Credits
This web site is maintained using the following software:
- HTML validation and Browser compatibility
- Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP
- Site design and editing
- Site statistics
HTML validation and Browser compatibility
This web site was originally written in HTML 4.01, and updated to XHTML 1.0 strict version in 2004. XHTML validity of each page is checked using the W3.ORG online XHTML validation service and WDG HTML Validator.
The Cascading Style Sheet of the web site is validated using online W3C CSS Validation Service.
Correct display of pages is checked for recent versions of the three major browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera.
Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP
This site was originally programmed using Microsoft Visual Basic VBScript. ASP is no longer fully supported and has been deprecated. In 2000 Microsoft declared .NET as the next generation platform for web services. The web software of Microsoft has been progressively going against open source web standards. Because of this I decided to move away from Microsoft products to open source software. I chose PHP as the alternative to replace ASP code in the web site. Thus web site code and database interfaces will be slowly transformed to PHP code. In my experience open source software can be more powerful, more space efficient and more reliable than Microsoft products that have been developing into bloatware dinosaurs.
- 4GuysFromRolla.com
- ASPfree.com
- Dynamicdrive.com
- PHP web site
- PHP tutorial
- Installing PHP on IIS7 in Vista
Site Design and editing
This site is edited using NoteTab Standard which is a powerful ASCII text editor of HTML files, and Bluefish editor within Ubuntu Linux system.
Programs and utilities used for graphics and color editing:
- Color Cop: Utility for probing screen coordinates and color codes.
- IrfanView: Simple image viewer and editor
Jewish Holiday Graphics:
- Drawings by Lis Elby at Jewish Clipart Database
Site Statistics
Server log files are analyzed by Analog combined with QuickDNS utility for numerical IP address to full name conversion.