Meta: June 2004 Archives
Already for some months, this site can be reached at another domain name: braintags.com. First this domain was hosted at another server, redirecting to jeroensangers.com, and since some weeks it serves as a full domain name for this site. Silently I have tested the new domain name for some time, since I like it better than the original one. This site is called 'Brain Tags', so it is only logical that you can reach it through braintags.com.
As of today I changed the configuration of this site to use braintags.com as its main domain, though you can of course still access the site by its old URL.
The new Link dump section of this site is now also available as an Atom 0.3 feed, so you will be able to receive my links in your favourite feed reader --- my preferred reader is Bloglines.
In the footer of each page you will find feeds button, showing you all available feeds.
After restructuring the templates, it was time top add a new feature: the Link dump.
While surfing the internet, I find so many interesting sites, which I usually bookmark all. Lately I found my bookmarks getting too crowded, making it difficult to find specific links. From now on I won't put them in my bookmarks anymore, but publish them on this site, for four good reasons:
- My bookmarks list stays cleaner;
- I can use the search function to look up links;
- I can easily add comments;
- You also benefit from my findings.
For the moment the link dump is implemented solely as a list on the main page, but I plan to add an archiving function and enable comments on individual links.
I have restructured my templates for this site. The old ones used way too many <div>'s and <span>'s, which cluttered up the HTML --- these elements are today's equivalent of the tables in the 90's. I decided to start from zero and only add those elements that I think are necessary. As a result, the new pages are smaller, which should make them faster for you.
To make things easier for me, I decided to use another Document Type Definition. This site is now XHTML 1.0 Strict, instead of XHTML 1.1. To me it feels a little bit like a loss, since I liked it that my site was on the forefront of web technology, but the hassle is simple too big. The biggest problem is that a lot of JavaScripts won't work, and my knowledge is not enough to fix these things myself.
I also took the opportunity to activate the TypeKey service for those people who want to use it. It is not required; I only see it as a means for showing to the readers that it was really you who wrote this comment. As an alternative you can still use OpenPGP to certify your comments.
There are still some things not going quite as I wanted to, and the quickly adjusted stylesheet makes this site look even worse than before in Internet Explorer, but I will be working on those. If you notice any strange behaviour or mistake, please let me know.
