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Redesign!

I can't claim any talent at design; I just used the old design when I made the YI website. I have help now! A few people who want to remain nameless are helping remake the site into something both more modern-looking and more streamlined, easier to use. As Cameron Moll said, Good Designers Redesign, Great [...]
2007 08 09 Danny Comments (0)

Google maps mapping tool

To make the eruv map, someone had to enter all the individual points of the eruv boundary. That someone was Mickey Ariel (thanks!). To make it possible, I wrote a simple web application that contains a Google map and placs a marker at every mouse click. Each marker has a number, and the list of [...]
2007 05 01 Danny Judaism Comments (0)

Unobtrusive Google maps

With the I-64/I-170 construction, the eruv had to be revised (an incredible job by the eruv committee!) and I had to revise the Google maps eruv on the site. Google maps was the reason I started maintaining the Young Israel site; I read about the API that lets you add your own markers and lines [...]
2007 05 01 Danny Comments (0)

The Hebrew keyboard

For those who liked the YI Hebrew keyboard, I wrote a similar keyboard that I use to turn Hebrew into HTML entities (for the website), and, at my kids' request, uses Morfix dictionary and Google Israel to translate or search for Hebrew terms. Enjoy!
2007 05 01 Danny Judaism Comments (0)

Well, that is unfortunate…

I spent a few minutes at the Apple store tonight, drooling over the big imacs, and tried the YI website with Safari 2.0, and most things didn't work! The search box was visible in the sidebar, the Google map was broken, and the drop shadows and centered embossed text weren't there. At least with the unobtrusive [...]
2007 05 01 Danny Comments (0)

What free time?

Well, I had every intention of documenting all the PHP and Javascript tricks I've learning to get the YI site running, but I'm leyning Acharei Mot-Kedoshim in 2 weeks, plus trying to keep up with shnayim mikra/echad targum plus Rashi and Emek Davar (i've given up on the Malbim,which I started but can't go through [...]
2007 04 17 Danny Judaism Comments (1)