Web Notes

Help sites

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:43:00 GMT

http://support.thetechguys.com - a Dixons site with lots of manuals and drivers

Tutorials Menu

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:43:00 GMT

Here is a list of computer howtos or links to sites that have already done all the work for you. If you are lucky you will find a video tutorial!
Don't forget to close all other windows if the screen gets too cluttered.
Some excellent websites

Try these

Basic WindowsXP guide
Broadband and Internet
Email your blog
File Sharing
Firefox
How to build a website
How to send large files via email
How to Secure and Clean your computer
Javascript Menu
How to use a 3G mobile phone
Outlook Express
Preventing Computer Eyestrain
RoboHelp
Social Networking sites
YouTube
Visual Studio Express
XML
Help sites

Music

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:46:00 GMT

http://beemp3.com

Anki

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:24:00 GMT

Anki

Anki is a spaced repetition flashcard learning program based on SM2 memory algorithms - http://ichi2.net/anki/index.html. It is not related to the Palm version.
It can be used online or accessed via a mobile phone.
When you first install the program you are invited to go online to download a shared deck of cards.

Plugins

You can generate sound by installing a plugin - instructions are here: http://batterseapower.github.com/pinyin-toolkit/getit.html
Import vocabulary lists with the Smart.FM toolkit - see the http://smart.fm site for content

Anki for Palm

For Palm - http://copera.com/anki.com/anki_builder.html

Palm Treo - OS Palm

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:51:00 GMT

Install Java

The Treo Centro does not include a Java Emulator. Also known as a Java MIDlet Manger, a Java emulator allows you to run programs written in Java for Mobile phones such as Opera Mini.

Download the Palm emulator here - http://www.download.com/Palm-OS-Emulator/3000-2212_4-10111408.html
Download skins into a Skins folder from here - http://download.chip.eu/en/Palm-Emulator-Skins-1.9_22783.html
Download the necessary ROM from your device:

If you have physical access to a Palm device and you have the Palm OS Emulator (POSE), you have everything you need. You can download and use the ROM image out of your own Palm device in POSE.
To use a ROM from your own Palm device, run 'Emulator.exe' from the POSE installation, then when you get to a window with choices of New, Open, Download, and Exit, select Download and follow the instructions. (You will need to install the "ROM Transfer.prc" application onto your Palm device before proceeding. This app is included with POSE.) This method will use its own conduit to download your Palm ROM into POSE.
Basically, exit the Hotsync manager first
Click on Begin transfer on both the emulator AND your Palm after running the ROM Transfer program. It's very slow. If it crashes your device try a lower connection speed.

NewsFeeds

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:31:00 GMT

News from my Miscellany WikiGuardianTechnologyBBC TechnologyComputer ShopperComputer ActivePC Adviser

Practical stuff

.NetComputer Arts
http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/develop

Reviews

Computer ArtsWeb UserComputer ACtive
http://mostwanted.webuser.co.uk/

Webmaster newsfeeds

.Net NewsComputer ArtsWeb DesignerSitepoint

http://www.webmonkey.com/

Extensions overview

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:50:00 GMT

Extensions in the sandbox are not listed here!
http://tw.lewcid.org/

Lewcid Extensions
AutoOpenTiddlersPlugin	Automatically open the last 5 tiddlers when TW loads. The number of tiddlers opened can be specifed by the user
BetterTimelineMacro	Replacement for the core timeline macro, with more options and features.
DropTaggingMacro	Dropdown version of core tagging macro
DropTagsMacro	Dropdown version of core tags macro
FontSizePlugin	Resize tiddler text on the fly
FullScreenPlugin	Toggle between viewing tiddlers fullscreen and normally
HoverMenuPlugin	Creates a hovering menu that scrolls with the page and is always accessible
IconMacro	Replace macro buttons with icons
JumpToTopMacro	A macro and a command for jumping to the top of the screen
JumpMacro	macro version of the core jump command, with an optional button to jump to the top of the screen
MenuEditPlugin	Adds 'double click to edit' capabilities to menu's and sidebars
MonkeyTaggerMacro	drop down list that toggles tags tagged by given tag, see demo for better understanding. (aimed at task management)
NavigationMacro	creates Next and Previous buttons to allow navigating through tiddlers in order.
OpenTiddlersMacro	create tiddlyLinks that open multiple tiddlers.
OpenTopPlugin	Open new tiddlers at the top of the screen
PopupMacro	create custom popups with any wiki text.
SaveAndReloadMacro	creates a button that saves and reloads your TW
SelectThemePlugin	On the fly switching between various TW layouts (themes)
SplashScreenPlugin	Displays a splash screen while TW is loading
ShowUpdatesPlugin	List updates to a TW since the users last visit
TabEditPlugin	Easier tab editing - double click to edit source tiddler
TagAdderMacro	Dropdown list for easy toggling of tags - abandoned in favor of TaggerPlugin
TaggerPlugin	Dropdown toggling and management of tiddler tags, your all-in-one plugin for tags - check if template shows well
Saves opening each document jst to change tags
TiddlerWithEditPlugin	Adds double-click-to-edit to the core tiddler macro
TiddlyLightBoxPlugin	Lightboxes optimized for TiddlyWiki
Tiddlylock - http://www.minormania.com/tiddlylock/tiddlylock.html	allows sharing of a tiddler for editing purposes
ToggleSideBarMacro	Toggle visibility of the sidebar
ToolbarIconsPlugin	Replace toolbar buttons with icons
TWAB	Address plugin needs quite a few other plugins - http://www.tiddly-twab.com/

MultiRssPlugin
- install, save your TW and reload.
- edit the MultiRssConfig shadow tiddler to configure your rss feeds.
- to trigger rss saves manually, use the <<saveRss>> macro
- or just set the generate rss feed option and the feeds will be generated on each save
- major code optimization planned for TW2.2
- coming up: compatibility with MTS

InlineTabsPlugin
- create tabs from just one tiddler using an easy <tabs></tabs> syntax.
- Demo

InlineSlidersPlugin
- a super light weight plugin that lets you create sliders inline using a <slider></slider> syntax, or the ++++ ==== syntax for compatibility with the NestedSlidersPlugin from tiddlytools.com. Terrific for when you don't need the extra bells, but just want to create simple inline sliders.
<

Demo
This is an example slider

=

LimitOpenTiddlersPlugin:
- new tiddlers open at the top
- max n tiddlers allowed open at any time. Right now n is set to 3
- when the n+1 tiddler is opened, the oldest (bottom) open tiddler is closed
- optional history command in the toolbar that show z number of last closed tiddlers.
- z and n are userconfigurable

TiddlerPreviewsPlugin
- replace default tiddler tooltips with stylish excerpts of the tiddler text. Mouse over the tiddler links in the timeline for a demo.
- easily configure whether to use them for either tiddlyLinks or externalLinks or both.
- works better for tiddlers with normal text as opposed to code.
- can use with Simon's TiddlerExcerptTooltip to customize the tooltip!
- customize appearance with css
- (adapt for inline definitions etc)

ExternalLinkPreviewPlugin
the websnapr preview script ported to TW. Not really my cup of tea, but gave it a go after someone asked on the group. What is cool is that this plays well with the TiddlerPreviewsPlugin. (unfortunately their servers seems to be bogged down sometimes)
Try mousing over these links:
- http://www.google.com
- http://www.cricinfo.com

TiddlyWiki Menu

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:37:00 GMT

TiddlyWikiReviews
Tabbed summary of TiddlyWiki functions
Helpful sites to teach you how to use TiddlyWikiPlugin sites

The Default System

Default Tiddlers
What macros are built in to TiddlyWiki?
Extensions overview
How do I change my default options?
Must HaveExtensions

Tiddlywiki pages design - stylesheets and layouts

Color palette designations
How to customise the stylesheet
Page FormattingInline html

TiddlyWiki lets you write ordinary HTML by enclosing it in <html> and </html>:

Link to wikiwords from HTML

The source for the above is:

<html>
<div style="background-color: yellow;">
<a href="javascript:;" onclick="onClickTiddlerLink(event);" tiddlyLink="Macros">Link to wikiwords from HTML</a>
</div>
</html>

HTML can enable some exotic new features (like embedding GMail and Outlook in a TiddlyWiki). However it doesn't work for some JavaScript code libraries; see CustomMarkup for another way to include custom HTML in your TiddlyWiki.

Other functions

Run Programs
Security
SEO for Tiddlywiki
TiddlySnip - About
TiddlyWishes

Content structuring

How to create navigation menus
How to create a contents list
How can I make a "home" button that opens just the default tiddlers?
How to create dropdown side-menu options and remove the default open tabbed view
How to Create Sliders

File Sharing

Sun, 16 May 2010 21:37:00 GMT

Emule
Torrent Sites
Youtube's Tubes client
Software Reviews
Remote access

MainMenu

Thu, 06 May 2010 19:41:00 GMT

search
NewsFeeds
Beginners Menu
Tutorials Menu
Windows XP
WAP & Mobile Phones

Hardware▾

Software▾
Tiddlywiki▾
Multimedia▾
Palm▾

Joomla▾

Scripts▾
SEO▾

Working video embed code

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:16:00 GMT

Short and sweet

Needs to be surrounded by html tags

<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf">
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>

Embed examples

This is an example of my Dokuwiki home page.
for IE you need to make some changes to your style sheet to prevent it from rendering borders. I assume one has to add these lines of code to the user style sheet or something:

|<![if IE]>
<style type="text/css">html, body {border:0;overflow:visible;}</style>
<![endif]>)

Fallback text

SEO Menu

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:32:00 GMT

SEO sitesA-Z Index of SEO notesSEO websites

SEO for all websites

SEO is basically about advertising your site and getting to the top of search engine rankings. Of course there are other ways of advertising. A TV, Radio or Newspaper campaign can be effective but the costs are enormous in comparison to effective internet advertising. Besides, there are millions of potential customers in the world and the only way many of them will find your products is by seeing your company appear on the first page of a search engine like Google.

SEO Checklist
Add sites to major Search Engines

Create RSS Newsfeeds
301 Redirect

Google AdSense

Tiddlywikiy SEO

How to build a website

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:33:00 GMT

A-Z Index of CSS and HTML notesSee also Newsfeeds

Sources of help and information

There is lot of excellent free stuff out there. This is my slection.
Online MagazinesTutorialsForumsOnline Testing toolsWebmaster tools

Content Sources

Free PhotosFree Graphics
http://www.widgetbox.com/

Tools

Here are some excellent online tools you can use:

Online Color Scheme ToolsQuickstart toolsSite creation tools

Scripts

A modern web page is written in xhtml and css (Cascading Style Sheets). Additional scripts are used to add interactivity: php, javascript and Ajax (programming). There are many others!
Here is some basic information and links to get you started - Scripts Menu.

And also...

Accessibility issues
The largest percentage of the world views their screen at a resolution of 1024 x 768.
Essential Website Building Software
Server software
Validate your site
Web site Security
Web Hosting

Advertise your site - SEO

After you have built your masterwork you will want to get it noticed. There are millions of web pages in cyberspace, but don't worry, quality counts - and some astute advertising techniques to get your site noticed.

Software Reviews

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:07:00 GMT

Freeware downloadsPalmOpensourceWiki softwareProject ManagersApple stuff
Best software
Portable Computing
Microsoft Office
File Sharing

A quick way to create a website

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:21:00 GMT

Subscribe to a blogger site.

Most of the well-known blogging sites offer a quick and easy, step by step way to create a personal website by selecting a pre-defined template or design structure. When you become more proficient you can change the design to suit yourself, add Google advertising code and insert html snippets. If you don't know what any of that means you don't need to know for now.

Blogger.com

Let's start with Blogger.com at https://www.blogger.com/start - creating a website doesn't get easier than this!
The service is owned by Google, so you will need to create a Google account if you do not already have one.

Emule

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:21:00 GMT

Server lists

Router settings

Emule

Client port

TCP

eMule uses 4662 as default port for downloading data from another client. It is important that this port may be contacted from outside, this means it must not be blocked by a firewall or dropped in a router because of a missing forwarding rule. In this case you would have a low ID. Changing this port may be necessary as some ISP seems to throttle the speed on the default eMule ports. If the port is changed this has to be adopted in any router/firewall rules also.

UDP

The UDP port is the connection port for the Kademlia network and also handles many features like eMule's extended protocol. Using inter client UDP reduces the connection overhead and also lessens load on the servers.
It is necessary that this ports is open and forwarded just like the TCP port or Kademlia will receive the status firewalled, which is the same as low ID on a server. If it is not possible to open this port, it should be deactivated.

Port Forwarding

Azureus uses port 6881 by default. Many ISPs are blocking ports in the range 6881-6999, so change this to a number between 49152 and 65535, which avoids ISP blockage and also prevents conflicts with applications on your system.

Line Callout 3: Static IP address neededRectangular Callout: Default Emule portsRectangular Callout: Emule ports avoiding isp blocking>

Setting up a Static IP Address

From a command prompt run ipconfig /all

28 June 2006 from MegaPC

Use the information obtained here to setup a permanent address via your Network connections TCP properties eg

*Click on Internet Protocol and enter the appropriate information

Video Editing

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:11:00 GMT

Womble Mpeg Video WizardDVD

Womble Mpeg Video Wizard DVD can be downloaded here .

Video Studio 12

Video studio 11 can be downloaded here.

Forum

Video troubleshooting

Best software

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:19:00 GMT

Capture and catalogue imagesScreen CaptureConverters

Run an iso from your hard disk

Hard drives are now huge and it is feasible to keep iso versions of reference materials such as encyclopedias on your PC rather than carrying disks around. That way you have a handy refernce section at your fingertips often organised more rationally than you will find on the Internet.

Conversion and compression

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:57:00 GMT

There are many conversion and compression programs. One of the most popular collections of programs and codecs is installed via Auto Gordian Knot which installs Vobsub, AviSynth, Virtialdubmod (for video capture) and the XVID Mpeg 4 video codecs. You need to install Virtualmod first. Then you can make edits, add subtitles and convert into Xvid or Divx.

Another popular video convertor for techie enthusiasts is FFmpeg, a command line program. However, the rest of us can use a gui interface called Winff.
DIVX

Video and DVD

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Video and DVD sitesHelp sitesXVID

How to shoot good video - Make Digital Videos Worth Watching
Conversion and compression
Video playback programs
Working video embed code
Video Editing
DVD Ripping

Pandia	http://www.pandia.com/index.html
Lots of useful tools	http://www.selfseo.com

http://www.pwdmag.co.uk/	http://www.pwdmag.co.uk/forum/index.php
http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/	http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/forum/
http://www.netmag.co.uk/	http://forum.netmag.co.uk/
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/	http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/index.php
http://www.webuser.co.uk/	http://www.webuser.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php

WC3	http://www.w3.org
webstandards.org/	http://www.webstandards.org/
Accessify	http://www.accessifyforum.com/forum5/

Use online ditor and paste the code	http://www.fckeditor.net/demo
Use free templates	http://andreasviklund.com/templates/

Content Control	http://www.barnyardbbs.com/Projects/ContentControl/PHPVersion.aspx
NanoCMS	http://nanocms.kalyanchakravarthy.net/
SNews	http://snewscms.com/

CaptureWizPro	http://www.pixelmetrics.com/	good for video capture. No add text function
FastStone Capture	http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm	Easy to add text notes with pointers

Wink	http://www.debugmode.com/wink	Video or screen capture	Input driven capture - Alt-Pause
EasyCapture	http://www.xydownload.com/easycapture/	scrollable capture

Free Codecs	http://www.free-codecs.com/	Forum
Computer Video mag	http://www.computervideo.net
Digital Digest forum	http://forum.digital-digest.com/
Video Maker	http://www.videomaker.com/
Doom9	http://www.doom9.org/

Web Notes

Help sites

Tutorials Menu

Routers and ports

Forums

All about RSS

Try these

Music

Anki

Anki

Plugins

Anki for Palm

Palm Treo - OS Palm

Install Java

NewsFeeds

Practical stuff

Reviews

Webmaster newsfeeds

Extensions overview

TiddlyWiki Menu

The Default System

Tiddlywiki pages design - stylesheets and layouts

Other functions

Content structuring

File Sharing

MainMenu

Working video embed code

Short and sweet

Embed examples

SEO Menu

Search engine overviews

Sitemaps

SEO for all websites

How to build a website

Sources of help and information

Immediately practical

Web Standards

CSS

Portals

Content Sources

Tools

Build a palette.

Color Wheel Selector.

Duotones.

Scripts

And also...

Advertise your site - SEO

Software Reviews

A quick way to create a website

Subscribe to a blogger site.

Blogger.com

Emule

Router settings

Emule

Client port

TCP

UDP

Port Forwarding

Setting up a Static IP Address

Video Editing

Womble Mpeg Video WizardDVD

Video Studio 12

Video troubleshooting

Best software

Free software

Run an iso from your hard disk

Conversion and compression

Video and DVD