A former student sent along this tip for ridding Safari of persistent cache problems when testing new Web pages.
1. Delete the Safari cache folder. This should be in ~/Library/Caches/Safari/.
2. Create an empty text document and save it as ‘Safari’ (no extension) and place in ~/Library/Caches/. The name of the file must match the name of the old folder, thus preventing Safari from making a new one.
Corel announces SVG graphics tools
Corel Corporation has announced several tools for web designers and developers to use in the creation of SVG-based graphics. The Corel Smart Graphics Studio is scheduled for release at mid year.
CSS – a guide for the unglued
CSS Panic Guide This helpful resource from The Noodle Incident is a compliation guide to all things CSS.
Project Seven with excellent new CSS tutorial
PVII Dreamweaver Extensions, Tutorials, Templates, and FAQ Quick Draw MacFly is the latest Project VII article and it is a dandy explanation of how to create a page using CSS that will display nicely in Netscape 4 and in more modern browsers as well.
Tip: Mac OS X and Linksys routers
After painful hours trying to get my new Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router to connect both my Windows XP machine and my Mac OS X machine to the internet, I discovered that the Mac OS X instructions for using PPPoE with this router do not work. Do not select PPPoE, as instructed. Use DHCP instead. That works!
The Windows machine works fine with the same router following the PPPoE instructions.
Need some lecture notes on the W3C?
An Outsider’s Guide to the W3C – FAQ This site purports to provide information about the W3C from a non-member’s point of view.
SVG 1.1 now a Recommendation by W3C
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification As of January 14, there is now a recommendation for SVG 1.1 from the W3C. This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Version 1.1, a modularized language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML.