Posts Tagged ‘Google’
The pipwerks forum is dead, long live the new eLearning Technology and Development Google Group!
Posted Sunday, March 8th, 2009.
Filed under General, e-learning with the tags development tools, elearning, Google, SWFObject
I’d like to say thank you to all the people who posted in the pipwerks forum, and invite you to join me in the new eLearning Technology and Development group.
I’d also like to ask anyone and everyone who develops e-learning to drop by and sign up for the eLearning Technology and Development group. Ask questions — lots of questions — and let’s see if we can get a good community going!
SWFObject and Google Analytics
Posted Monday, February 9th, 2009.
Filed under JavaScript, web design with the tags Google, Google analytics, JavaScript, progressive enhancement, standards, SWFObject
Just a quick note: I’ve posted two new SWFObject examples: Embedding a SWF then displaying markup to copy, and Wrapping Google Analytics Code in a DomReady event.
I wanted to point out that the code for wrapping Google Analytics code in a domready event is not actually SWFObject-specific; it just happens to be an issue a lot of SWFObject users have complained about over the last couple of years. My example includes a SWF, but the code is usable in any webpage. I highly recommend it (or your own home-brewed variation of it) simply because it moves Google’s element out of your markup and into the where it belongs. Progressive enhancement FTW!
Importing contacts into Gmail
Posted Sunday, December 14th, 2008.
Filed under General with the tags gmail, Google
I recently tried to import contacts into Gmail and encountered the cryptic (and completely useless) error message “Oops. An unknown error occurred while importing your contacts”.
Turns out Gmail chokes if it encounters a duplicate email address during the contact import process. It also appears this error only occurs with the latest version of Gmail. Therefore, a nice and easy workaround is to switch to the “Older version” of Gmail by clicking the “Older version” link (top right corner), import the contacts, then switch back to the newer version of Gmail.
Worked for me.