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This site was designed to be friendly to NN, IE and Opera browsers of version 4 and above, using a screen resolution of 800x600 and above - (as much as possible...) HTML and this Website: For HTML and associated programming I use two different programs. For the most part I use Microsoft's WYSIWYG FrontPage 2002. Some "purist's" don't like it for some reason, but I do - (90% of the time). If you use CSS and leave the 'themes' and server extensions alone, it works just fine. I've tried Dreamweaver, but find it too fiddly with too many windows to play with. When it comes to down to raw HTML editing and Javascript programming I use the excellent (free) EditPad (notepad replacement) or the Arachnophilia HTML Editor. They'll both nearly fit on a floppy disk and are very good if you want full control over your tags and you know, generally, what you're doing. This site is designed wholly in table format. This is the 'new' style (mid-2001) as the original was a frames format. The whole site is formatted by CSS, Cascading Style Sheets. CSS are very useful for controlling the look of the site. As much as I hate Microsoft's dominance in the computer industry, I am currently a Microsoft Windows person. I was previously an Apple Mac guy, my first ever computer was a "pathetic by today's standard's" Apple Mac LCII with a whopping 4mb of RAM and a 25mhz processor. When I decided to study computing so I could do IT for a living, I switched to PC's. Partly because where I studied, The University of Huddersfield, uses PC's over and above other OS's. They have a few Macs, and Some Unix, but mostly PC's. When I started my HND Computing Course (AA Equivalent) there in September 1998, I had never touched a Windows PC! I learned fast... I jumped straight past Windows 95/98 and wanted to learn NT4.0 as I knew that experience would come in handy when trying to get a job, so the computer I use now is one I built from scratch. I had a system with Windows NT4.0 Workstation, Pentium II 350 processor, 8mb ATI graphics card, SB 128 Sound card, a 6.5 Gb hard-drive, 96mb of RAM and Office 97. All built and put together, with the aid of a book, by me who didn't 'have a clue' what I was doing. The only thing that is different today, more than 3 years later, is that I have two separate hard drives (one a 40gb drive), 320mb of RAM, and Windows 2000 / Office 2000. In mid-2001 I finished my HND Computing course at the University of Huddersfield. While there I learned all kinds of useless stuff, like Java Programming and outdated computer technology, but it did teach me alot about HTML and Javascript and other relevant technologies to do with the Internet. It taught me absolutely nothing about Windows NT administration or network administration though, which are the fields I wish to get into.... During my year-work experience with the Technical Support Department of Calderdale College, I studied for and passed two Microsoft exams. I am now a MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in Windows NT4.0 Workstation and NT4.0 Server.
Browsers: I hate Netscape Navigator! I have to use v4+ to test and ensure everyone can view my site equally, but I have had the most problems with Netscape Navigator. IE5.5 and Opera generally work fine first time around with my style sheet implementations, and fancy positioning techniques, but not Netscape! I've wasted sooo much time trying to make this site (and others I've done) Netscape Navigator friendly (actually its doing better after the revamp to a table system) I generally like Internet Explorer, but my preferred browser is Opera! Yes, Opera 5.1. It's number 3 in the browser wars, but now that it's "free," hopefully it'll give Netscape a run for its money. Click the link for more info. P.S. - I've loaded up and now (occasionally) use the 'new' Netscape Navigator 6.1 and am quite impressed by it. It seems quite fast and it is finally CSS compliant! Programming Languages: I use a bit of a lot of things! e.g. Javascript, Perl and ASP. I am fairly knowledgeable of Javascript, but have to rely on other people for Perl, ASP and some Javascript. At left are a few sources of information I've found useful: |
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