fresh.
Few image formats allow for transparency. GIF, PNG, and TIFF (check me if I’m correct on this list) all have the ability to display transparent pixels because they have an alpha channel. This means that they must also be 32 bit. Standard RGB files are 24 bit (8 bits per channel). The alpha channel contains yet another 8 bits of information that tells the computer to display as transparent.
One dilemma I’ve faced in using GIFs on web pages is that they create a white halo around the image. I guess this is why I usually see jpg images matching the background for rollovers. Go figure.
Installing new themes is relatively easy but reading through the documentation is a burden. Setting the permissions caused a few errors for me but I’m trying to figure it out. I believe that I have to set permissions when I make edits and then set them back when I’m done.
Photos are a great way to capture memories. My family and I love to look through our photos and relive walks in the woods, special events, and hours of play with nothing better to do than take photos. The twins and Heather are beautiful.
It’s not all that uncommon for the dad to be the photographer in the family. Guys are just naturally prone to photography and gadgetry for some reason. Sure enough, one is hard pressed to find dear ol’ dad in many of the family photos. This is the case in my family. Such is life.
For all my friends and family out there who read this. Please join us and snap some pictures of my entire family. We are in need to whole family photos. It will be fun.
Fasten your seat belt, I’m about to put the peddle to the medal – aah, so to speak. This blog needs a face lift to match my current web site. So, I’m going to redesign the templates and the themes. Wish me the best because I have no idea what I’m doing. As usual.
Up here in the Northwoods of WI it’s difficult to specialize. Really, we don’t have a Guitar Center anywhere nearby. Imagine buying a video splitter from Office Max or Wal-Mart. Finding people who know Javascript or who know advanced sound board theory is tricky.
One web site that has been very helpful to me is Mediacollege.com. The site is well organized, thorough, and yet simple enough for a beginner to understand. Plus, they have forums.
Thank God for allowing the Internet make the world easier to reach. Technology has many advantages for the church to utilize.
Today I’m spending my time writing a Bible study for the junior high. It’s about listening to God and actually hearing Him. Listening is easy enough. You just have to pay attention. It’s the hearing part that is difficult.
What? What was that you said? I think I heard something. Or was that the wind? Or was that my own head?
Hearing God is tough because God doesn’t usually speak audibly so we can hear with our ears. We have to listen with our hearts, with our mind, with our spirit. This form of listening is vulnerable to subjectivity based on our mood or motivations. It’s easily corrupted.
The best way to hear from God, of course, is through the Scriptures. The Bible is true and does not change.
Then there is wise counsel.
Anyway, I’m excited about teaching this lesson because most of the junior high students don’t even try to listen to God. They don’t know what He sounds like. So, it’s going to be fun introducing this new concept to many of them.
Heather and I wanted to purchase a space heater but not any space heater would do. We want to use it for bath time, to heat the bedroom before sleeping, and for watching a movie in the basement. It has to be small and quiet. Radiant heat is the best because it travels even in our large basement. One by one I purchases heaters. Each one I returned until I found the best heater. Attempt #4 finally got the one we wanted. It’s a radiant heat tower that oscilates no forced air – perfectly cosey and no noise. Nice.
I learned a new skill today. I learned how to place a html page into an email for Outlook. It’s not a matter or writing code into the stationery. One has to create a html file and save it on the local hard drive. Then all images must be referenced from the web server. Once this is done, configure the Outlook stationary to embed the html file from the local hard drive. When the recipient gets the email they will see the page with the images coming from the web server.
Nice