ourlil.com » Freedom http://OurLil.com A web site for tutti noi (all of us!) Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My first post from my iPhone & free from Freedom http://OurLil.com/blog/my-first-post-from-my-iphone-free-from-freedom/682/ http://OurLil.com/blog/my-first-post-from-my-iphone-free-from-freedom/682/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:28:35 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/2010/02/27/my-first-post-from-my-iphone-free-from-freedom/682/ Is this thing on? Yay! First post! ;-)

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/my-first-post-from-my-iphone-free-from-freedom/682/feed/ 0 Zvents releases open-source cluster database – LinuxWorld http://OurLil.com/blog/zvents-releases-open-source-cluster-database-linuxworld/100/ http://OurLil.com/blog/zvents-releases-open-source-cluster-database-linuxworld/100/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:40:09 +0000 webmaestro http://clay.freedomblogging.com/zvents-releases-open-source-cluster-database-linuxworld/ Zvents logoZvents releases open-source cluster database – LinuxWorld

Looks like someone’s been busy…

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/zvents-releases-open-source-cluster-database-linuxworld/100/feed/ 0 Reuters CEO sees “semantic web” in its future http://OurLil.com/blog/reuters-ceo-sees-semantic-web-in-its-future/96/ http://OurLil.com/blog/reuters-ceo-sees-semantic-web-in-its-future/96/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:29:57 +0000 webmaestro http://clay.freedomblogging.com/reuters-ceo-sees-semantic-web-in-its-future/ Tim O'ReillyReuters CEO sees “semantic web” in its future

This is an interesting article on the Semantic Web, and where news feeds appear to be going.

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/reuters-ceo-sees-semantic-web-in-its-future/96/feed/ 0 Yahoo! UI Library: Graded Browser Support http://OurLil.com/blog/yahoo-ui-library-graded-browser-support/70/ http://OurLil.com/blog/yahoo-ui-library-graded-browser-support/70/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:31:04 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/yahoo-ui-library-graded-browser-support/ Yahoo! UI Library: Graded Browser Support

A-Grade Browser Support is probably what we should adopt, as well.

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/yahoo-ui-library-graded-browser-support/70/feed/ 0 Plugin update & security / privacy – wp-hackers | Google Groups http://OurLil.com/blog/plugin-update-security-privacy-wp-hackers-google-groups/65/ http://OurLil.com/blog/plugin-update-security-privacy-wp-hackers-google-groups/65/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:59:06 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/plugin-update-security-privacy-wp-hackers-google-groups/ Plugin update & security / privacy – wp-hackers | Google Groups

I think the Penguins said it best… Interesting… but at least there are plugins and such to overcome… This was a bit of FUD, but it is interesting to find out about how Akismet sends $_SERVER configs to the mothership…

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/plugin-update-security-privacy-wp-hackers-google-groups/65/feed/ 0 Google to Sell Web-Page Ads Visible on Mobile Phones – New York Times http://OurLil.com/blog/google-to-sell-web-page-ads-visible-on-mobile-phones-new-york-times/59/ http://OurLil.com/blog/google-to-sell-web-page-ads-visible-on-mobile-phones-new-york-times/59/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:56:25 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/google-to-sell-web-page-ads-visible-on-mobile-phones-new-york-times/ Google to Sell Web-Page Ads Visible on Mobile Phones – New York Times

This looks like it could be a nice avenue for increasing revenue for Freedom Properties…

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/google-to-sell-web-page-ads-visible-on-mobile-phones-new-york-times/59/feed/ 0 Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7 & Firefox http://OurLil.com/blog/add-search-providers-to-internet-explorer-7/54/ http://OurLil.com/blog/add-search-providers-to-internet-explorer-7/54/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:25:36 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/add-search-providers-to-internet-explorer-7/

I believe that if we could arrange to have each of Freedom’s 7000 employees use as their browsers’ default, local news resource, the web search tool, it would have an impact on Freedom revenue. At the very least, we may want to consider making this one of the steps in setting up new workstations.

By following the directions on the following page, we can use the OCRegister.com Google ‘web’ search results page our default for searches from the IE7 search bar:

There are also instructions available to add them to the Mozilla Search Bar here:

Technorati’s OSD fileThat page has instructions indicating how to add a search engine plugin to your browser, and ‘advertise’ how to do it to the web browser, so our visitors & staff can add them to their browsers as well. Very Nifty!

Reference Material

Sample OSD Code

Add this to your page’s <head /> section:


<link
  rel="search"
  type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://OSD_DOMAIN_NAME/osdwebsearch.xml"
  title="OSD_SITE_TITLE - Web Search"
/>
<link
  rel="search"
  type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
  href="http://OSD_DOMAIN_NAME/osdsitesearch.xml"
  title="OSD_SITE_TITLE - Site Search"
/>

Add the following two files to /web/onset/sites/[yoursitecode]/web/ (NOTE: Replace JDNews.com-ish stuff with relevant text!):

osdwebsearch.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <ShortName>OSD_TITLE - Web Search</ShortName>
  <Description>OSD_WEB_SEARCH_DESCRIPTION</Description>
  <Contact>OSD_EMAIL</Contact>
  <Url type="text/html"
       method="get"
       template="http://OSD_DOMAIN_NAME/OSD_PATH_TO_SEARCH_RESULTS/?q={searchTerms}&amp;fistype=web&amp;sourceid=opensearch">
  </Url>
  <LongName>OSD_WEB_LONG_TITLE - Web Search</LongName>

  <Image
       height="16"
       width="16"
       type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">

http://OSD_FAVICON_PATH/favicon.ico

  </Image>
  <Attribution>
       OSD_COPYRIGHT_TEXT
  </Attribution>

  <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
  <Language>en-us</Language>
  <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
  <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

osdsitesearch.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <ShortName>OSD_SITE_TITLE - Site Search</ShortName>
  <Description>OSD_SITE_SEARCH_DESCRIPTION</Description>
  <Contact>OSD_EMAIL</Contact>
  <Url type="text/html"
       method="get"
       template="http://OSD_DOMAIN_NAME/OSD_PATH_TO_SEARCH_RESULTS/?q={searchTerms}&amp;fistype=web&amp;sourceid=opensearch">
  </Url>
  <LongName>OSD_SITE_LONG_TITLE - Site Search</LongName>

  <Image
       height="16"
       width="16"
       type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">

http://OSD_FAVICON_PATH/favicon.ico

  </Image>
  <Attribution>
       OSD_COPYRIGHT_TEXT
  </Attribution>

  <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
  <Language>en-us</Language>
  <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
  <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

Functioning OSD Code (JDNews.com)

Add this to your page’s <head /> section:


<link
rel="search"
type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://www.jdnews.com/osdwebsearch.xml"
title="JDNews.com - Web Search"
/>
<link
rel="search"
type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
href="http://www.jdnews.com/osdsitesearch.xml"
title="JDNews.com - Site Search"
/>

Add the following two files to /web/onset/sites/[yoursitecode]/web/ (NOTE: Replace JDNews.com-ish stuff with relevant text!):

osdwebsearch.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <ShortName>JDNews.com - Web Search</ShortName>
  <Description>Search Eastern NC's premiere Information Source.
       Covering Jacksonville.</Description>
  <Contact>support@freedom.com</Contact>
  <Url type="text/html"
       method="get"
       template="http://www.jdnews.com/search/?q={searchTerms}&amp;fistype=web&amp;sourceid=opensearch">
  </Url>
  <LongName>JDNews.com - Jacksonville Daily News - Web Search</LongName>

  <Image
       height="16"
       width="16"
       type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">

http://www.jdnews.com/favicon.ico

  </Image>
  <Attribution>
       Copyright © 2007 Freedom ENC Communication, Inc.
       All Rights Reserved. Content may not be reproduced without
       written permission from FENC Communications.
  </Attribution>

  <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
  <Language>en-us</Language>
  <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
  <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

osdsitesearch.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <ShortName>JDNews.com - Site Search</ShortName>
  <Description>Search Eastern NC's premiere Information Source.
       Covering Jacksonville.</Description>
  <Contact>support@freedom.com</Contact>
  <Url type="text/html"
       method="get"
       template="http://www.jdnews.com/search/?q={searchTerms}&amp;fistype=site&amp;sourceid=opensearch">
  </Url>
  <LongName>JDNews.com - Jacksonville Daily News - Site Search</LongName>

  <Image
       height="16"
       width="16"
       type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">

http://www.jdnews.com/favicon.ico

  </Image>
  <Attribution>
       Copyright © 2007 Freedom ENC Communication, Inc.
       All Rights Reserved. Content may not be reproduced without
       written permission from FENC Communications.
  </Attribution>

  <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
  <Language>en-us</Language>
  <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
  <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

That’s all! Wanna check it out?

  1. Launch Mozilla Firefox (tip? MSIE7 also supports OpenSearch)
  2. Go to JDNews.com
  3. Click on the down arrow in the ‘Search bar’ (the box/field adjacent to the Location/Address bar, not the Freedom Google bar in the web site)
    JDNews.com – Web Search
    Does a ‘Web’ search using JDNews.com’s Web Search – just like searching in the JDNews.com’s Google Bar with the (o) Web radio button checked
    JDNews.com – Site Search
    Does a ‘Site’ search of JDNews.com articles using JDNews.com’s Web Search – just like searching in the JDNews.com’s Google Bar with the (o) Site radio button checked
  4. You can add the JDNews.com search engine to your browser’s search bar tool by selecting ‘Add JDNews.com – Web Search’ (or ‘Site Search’)

I suspect it’d be in Freedom’s best interest to only provide [My-Domain].com – Web Search to our customers, to limit confusion. We may also want to modify the search results for searches coming from this box (e.g., to [Gasp!] remove or somehow adjust the sponsored results at the top–within contract of course!).

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/add-search-providers-to-internet-explorer-7/54/feed/ 0 PC World – Google News to Host Wire Service Stories http://OurLil.com/blog/pc-world-google-news-to-host-wire-service-stories/49/ http://OurLil.com/blog/pc-world-google-news-to-host-wire-service-stories/49/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:56:08 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/pc-world-google-news-to-host-wire-service-stories/ PC World – Google News to Host Wire Service Stories

Interesting content… Make things a little more chalenging…

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/pc-world-google-news-to-host-wire-service-stories/49/feed/ 0 Weapons of Mass Destruction Not Found http://OurLil.com/blog/weapons-of-mass-destruction-not-found/48/ http://OurLil.com/blog/weapons-of-mass-destruction-not-found/48/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:40:43 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/weapons-of-mass-destruction-not-found/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Not FoundThis was a ‘Google Bomb‘ for the phrase ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction‘ that occurred when you typed it into Google, and clicked ‘I’m feeling lucky!’ For some reason, the search result disappeared from the face of G, but I was able to find it in G Images here. I like the little red link at the bottom… I’d love one of those shirts…

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/weapons-of-mass-destruction-not-found/48/feed/ 0 YouTube – Cheney in 1994 on Iraq http://OurLil.com/blog/youtube-cheney-in-1994-on-iraq/43/ http://OurLil.com/blog/youtube-cheney-in-1994-on-iraq/43/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:36:19 +0000 webmaestro http://OurLil.com/blog/youtube-cheney-in-1994-on-iraq/ This is an interesting piece of history. Interesting because of its subject. Interesting because of its speaker. Interesting because of its date.

YouTube – Cheney in 1994 on Iraq

For once, I agree with him. Now what?

]]> http://OurLil.com/blog/youtube-cheney-in-1994-on-iraq/43/feed/ 2