Summary The content within your “body” tags of your html page will start to get very “cramped” for space with just a couple of additions. Enter the paragraph element. Its usage is described below and pretty much what you’d think. It separates a paragraph from other items on your page. Here is a second paragraph…
Summary The intended audience to this series of notes is someone who is computer literate and knows how to use a web browser and text editor. No prior knowledge of HTML is assumed. One goal is to demonstrate that you do not need a special program to create a website consisting of a few pages….
Summary The intended audience to this series of notes is someone who is computer literate and knows how to use a web browser and text editor. No prior knowledge of HTML is assumed. One goal is to demonstrate that you do not need a special program to create a website consisting of a few pages….
Note:The rename script on this page gives files all the same names with different numbers appended. I have a separate script if you want to rename a jpg by timestamp. Summary Here are a couple of perl scripts that run on linux machines with perl 5 or better installed. I’ve found them very useful for processing…
Summary Below is a Perl script that can be used to adjust the brightness and contrast for a whole directory of JPG photos automatically. I searched for a while on using the GIMP to automate brightness and contrast changes, but it seemed too complicated for my purposes. I found one GIMP plug-in already written. It installed, but didn’t…
Note: Published 2016-08-31. Summary Conclusion: The Nook Color hardware makes a nice tablet with a really sharp screen at a reasonable price. There seems to be a catch about the version of the Nook Color that you get. Apparently some will NOT boot from the SD card. Research this before tryin it. My Nook Color has…
Summary Here is a “quick and dirty” way to get a connection to a MySQL server and a database selected. There are newer and better ways of doing this. If you use a shared hosting provider, however, they are not always so quick to update the servers to the latest software. This method should work…
Summary Below is a function that can generate a random advertisement within you HTML page. I have made it modular, so that it can be reused for different geometries within the page. Below are very brief instructions on how to use it. References: The part about getting a directory listing is from the PHP Manual.