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Online Sitemap Generator
2007-07-19 16:05:00 I wonder how important sitemaps really are. I want Google and Yahoo to find my site’s content, but on the other hand I do not wish to waste time with a technique which does not work effectively. Recently I succeeded in sinking my site in Google by using a sitemap More About: Website , Generator , Online , Sitemap
ICMP
2007-07-18 15:36:00 ICMP, which stands for Internet Control Message Protocol, is a protocol used in the network layer of the Internet. It is a useful tool for crackers in their arsenal of weapons which they use to infiltrate networks. More About: Security
New Security Category
2007-07-18 14:47:00 A new category was created today for this blog, titled ‘Security ’. This category will deal with issues relating to website and personal computer security issues. I know this is primarily a dating blog, however online personal security is something that affects everyone More About: Website , Category , Tego
Unix Knowledge
2007-07-17 14:25:00 Following on from yesterday’s post, I have decided to familiarise myself with the Unix O/S. This will be useful for a number of reasons, not least of which is web site security. Most servers run a flavour of Unix (not Microsoft as many people may think). Knowing how Unix More About: Website , Knowledge
Website Security - Hacking verses Cracking
2007-07-16 14:27:00 The issue of website security is an important one and worth learning a bit about. Hacking is an often misinterpreted phrase which many people use to describe illegally accessing and/or modifying restricted network content. This in fact is called Cracking . More About: Security , Website , Verses
Warm Weekend - Munich Finally Sees Summer
2007-07-13 17:25:00 So the foul weather in Munich has decided to abate for a while. This weekend sees temperatures soar to 30+ degrees Celsius. Needless to say if I manage to get any free time I will have my customary jog around Englisher Garten. The Eis Bach which flows through More About: Summer , Weekend , Finally , Fina
Forum Posts
2007-07-13 11:38:00 The dating forum is growing and slowly users are voicing their opinions and writing posts. However a growing menace is the plethora of irrelevant spam postings. Mostly these are concerned with celebrity pics and gossip and have little to do with dating issues. More About: Website , Forum , Posts
Google Supplemental Index
2007-07-12 10:58:00 I have noticed that the Russian blog on the site is faring a lot better than my blog in terms of Googl e appraisal. When I perform a Google search using the string ’site:www.clickinlove.com’, I find nearly all my blog pages are stored under the supplemental index, whereas the More About: Website , Index
Dating with AJAX
2007-07-11 10:40:00 What are the benefits of designing a dating site using AJAX? There are many. Firstly, let us have a quick overview of AJAX and what it is meant to achieve. As an example, most sites on the Internet More About: Website , Dating , Ajax , Dati
Final Stretch Proving Difficult
2007-07-10 10:17:00 As it is with any project, approaching the final stretch always seems to be accompanied by a disproportionate amount of work to complete. Reaching those last few milestones takes as much energy and effort as the entire project up to that point. More About: Website , Final , Ving , Fina , Diff
Munich Weather
2007-07-09 12:30:00 Summer has arrived in Bavaria. July has been a pretty dismal affair, weather-wise. Already 9 days into the month and most of those days it has rained. Whatever happened to all those forecasts warning us that 2007 was going to be the hottest year on record? More About: Weather , Munich
Dating Site Issues
2007-07-05 17:31:00 Ok, today I came across an interesting issue with PHP sessions. I know that when you intend to use sessions in PHP, you must make sure the session_start() function is called prior to sending the HTTP headers. I am aware of this. However, for one particular More About: Website , Dating , Issues , Site , Dati
Flash Upload Movie
2007-07-04 23:18:00 Today I started to work on a page to upload Click in Love members’ photos. I already have a page which does this, but I have opted to change it to Flash because it shows a progress bar and seems a lot smoother. Hopefully this will be easy to use and provide a ... More About: Movie , Website , Lash , Upload
AJAX Form
2007-07-03 20:47:00 AJAX is a useful cornerstone of ‘Web 2′. As part of my effort to streamline administration of the dating site, I have placed a utilities management page online (password protected of course). With this I use AJAX scripting to populate forms with content extracted from purpose-specific databases More About: Website , Ajax , Form
Running in English Garden, Munich
2007-07-02 14:51:00 Since I came to Munich , I have indulged in good food and little exercise. Not that I have gained much weight, however I am aware it is unhealthy. So rather than join a gym, I am jogging around English Garden , starting off from my flat in Haidhausen. EG is a nice leafy ... More About: Lifestyle , Running
Forum RSS Feed Created
2007-07-01 23:00:00 RSS feeds are a very popular and convenient way of syndicating your content to other sites and end users. Interested users can download Feed Readers (or sign up for one online like Google Reader) which allows you to add your favourite feed. The reader will show More About: Website , Forum , Create
Forum and Main Database are Consolidated
2007-07-01 18:08:00 What a day. I finally managed to construct a utility management page for the dating site from which I can log into and perform the many administration tasks that are necessary for Click in Love. The first task I added to my new control panel was the ability to grab the entire dating ... More About: Website , Main , Forum , Database , Cons
AJAX Ticker
2007-06-30 18:12:00 Today I added an AJAX ticker to the members’ area of the site. The ticker takes the form of a javascript-populated box just under the CSS menu, that grabs real-time content from this blog’s XML feed. What this means in everyday More About: Website , Ajax , Ticker , Tick
Automatic Registration to the Forum
2007-06-29 13:25:00 As you may or may not be aware, registering on Click in love does not automatically provide you with an account on the forum. Today I am working on seamlessly creating a forum account for every new member of Click in Love. This means there will be no need to register separately for ... More About: Website , Automatic , Forum , Registration , Regis
Click in Love Milestone Reached - 3000 Members!
2007-06-28 17:27:00 Today Click in Love reached 3000 registered members. More About: Website , Milestone , Tone
Link Popularity
2007-06-28 17:10:00 One of the most important things about designing a site is getting the SEO parameters correct. One of the single most important factors is to grow the site’s link popularity. By this I mean increase the number of inbound links to your site from other sites. More About: Website , Link , Popularity , Pula
Olympic Park
2007-06-27 22:07:00 Last weekend I wrote about Tollwood at the Olympic Park . On Monday a sudden thunderstorm rolled over Munich and before it even started to rain, a Chestnut tree in Olympic park was struck by the first of 5 lightning bolts to hit the park over an 18 minute duration. There was no warning ...
Launch Date Approaches
2007-06-26 13:51:00 Soon enough I plan to officially launch the site. I am nearing the completion of applying the site design across all pages. The members area only requires a few more days work and the search functionality is mostly done. The site launch will be performed once all existing More About: Website , Launch , Roach
Filmfest Munich
2007-06-25 22:52:00 Continuing on the theme of Munich entertainment (see yesterday’s Tollwood entry), all this week runs the Munich Filmfest. At the Gasteig, Rosenheimer Str, there are free showings of movies outside on a big screen. Bring a pillow and some drinks
Tollwood
2007-06-24 20:12:00 Currently in Munich there is a festival going on in the Olympiapark, called Tollwood. This actually occurs twice a year; now and at Christmas, though the format changes slightly for the one in December as it takes the form of an alternative Christmas Market. There are many tents displaying hand-made wares
Directory Submission
2007-06-22 16:25:00 Today I forced myself to submit Click in Love to a number of directories. I think I managed about 25 site submissions, with only a few automatically accepted however (the rest will come in the coming months when the editors get round to reviewing the submission). More About: Website , Directory , Submission , Tory , Director
Latest CSS issues resolved
2007-06-21 22:44:00 Another hurdle overcome! CSS issues become more prevalent and tricky the more complicated the site becomes, or some it seems. Today I overcame a few of these issues. Not sure how I fixed the problems I encountered, or rather I am not sure why the fix I applied worked, but at least progress was made. More About: Website , Issues , Issue
CSS and IE
2007-06-20 14:07:00 Here we go again, the same old problem. Whilst trying to place a registration form on the front page of the site, I carefully tweaked my CSS settings for Firefox and positioned More About: Website
CSS Menu - Blog Comment
2007-06-19 16:50:00 Blogs can be useful in many different ways (as can forums). Last night someone left a comment on another blog I have, concerning CSS hover menus. I had written a post about the issues I was having with these special type of menus and someone took the time to write More About: Website , Blog , Comment , Menu , Comm
Site Design
More articles from this author:2007-06-18 22:09:00 One of the hardest things about designing a website is creating one that does not look like a 5 year-old threw it together. The colours are easy to choose, as is the layout. However merging the two together to create a sleek-looking website is no easy feat. I think even copying someone ... More About: Design , Website , Site 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
