Thursday, May 19, 2011

Yahoo SiteBuilder Crashed

I can't believe it has been so long since I've posted. It must be all the farming and babysitting.

Anyway, about Yahoo's SiteBuilder and embedding a PDF.
I've been maintaining a site for a few years using SiteBuilder. When I went to Windows 7, I'd often get a message from SiteBuilder saying it had just recovered from a serious error. I didn't pay much attention because everything would load ok. One day, SiteBuilder totally crashed. I called Yahoo and was told that there were compatibility issues with SiteBuilder and Windows 7, and that they weren't going to address them. They're encouraging everyone to move to Site Solution. I had a fit. I tried uninstalling and starting with a fresh SiteBuilder. No luck, so I had no choice but to start over using Site Solution. At first, I didn't like it. You have to use a template. There are restrictions with layouts. But, there are some great features, especially the PDF issue. It pops a PDF into the site with one click. It's also web based, so you don't have to download any software program. I'm glad I was forced to make the switch, otherwise, I'd still be muddling around with SiteBuilder.

Here's a link to an older post on embedding PDFs
http://deskdiva.blogspot.com/2008/08/pdf-files-and-yahoos-sitebuilder.html

Monday, May 09, 2011

Chloe Died




Little Chloe died this afternoon. She was seventeen years old. This photo was taken a few days before she moved on. We spent some time in the garden. It tired her out, but she did enjoy being with the catnip once more. She was the nicest, prettiest, smartest cat ever.