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Design inspiration

The layout of this page was inspired in several other pages, such as (from top to bottom of the page):

The CSS is based on the typo theme Azureus. I decided to create a new typo theme, named ClearSky, which I intend to make public domain soon (just have to clean some code).

Colophon

The font used is Arial. In the main column, the color chosen for text is black (#000000), unless if it is a link. On the sidebar, titles are colored grey (#666666).

Links are colored blue (#5189b5), underlined when the mouse pointer is over.

Access keys are marked with underlines, and at this moment are:

  • H for the Home page
  • A for the About page
  • P for the Page colophon
  • C for the Contact page
  • S for focus on the Search form

To use the access keys, press simultaneously the following keys:

  • Mac OS X: "cmd" (aka "ctrl") + access key
  • Windows: "alt" + access key

This is available in all site.

How to follow a discussion

If you posted a comment, or are interested in a specific post, you can follow the discussion it will generate by subscribing the RSS (?) feed for the post in question. To do it, follow the next steps:

  • if you are in the homepage, click the post title to go to the post page;
  • scroll down, and imediatly before the form to add your own comment, be aware of the link "RSS feed for this post";
  • Use it with your favorite RSS feed reader.

Watch the demo video.

For more information about RSS, check the What is RSS page.

To be done

Things I will implement here in a short period of time:

  • Accessibility;
  • The contact page;
  • Add tags to olders posts;
  • Fix an IE bug on the sidebar;
  • More content on the about and colophon pages.

Site history

A brief timeline with all the changes worth notice in this site:

  • 05-Dec-2006: RSS feed now being served by FeedBurner
  • 07-Feb-2006: Site launch
  • 15-Feb-2006: Licensed under Creative Commons
  • 16-Feb-2006: RSS what is and livemark added
  • 16-Feb-2006: Access keys implemented
  • 02-Mar-2006: The 3 most popular posts implemented
  • 08-Mar-2006: Contact page (finally) created
  • 04-Apr-2006: Added the How to follow a discussion in this page
  • 05-Apr-2006: Demo video created