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Maybe we're way past this, I'm not sure, but once in a while, I need help trying to figure out what tag to use, or where I'm going wrong in my script or html or css...
I've found a great website that goes through so much, it's called HTML Code Tutorial. It's been a great reference for me, so I thought I should pass it along to everyone else.
I know I've taken a hiatus from the blog, so I'm trying to get back into the swing of things!
Rosie
Many of you know I have been using the WeatherBug API for my mini-project.
Many of you also know how much I hate coding. Maybe you're the same way. Maybe you don't know PHP...which is another one of my faults. I've gotten a tremendous amount of help from the WeatherBug Forums, specifically the WeatherBug API forums.
If anyone else is utilizing this API, this is a great resource for you, as it was for me. I've even been able to contact someone from the forum who has helped me a great deal to determine what problems I was having and suggestions on ways to fix it.
Last week, I was "forced" to attend an Ethos Week lecture by one of my professors. I attended the thursday night lecture from Michael S. Bodner. His lecture spoke of Ethics and Technology and it was absolutely fascinating.
He spoke of things such as the atomic bombs from WWII and the Swiss watch makers using radium to have the watch hands glow in the dark, the Human Genome Projectand genetic engineering. Every day, we do things that involve ethics. Technology has moved from tools to the wheel to the printing press to the bomb and ethics has been tested at every step as well. Tools (or weapons), wheels (for weapons?), the printing press (mass distribution and religious persecution?), and bombs (uh...no brainer) have all changed our world....
Just something to think about.
For my IS 616 (Management of IS Resources) course, I have to write a paper about Disaster Recovery. I have done a fair bit of research, but, by far, the best I've found is the Disaster Recovery Journal. DRJ has a lot of interesting reads, and might be useful for anyone looking into doing consultant work in their future.
Well, it's official, Microsoft has joined the AJAX alliance, so I guess that means the rest of the world will follow, huh?
Interesting article:
We all knew it was going to happen, but now the rest of the world does.
I have found a great site that might help us with some of our PHP scripts:
http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/
I'm sure this has to help SOMEONE!
I'm trying to get my third mini project to work, and I did a search for this string in google:
getting an element into a form and placing into a proxy php file
Low and behold, the third site listed:
Interesting, huh?
I am reviewing the Map Your Buddies Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
The demo account is nice, so that people can view it if they don't have a Face Book account.It's very well organized.
Weaknesses:
It'd be nice if you could see some more information about each person besides what you've already put up.The colors are kinda bland.
Overall, it looks nice, can't wait to see iteration 3. I wish I had the kind of time you guys do, cuz I think our project would look a lot nicer if I didn't have so much going on!
I am reviewing the Team Extreme Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
The opening animation is pretty cool.
Being able to select from the menu or click on the map is pretty neat.
I like the voting, though it takes a long time.
It's very well organized.
Weaknesses:
The Pop up balloon is being cut off.
The Select Team list should be alphabetized for people who don't know where teams are.
Overall, it looks nice, can't wait to see iteration 3. Really nifty stuff!
I am reviewing the McCubed Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
This is such a great thing, because it's so nice to be able to see where you would be working if you actually got the job.
I like the description before the page.
Weaknesses:
I'd really like a title, so I knew what it was....like, Job Search Map or something.
The colors are kinda bland.
I think the search portion should be above the map.
Overall, it looks nice, can't wait to see iteration 3. I really like the value of this project.
I am reviewing the My Favorite Places Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
I really like the idea of this page.
The adding and removing of items in the My Favorite Places window is really cool.
Weaknesses:
The initial load up, afterward, you have to delete the ip address then click change user before it will put up information near you.
The layout needs something...so it's easier to use. Maybe moving the My favorite places window to the right side of the list of places?
There's only one marker on the map, if you try to click on the list for a different one, it pops up in a new window....what if I just want to see where it is on the map?
I think this is a really cool idea, and I can tell you've put a lot of work into this! Nice Job!
I am reviewing the Where is My Caffeine? Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
Still looks really neat, and I love the graphics.
The form to add a new shop is really valuable....I wonder if the one I added will show up next time I view the page?
Weaknesses:
I'm excited to see the continuation of the posting for the Coffee and Tea links.
Seems like it's so simple...what else can it do?
Can't wait to see iteration 3
I am reviewing the ISASiteMashup Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
This is a great page for international students. I really like the idea of it.
The list of different restaurant types is great idea!
I like you've added a link that opens a new window...good idea!
Weaknesses:
The markers have white space around them, on the mapped Italian restaurants.
Maybe you should add a "American Restaurants" link...because a lot of international students would probably like to visit American restaurants?
Can't wait to see iteration 3, and see all the links working!
I am reviewing the AJACS Iteration 2 Site.
Strengths:
I think this is a really neat site. I love that you're getting random pictures from Flickr.
The bubble tabs are a great feature! And you've got the weather...how'd you parse that data? That'd be great for my mini-project!!!! :)
Weaknesses:
If there's a way to load the link in the drop down menu without showing the location on the right side of the page, I think that would be better...like have it say "Loading..."
Is there a reason why you're using that particular color for the background? It's very unique. Maybe something so user friendly?
I think I'd like it better if the bubble would load up with all the data w/o a scroll bar.
Can't wait to see iteration 3. This would be cool if you did it for China, since I'm going there, it'd be neat to see pics and information from there!
I'm trying to get my mini-project to work, and I'm having some kind of error through firebug with my for loop. Maybe it's because it's almost 2 am, or maybe it's because I have no clue what I'm doing, but I swear I have the syntax correct!
Any suggestions?
The link to the site is here.
The javascript is here.
This is a reply to Bud's post.
So, how'd you fix it?
This is my response to Chidambaram's response.
I think I've gotten the javascript portion figured out...I tried something similar, but it didn't work so I went back to the way it was....though, this was the direction I was going in.
I now have a problem with the data...the response I'm getting from the API request is a combination of xml and html. I think that's because the response is an RSS feed. So, I think my pulls of element tags are trying to get data from the html instead of the xml. I keep getting an error that my prediction tag has no properties, which simply isn't true. So it is getting into the for loop, getting the description, but getting an error beginning here:
prediction[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "
" +
highTemp[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + " " + highTemp[i].getAttribute('units') + "
" +
lowTemp[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + " " + lowTemp[i].getAttribute('units') + "
"};
I commented out the first line, and the received the same error from the highTemp[i].childNodes request. That's all I can figure out for the error....any ideas on how to fix it?
Once I get this up...all I have to work on is cross browser functionality and I think it'll be good to go! So close! Thanks for the help!!!!
So, for those that have been following my progress, with Chidambaram's guidance, I've been able to get my mini-project working...in Firefox.
I'm now on my way to figuring out cross-browser functionality. Any help would be appreciated!
I've been doing some research on it, at it seems all rather simple...I'll post if I need help..I'm sure I'll need help!