What I Learned Today…

Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today… covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries.

HTML Color Picker

November 22nd, 2005

I know there are tons of these out there, but I just found this one and I really like it. I was reading Library Stuff and Steven's review of Trend Sweet Trend … which lead to to the list of top links from del.icio.us … when I saw a link to the HTML Color Code Combination Chooser.

What a fun little tool! Give it a whirl. While you're at it you can try one of these color tools:

We used the last one of these to help us pick colors for our new Intranet.

Add a Snazzy Calendar to Your Site

November 21st, 2005

Looking to add a calendar of events to your site? Not sure you want to tackle the coding necessary? You should take a look at this snazzy open-source calendar we're using on our Intranet. It's called ExtCalendar 2 (check out this demo) and it requires little programming knowledge to get it up and running right out of the box (so to speak).

If you do have PHP and CSS knowledge, you can easily alter the templates to make the calendar fit into your site's design … we did … and we're very happy with the results. Give it a whirl.