Software used in website management
- Textual content
- HTML validation and Browser compatibility
- Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP
- Credits for images
- Site design and editing
- Site statistics
Textual content
Articles that were written by various authors are shown with the name of the author and the source on the first line of the text. Other than these, most of the text is written by the editor of the website.
Some of the content on this website was created or revised with the assistance of ChatGPT or Gemini.
HTML validation and Browser compatibility
This website was originally programmed in HTML 4.01, updated to the XHTML 1.0 strict version in 2004, and then updated to HTML5 in 2010. It was rewritten with a responsive design to cover smartphone and tablet displays in 2017. HTML validity of each page is checked using the W3.ORG online HTML validation service.
The Cascading Style Sheet of the website is validated using online W3C CSS Validation Service.
Correct display of pages is checked for recent versions of four major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Active Server Pages (ASP) and Open source software
This site was originally programmed using Microsoft Visual Basic VBScript. In 2000, Microsoft declared .NET as the next-generation platform for web services. The web software from Microsoft has been progressively going against open source web standards. Therefore, I decided to move away from Microsoft products to open source software and Linux. Open source software can be more powerful, more space efficient and more reliable than Microsoft products that have been developing into bloatware dinosaurs. This website is hosted on a Linux server.
Site Design and editing
This site is edited using Bluefish editor.
Programs and utilities used for graphics editing:
Credits for images
- The opening image for the website by ChatGPT
- Jewish Holiday Graphics by Lis Elby at Jewish Clipart Database
- Icons designed by brgfx / Freepik
- Some icons by FLATICON
In addition to these sources, on many pages there are images taken from different sources with credit noted on the page itself.
Site Statistics
Server log files were analyzed by Analog combined with QuickDNS utility for numerical IP address to full name conversion.