They aren’t really new anymore, but I just discovered them. Apparently the Dutch accessibility laws go beyond just the WCAG standard and require a whole range of best practices for web sites. Good stuff.
Category Archives: Note To Self
Loading PICT Images In Java
Since the search function for Apple’s mailing lists is pretty much useless, I’m making a note of the Reading PICT Images thread which contains numerous options for rendering PICT images in Java on OS X.
Name Your Intranet
Having a catchy and memorable intranet name is a great way of promoting the intranet.
A name can help build an identity, even give the intranet a personality, removing that ‘techy’ edge. This is useful when trying to build staff awareness and engagement with a new or relaunched intranet.
It is an opportunity to leverage off the organisation’s brand or simply to differentiate the intranet from the organisation’s internet site.
Must add this to my list of recommendations for making intranets more human. So Ephoxian’s, what are we going to call ours?
java.net.URL Timeouts
If your application uses java.net.URL, and chances it does are very high, and you are using Sun's JVM (since 1.4.2), you should set thesun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeoutandsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeoutsystem properties to a reasonable value. Otherwise, if a remote site hangs, your application or server will also hang.
Useful to know…
Exporting and Importing a Portal WCM Library
I’m going to need this soon and I’ll never find the link again in the IBM forums so I’m putting it here.
Exporting and Importing a Web Content Library
It should let you move web content (minus drafts and previous versions unfortunately) from one IWWCM server to another.