message query for validation

Dude

You working at the uni now? Very very long time no speak.

A couple of things I found that IE really doesn't like, it's stricter with javascript, you can't use a variable without declaring it with var first, ie

var i = 0;

and not just

i = 0;

Also I had some defer="defer" in my javascript, I think that's what was killing off entire pages. Oddly though it only affected www.clarkeology.com and not www.clarkeology.com/blog/ which had the same code. The homepage did have a tag that wasn't closed too, validate your page to sort those out.

Also, once I'd made changes, I found it hard to get IE to clear it's cache, the normal-shift-and refresh wasn't working, but shutting down the browser and restarting made it pick up the changes.

Firefox extension of the day

Loving this, instant html validation in firefox, an extension that lets you know if the page you're on has errors / warnings, see:

What the extension should look like in situ...

This page has none! That's how it should be and that's what that little W3C XHTML badge is all about too - before I installed this extension I'd go off to that page to see how I was doing. That'd be my first port of call when testing someone else's page too, it seems very very fussy at first, but it's proper handy, and great to know you're doing something right.

In case you're a) still awake and b) interested, here are the firefox extensions I'm using to make my webbing life easier. If you get the firefox mass extension installer then you can point it at that URL and install all the same things I've got.

Today, very very foggy again at home, but bright and sunny by the time we got to London. Didn't sleep so well on the train, it seemed busier than usual, I think we're getting a few more commuters on our train each day... is it time for me to start complaining about the dreadful rat race and dreaming of a life even further from the cosmopolis? I have some green fingered fun to look forward to this weekend, I have revived last year's chilli plant. Everyone said chuck it away at the end of the summer, they die off and that's that. This one still had one lone chilli hanging on well into winter so I kept it around, then last month I noticed new growth on it, buds and flowers, which will turn into chillis. Also I half heartedly scattered some seeds in a pot, and they're sprouting now, so I will re-pot them and start my own wee chilli farm.

Aaah yeah, while I'm bragging about everything I've got (fresh chillis, green fingers, new sofa on the way) this is a good time to drop in that I got a letter from the Inland Revenue. And it says they just rebated me two hundred and sixty quid! Don't be afraid of your tax return, it won't always be bad!

Validation, that's what you need

First couple of things I'd like to mention that I can't go into yet, HHA, doesn't it look lovely? Also asbestos, isn't it shit?

More validation fun, I just rediscovered PC Bobby through that HHA link, and will be trying to pass this site...

Off to Folkestone later today for a long weekend, nice!

Validation, that's what you need...

Just curious if this site validates... Unlikely I'd have thought.

Clarke Family Tree

www.Clarkeology.com is our Clarke genealogy site, set up to host the family tree info dug up by my Dad Barry Clarke, and turned into web pages by me, Paul Clarke. Click on either of those names to get climbing the tree from that point, or start at this page, or see the surnames, or the family tree forum.

We haven't found any royalty or money yet, but we have tracked down some surviving branches of our tree that we knew nothing about, and found we had relatives on the Titanic.

If you think you might have a link into our family tree, or would like to put out a request for assistance, please leave a message or drop me an email - pauly at clarkeology dot com... If you sign up for an account in this section you'll be able to add / update your own family details where relevant. Cool eh?

This site also contains my blog, with links to all the stuff I like - Folkestone gigs, pubs, property and Folkestone restaurant reviews these days, now we have long left Stoke Newington for the delights of the Kent coast... Also the usual stuff (work, TV, etc), and I'm trying to keep my eye in with things like SEO, CSS, validation and other bloggers at large... It's also got some works-in-progress, www.popbitch.com, www.folkestonegerald.com, and other friends sites.

Instead of googling for something like Folkestone pizza to find me, why not just go straight to that page, with a bookmark or something modern like that? I recommend del.icio.us for keeping track of other websites, though I might revise that if Microsoft buys them.