Ever since Cantoni.org first appears (way back in November 1999), I’ve used Interland.com as my web/e-mail provider. Since my current subscription is about to expire, I decided to switch to a different provider: Pair.com. Here are some of the reasons: Cost: the basic cost is very similar ($17/mo Interland, $18/mo Pair) Databases would cost extra on Interland but a couple are included with Pair Scripting would cost extra on Interland but is included with Pair Pair includes secure interfaces for logging in, for uploading files, and for reading e-mail Virtual domains cost $1/mo on Pair — this will let me…
Started putting together a “blogroll” — basically a list of other sites that I regularly read. Rather than maintain a separate list, I’m going to publish my list of channels that I’m currently subscribed to with AmphetaDesk. For now, the blogroll is located at the bottom of the index page, but not on every page of the site. Update 10/22/02: Pulled all the blogroll stuff until I can spend some time to figure it out.
Redesign of Cantoni.org, simplifying the layout and CSS to make it look better. KISS.
Now I’ve got a new challenge for my site: go through Mark Pilgrim’s Accessibility series. I’ve been following along over the last 30 days, so the challenge now is to see how much of this I can accomplish with CityDesk. For most of the tips, Mark gives instructions for Radio, Movable Type, Blogger, and other weblog tools. CityDesk probably isn’t the best tool for weblogs, but this should be an interesting exercise.
From my last redesign, the main page of the site was simply a list of each article. Tonight I made a better distinction between “news” items and “articles”. News items are based on the current date and can contain anything from a short concept, a link to something interesting, or an introduction to a longer article on this site. It’s kind of based on the weblog concept, although I doubt I will be writing often enough for it to be considered a true weblog. Articles are the longer stories and ideas. The Articles use keywords as categories such as “Palm”,…