Neils Web Pages - About this Web Site - Technical DetailsThis Site is best viewed at 1024 x 768 - Some Picture / Text formatting will be lost at lower resolutions (e.g. 800 x 600). Also some animation and Java scripting has been used in quite a few parts of the site. | |
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This Site is hosted by MatrixInternet. now jabwebsolutions. See here for Equipment details - Linux on Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) |
The package subscribed to is the Matrix Starter Plan now H105. | |
| Casio Exilim Z850, Casio 3000EX | Cameras used for my photographs on this site. | See also My Photo kit pages | |
| My ISP | |||
| Orange Broadband | Formerly Wanadoo / Freeserve Anytime, now (sort of capped) Broadband (Option 1) | ||
| My Other Sites | |||
| Freenetname | My original website, needs reviewing now. - 01/01/05 Freenetname closed the site! | ||
| Freeserve | No. 2 - Before Wanadoo took over, still banner free, unlike new sites under Wanadoo. | ||
| components and tools used throughout this site | |||
| Component/product | description | Links | Comments |
| Windows XP Sp2 / 3 | O/S |  |
Still can't differentiate between letter cases. |
| Grisoft AVG | 7.5 - Anti Virus |  |
Worth paying for Pro version |
| Zone Alarm Suite
Zone Alarm Security Suite |
9.0 Firewall |  |
Worth paying for Pro or Suite versions, now with anti spy. Slightly quirky when it comes to updates. |
| Ad-Aware SE Plus | 1.06r1 - Spyware blocker |  |
Still finds 'stuff' missed by others. (New free 2007 version available) |
| Spybot | 1.4 Spyware blocker |  |
This and above seems to covers all. |
| MS Frontpage 2002/3 | Web Page Design | |
Quick and pretty flexible. Using Expression exclusively as of 03/07. |
| MS Expression Web 1.0
MS Expression Web 2.0 |
Web Page Design | |
New and much improved over Frontpage. Now my principal editor. |
| Dreamweaver MX | Web Page Design |  |
Originally for the more tricky bits, bur Expression seems handle any problems now. |
| Microsoft Excel XP | Tables used throughout | |
Stacks of extra code but is useful. |
| Globalscape Cuteftp | 5.0 - FTP software |  |
When not publishing direct |
| Freenetname | Other ISP |  |
Abandoned. 2004. Still hanging on to my site name in 2007! |
| Freeserve Anytime | Other ISP |  |
Web space has banners! |
| AllWebMenus | 4.1 Pro Front end Menus |  |
Big menus = Slow performance. Replaced with my own now (10/2006) |
| Site Search Engine | Site Indexer |  |
Worth a look, customisable |
| Plenio WebGraphics | Standard 4.2 - Photo optimiser |   |
No longer being developed. 2001, find it if you can. |
| Interkodex Button Studio | 1.43 - Button and Title maker |  |
Simple but effective. 2000 |
| DCE AutoEnhance | Photo correction |  |
Good batch facilities |
| Photodex Compupic Pro | 6.23 - Photo storage and sizing |  |
There's been no further development since 2003. Abandoned for ACDSee 01/2007. |
| ACDSee | Pro 2.0/ 2.5 - Image Editor etc.. |  |
A most excellent piece of software. Find it more practical than Photoshop for my web graphics. 2006/07/08 |
| The Graphic Station | Icons used on my main menu |  |
Also see my icon page |
| Hourphoto, Calvin, | Fonts used on this site | Also see my font page | |
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Last Update: 15/12/2009 - Site Technical Details - Neils Web Pages
