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double dose of ala

Friday, October 12th, 2001 at 1:53 PM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

We’re treated to two articles in ALA.

Flash Aesthetic covers four different Flash aesthetic elements that stand out from the crowd including: Scaling, 2-D Style, Heavy Strokes, and Motion Without Cycles. There are links to examples of each element so you can get a feel for them. I would’ve liked to see more examples.

It’s reading articles like How to Succeed with URLs that make me wish I had access to my UNIX server so I can try out the cool techniques.When I signed up with my Web site hosting service, I had been using them as my ISP and they had what I needed at the time. I am pleased with their service since they have great uptime and all that. The only thing I can’t do is go directly to it via Telnet and create my 404s, play with Apache and its modules, and so on.

Back to the ALA story. This is a tutorial for people who are building and/or maintaining a dynamic PHP Web site and want a PHP instead of regular expressions solution to manage URLs that make your hair cURL. OK, bad joke. The way it works is that all requests for the server will be redirected to a PHP script for handling the requested URL and determining which to load. The redirection commands are entered in the .htaccess file, one of the most important files that comes with the Apache server.

This method does have a vulnerability in which someone could access directories below your Web root or execute scripts on your server. The article gives several solutions to avoid exposing your security holes.

photoshop tennis

I was glad to see the competition back online last week. Doggone, I can’t remember who I voted for last week. Damned cold, sinus or whatever the hell is clogging my brain. In today’s match, Rob Corradi from preloaded in the UK faced Daniel Althausen from designers-drug in Germany. Go check out the volleys and vote who played a smooth game. The first time I viewed Photoshop Tennis, I was confused about the whole game. Now, I am hooked. It’s the sport of Web designer kings and queens.

leftovers

Do you think the 7 Habits that Business2.0 put together make up a successful dotcom? You get the opportunity to rate each habit. One of the habits: “Hire a ‘vampire’…”

Damn it, I need to move my ass to get the Digital Web article done. Da pressure! Da pressure! If my stupid head would clear up so I can see the words floating around…

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