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On WebReference.com, we begin with an excellent article on how to add fluid borders to your Web pages using only CSS. This works with most browsers and screen resolutions. Next, we have a review that I wrote on a powerful program called Web Link Validator. This is a major program; no lightweight here.
In Other Voices, find out how to make your photos look old, read the next installment in the SQL Server 2005 integration services series, and find out how to get the most out of the XmlTextReader Class.
In Net News, RSS feeds continue to grow for advertisers, Ask Jeeves spreads out in Europe, and Java has a birthday.
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| 1. FEATURE: | How to Add Fluid Borders to Your Boxes with CSS |
| 2. FEATURE: | Review: Web Link Validator |
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The last tutorial showed you how to style a definition list. This week, we delve deeper into this process and learn how to add different fluid borders to boxes using only CSS.
http://www.webreference.com/programming/css_borders/index.html
Broken links can become a major headache for Web developers, especially if a site is rich with links. Since it's not feasible to physically check each link by hand, it makes sense to use a software program that will automate the process. One such program is Web Link Validator.
http://www.webreference.com/reviews/weblink/
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Making Aged Photographs in Photoshop SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: Part 2 Reading XML Files with the XmlTextReader Class: Part 2 |
Photo montage illustrator Steve Caplin provides some tips for quickly
giving photos or illustrations an aged look using layers.
http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=224
Graphics.com, May 17, 2005
The first article of this series presented the basic concepts relevant to
understanding SQL Server 2005 Integration Services providing a quick
overview of tools to manage such activities as DTS package design,
development, and storage, as well as interactive and scheduled execution.
In order to gain better familiarity with each of these activities, this
article examines them from a more practical perspective, using a number of
fairly straightforward examples.
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3506096
Database Journal, May 23, 2005
In this follow-up article to learning how to use the XmlTextReader to
enumerate the nodes of an XML file, Tom Archer illustrates how to skip non-
content and whitespace nodes and how to locate and read attribute values.
http://www.developer.com/net/cplus/article.php/3506546
Developer.com, May 23, 2005
| 4. NET NEWS: |
RSS Sparks Feeding Frenzy Ask Jeeves buys Excite Europe Java Turns 10 |
RSS -- it's not just for bloggers anymore. Can advertisers and publishers
find happiness as content disengages from the container? Are you an
advertiser, marketer, or publisher? Then it's time to get serious about
this whole RSS thing.
http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/article.php/3506521
ClickZ News, May 20, 2005
Ask Jeeves is continuing its European expansion with the acquisition of
Excite Italia from Tiscali for an undisclosed sum, the Web search engine
company announced Friday. Excite Italia operates Excite Europe.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/20/HNjeevesbuysexcite_1.html
InfoWorld, May 20, 2005
Ten years ago today, Sun Microsystems announced Java. Since then, it has
become one of the most successful programming languages in history.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3506936
internetnews.com, May 23, 2005
That's it for this Monday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: May 23, 2005
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