http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/weblogs/ Tips, tutorials, templates, and links to lots more, including plugins, scripting, and the latest about weblogs, Movable Type, and content management publishing tools. en-us Weblogs Copyright 2000-2013 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2008-06-10T13:04:54-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/weblogs/ 88 31 Tips, tutorials, templates, and links to lots more, including plugins, scripting, and the latest about weblogs, Movable Type, and content management publishing tools. Since my previous free blog icons giveaway has been so popular, I decided to create more - this time 30 free icons in a monochrome, silvery metal color scheme. Like before these small pixel icons include: 15 16x16 icons and 15 matching 10x10 icons. Download them all or by each size via the ZIP files within today's post. (467 words, 9 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/06/10/blogicons/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/06/10/blogicons/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-06-10T13:04:54 Looking for free blog icons or website icons? I created 30 free icons for anyone needing small pixel icons: 15 16x16 icons and 15 matching 10x10 icons. Download them all or by each size via the ZIP files within today's post. (447 words, 8 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/10/blogicons/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/10/blogicons/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-04-10T14:19:48 I've received numerous inquiries about how I created the entry post calendar icon look for Brainstorms and Raves. So today's post shares the basics of the CSS and the two tiny background images I created to achieve the calendar icon look. (1308 words, 2 links, 12 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/22/csscalendar/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/22/csscalendar/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-02-22T08:24:29 Although I'm a designer and not a programmer or server-side specialist, for a few years I've used Apache's .htaccess to a limited degree for clients' websites, primarily for simple URL redirects and setting up custom error pages. Now that I can use Apache's .htaccess for my own websites, I've been immersed in learning more about how to use this powerful tool conservatively but effectively to redirect URLs and to combat spammers and bad bots. Today's post provides links to some of the online sources that I've found especially helpful. (3024 words, 91 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/10/09/htaccess/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/10/09/htaccess/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-10-09T19:56:59 We're live on the new server! In a nutshell, I'm thrilled. Moving this website to the new server has been frustrating at times and certainly time-consuming for both my ISP and for myself, but it's definitely been a worthwhile adventure. Preliminary good planning and organization helped us tremendously and made all the difference. Today's post relays some of the details about making the move. I've definitely learned a lot through this process, too. (2212 words, 35 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/07/move/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/07/move/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-07T22:55:30 For the past several days, my ISP and I have worked on moving all my domains to one of their new servers. Next on the agenda is moving my Movable Type installation to the new server and getting that all set up. I'm hoping for some tips or assistance, so I'd greatly appreciate comments here, via my contact form, or email me directly (for those who know my email address). Below I've also included some helpful resources that I've found researching this server move. (676 words, 19 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/26/mt/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/26/mt/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-26T15:27:40 First, Brainstorms and Raves is not and doesn't plan to be a weblog covering current events or politics. I'm compelled to write about Thursday's terror attacks in London, but my writings here cover how people are using the Internet, especially weblogs, to stay in touch, share stories, and write their thoughts about what happened. Read the complete post for links to quite a few interesting weblogs, photoblogs, and BBC pages with personal accounts. (872 words, 43 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-09T16:26:11 Yesterday Six Apart announced that they had acquired Danga Interactive, Inc., makers of LiveJournal blogging service. Six Apart's Mena Trott provides some insight and a link to a FAQ to help explain the acquisition and answer questions. (282 words, 20 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/01/07/mtandwordpress/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/01/07/mtandwordpress/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-01-07T18:21:52 Anders Jacobsen has volunteered to pay $1 to the British Red Cross for anyone creating a weblog post on the front page or creating permanent links in the weblog's blogroll, linking to the organizations listed below, and then linking to his blog and his post, Webloggers: Give to tsunami victims and I'll give too! Here's a list of some of the organizations accepting donations and other contributions: (373 words, 21 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/01/02/tsunami/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/01/02/tsunami/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-01-02T22:01:50 Today marks four years for Brainstorms and Raves, which I started December 7, 2000 with my post, First Post! Four years ago blogging wasn't widely known. At this point, weblogs or blogs make international news, and even major news sites and companies have taken up blogging. Much has changed in these four years! (54 words, 1 link) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/12/07/birthday/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/12/07/birthday/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-12-07T20:13:59