Coffee Table (new threads)

Draggable Slideshow

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:35:58 +0000

I was goofing around looking at some javascript code (inspired by Rob's very cool image slider) and stumbled upon this:
http://www.codelifter.com/main/javascript/draggableslideshow.html

I whipped up a quick demo here:
http://my-wd-local.wikidot.com/blog:draggable-slideshow

I'd like to see if there's a way to do this without trapping the slideshow within the bounds of the iframe. I have permissions set so you can view the source of my page. I'm not sure if this is really useful or just a novelty at this point, but I thought it was enough fun to share.

-Ed

Wikidot Menu Firefox Extension

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:44:09 +0000

I'm not great with javascript and XML but through looking at examples, have come up with this.

Anybody with experience of developing Firefox addons are more than welcome to help out if they'd like to.

Also, if anybody has any similar projects of extending Wikidot then you can host those at extras.wikidot.com too (I will make you a mod).

Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think.

Anyone else having issues with firefox 3.5?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:31:16 +0000

It took me a long time before I upgraded from firefox 2. Now I wish I hadn't. Hulu's main pages move like mollassas (where they have a list of featured shows/movies rotating), wikidot's code blocks and some other page elements move separately from most of the page when scrolling, and everything thing feels clunky.

Chrome, on the other hand is taking more and more of browsing time. If it weren't for some of my firefox extensions, I'd probably abandon firefox altogether. I don't really want to dig up firefox 2 again, as I'd wager it isn't receiving security updates anymore.

Anyone else having any issues?

Anybody get Modern Warfare 2 on the PC?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:02:43 +0000

I have started a wiki: http://mw2.wikidot.com and it could really do with some images. The best way I can think of doing this; is for PC users to add some screen shots. Starting off: some maps would be nice.

Thank-you in advance.

400,000 user

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:01:12 +0000

congratz dcrui3 your the 400,000 user!

Giveaway of the Day

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:42 +0000

Hum, my post is not about wikidot fees…
but about this site http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
It's about free software.
Does anybody know something about them ?

coffe table questionnaire.please help

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:02:44 +0000

Hi, please could you fill this in. I am 15 and it is for my GCSE DT coursework. Thankyou
If you have any siggestions of how i could imprve it then please let me know.

1)What sort of price range are you looking for?
£0-30
£30-50
£50-100

2)What sort of size would you want it?
0.80m by 0.50m
1.5m by 0.70m
bigger (please say what size) note this is only a gcse product

3)what do you think is better storage space on the table
drawers
a shelf
both

4)what finish do you think would be best?
oil
stained
other (please say)

5)Where would you keep this table?
living room
kitchen
dining room
bedroom
other (please say)

6)do you want it a more permanent thing or easily portable
permanent
portable

7)what do you think about having a board game incorperated into the coffee tables surface?
…………………………………….
8) what board game would you prefer or would you want it changeable
changeable
fixed….(please say)………

9)how much do you think a coffe table should be able to support? (i.e: strength of materials)

thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire!!

Google Wave

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:00:44 +0000

Have you heard about this or perhaps are already participating?

http://wave.google.com/

It's currently in limited preview. I watched the "loooooooong video" (1:20) last night and it is quite impressive! My son-in-law got an invite from a friend of a friend of his brother's and has been playing with it for a little while. I have a feeling Google has another huge hit on their hands with this one.

Once this goes live, it'll be interesting to see how we might use this with Wikidot. If you can make the time, I highly recommend watching the video.

-Ed

Stupid Internet Explorer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:42:35 +0000

I have been redesigning one of my sites and in the process changed my menu system. IE was displaying some collapsed menu buttons badly so I changed how they were collapsed.

I was quite proud of this: http://www.havemycv.com/test:me
This uses just CSS styling to make the drop-down menus. Unfortunately, now it turns out that IE can't understand "active" from this line: #side-bar li:active (CSS is on the page, it's at the bottom).

So now I have to have it activate by simply hovering http://www.havemycv.com/ :(

It really is a case of banging yer head against a brick wall with Internet #&*!%$ explorer…

… AHHHHH!

Redesigning a site... opinions? suggestions?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:27:44 +0000

Please take a look at my new look for HaveMyCV.com and let me know what you think.

http://www.havemycv.com/test:css

Just click on any internal link to see what it currently looks like.

Any opinions welcome. I've been staring at it for so long now; I don't know what looks ok and what doesn't!

Will be very inactive for the next four weeks

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:03:10 +0000

Just a head's up… I'm going to need to focus a lot more on study this month. Will be keeping an eye on the blog etc, but won't be posting as much ;) Don't procrastinate, kids ;-)

Secondary Education Mathematics Sites

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:04:02 +0000

http://eric.ed.gov/
This website has a lot of good information for secondary mathematics teachers. It gives a lot of good tips for teachers. It has different curriculums for secondary mathematics, tips for calculator use, different cooperative learning strategies, and even educational philosophies. I think this would be a good site for any mathematics teacher. I think you could basically find any information you needed to know just on this one web site. It is a credible site because it is a government site.
http://www.nctm.org/
This is a very informational site for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I know this is a very credible site because my Teaching of Mathematics professor advised all of the future math teachers to become a member of this site. It updates teachers on different things going on in education. The standards are listed; there are different lessons on the website, and journals posted by other teachers.
http://www.math-drills.com/
Math-drills.com seems to be a very helpful website for teachers and students. There are thousands of free worksheets that are printable off of this page that teachers are allowed to use in their classroom. On this website you are also able to generate quizzes or tests for a classroom. There are also games and filler activities related to math for holidays and other occasions. It’s also very organized so the materials you may be interested in are easily available.
http://www.math.com/
This website would be good to let your students log on to. It could help them with basic math strategies through games and worksheets. The website is very organized into math subjects so the students would be able to work on the subjects that are giving them trouble.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
PBS.org has a lot of resources for teachers as well as students or parents. You can search this webpage by grade levels, subject areas, and then specific topics. There are even lesson plans that you can search through that are free for anyone to use. Along with lesson plans there are also a wide variety of games and activities to use inside the classroom.

Question about copyright

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:59:22 +0000

I would like to use some pictures from the WWI and to put it into my site, but I am in a doubt about the copyright.

I know that in the USA everything that is made before 1923. is in public domain, and that will be ok considering that the Wikidot servers are in the USA and ar ruled by USA laws. But… The book I want to use (to scan the picture), is in Serbia, it is a Serbian book and probably, Serbian author. Should I guide myself with USA laws, or should I see the Serbian laws on copyright?

The ability to "watch" forum threads

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:43:41 +0000

http://blog.wikidot.com/weneed:98

New to these parts...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:48:44 +0000

So, as I said, I am new here and would love someone to tell me a bit about this site.
A friend of mine recommended it and I am currently a little lost on what exactly to do around here : (

Any advice would be much appreciated, I was thinking about starting up a blog or something like that….
Who knows?

Much love. xo
Princess Chloe.

Any Wikidot 360 COD4 players out there?

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:54:51 +0000

If so and you wanna game, send me "wikidot" on live and I'll add you as friend.

tHEdODGYmONKEY

Just wanted to quickly show off something...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:04:48 +0000

Check this out:
http://heresmycv.com/forum/t-180256/change-your-cv-s-font#post-576361

Thought the coffee table was the best / least-intrusive way to brag! :-)

Any idea when the next competition will be?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:24:11 +0000

I presume it'll be another "create a theme" competition (can't imagine what else but you never know!)

Anyone know any details?

Don't worry...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:23:41 +0000

Don't worry… stvmurray27 is gone from our community now.

Tuesday Rant

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:45:25 +0000

It's Tuesday here in Scotland. Will be all day. What is Tuesday? Tuesday is the day of rant ("le jour de la harangue"). But we get to Tuesday and what do we find? Nothing. No sign of the rant page whatsover. I've looked behind the sofa and tortured my children with soft cushions to see if they had hidden it, but no, no sign of the page at all. So we wikidot-type people demand …..a shrubbery. No we don't, we demand…..the right to rant. If we don't get it we will run into the wikidot offices and cut down the CEO.. with a herring. Or we could have him arrested for failing to put up a rant page; for a first offense he'd probably get away with crucifixion.