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LINKS

IRISH-INTEREST LINKS ~ GENERAL

Ireland's Internet Search Engines/Directories

* 2beIrish
* Browse Ireland
* E-Search
* Gasta
* GoIreland
* Internet Resources for Ireland
* NetMasters
* NiceOne.com
* Republic of Ireland Register
* Shamrock

IRISH MUSIC & DANCE LINKS

IRISH GOVERNMENT LINKS

  • Public Services in Ireland
    Up to date information on social and civil rights and public services provided by the Irish Government in Ireland . The site may also be useful in genealogical searches. Includes information on applying for an Irish Passport and your rights to claiming Irish citizenship. Among other rights of citizenship, as an Irish citizen, you are also entitled to live, travel and work within the European Union/European Economic Area. The site is full of other useful information, such as accessing the support of an Irish Embassy or Consulate in a foreign country. Information is provided through Comhairle, the national support agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on social services.
  • The General Register Office
    Birth, marriage, and death certificates provided by an office of the Irish government for a small fee. They do not do genealogical searches, but if you don't have an exact date, again for a fee they will search a period of five years.
  • The Official Website of The President of Ireland
    History of past presidents, news from the current president, tours of the president's home, speeches and schedules.

WEATHER LINKS

Ireland:

  • Met Éireann
    Check out the weather in Cork or other parts of Ireland. Met Éireann is the Irish National Meteorological Service and is attached to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is the leading provider of weather information and related services for Ireland.

U.S. Cities and Towns of Interest:

The following cities and towns are of particular interest because of the special connections to family members who live in those areas.

TV SHOW LINKS

If you really want to know what's going on in the world, connect up with NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno ~ the latest news items with a twist of humor. Watch clips or full episodes of other NBC TV shows. Nostalgic for Miami Vice, Alfred Hichtcock, Buck Rogers, or Rod Serling? Watch full episodes of vintage American TV shows on NBC. And here's where you can find the show about the Irish American family, The Black Donnelley's.

 


EASEDROPPING ~ BLOGS
blogs from or about Ireland and Irish America

  • Diarmy's Blog
    Interesting and popular blog from Ireland. "Honest, frank and true reviews of what's shaping our world, presented by the quirky and techno-freak Diarmaid Ó Conchubhair
    • Posted by: diarmy on 15 October 2006:
    • "Ireland is a country fast becoming a victim of its own success. Never before has a country in Europe experienced such a rapid growth in both wealth and population. The influx of foreign nationals in recent years has closed the gaps in the lower echelons of the unemployment scale and forced many Irish people to either enter full time education or emigrate in search for lower-skilled work elsewhere. But while this is in no way reminiscent of the mass exoduses in the 1950s and 1960s in Ireland, today it is the newly qualified in Ireland’s youth who take up the mantle of immigrant."
  • James Galvin
    Blog from Ireland.
  • Irish BlogsIrishBlogs.ie ~ a blog of Irish blogs
  • Amusing anecdotes of the little differences between Ireland and USA.
  • Irish Thymes Blog
    I've started blogging again after a hiatus

BLOG HELP LINKS
for making your own blogs

  • Word Press
    Make your own BLOG! WordPress has a nice, clean look and makes it easy for users.
  • Opera
    Easy to set up blog, with a clean look and photo album.

tiny shamrockWEBSITE HELP LINKS

HTML Resources

Did you know that you can make the text larger on the page by pessing the keys CNTRL+ or shrink the text you see on a web browser by pressing CNTRL- [command + or command - on the Apple]? You are in control!

Other Web Development Resources

  • w3schools.com
    Full web tutorials - all FREE - and recommended by lynda.com, which is a highly respected source of information on web design, photoshop, and other technical programs
  • lynda.com
    an excellent source of online training videos with an extensive library and free podcasts on iTunes
     and free samples of the training; otherwise there is a small monthly subscription fees or annual fees.
  • Using Dreamweaver ~ Adobe Dreamweaver's Documentatioon Support website provides comprehensive task-based information to help you design and develop websites with Dreamweaver
  • CSS Zengarden.com - tutorial and exampels of CSS Style Sheets
  • That Computer Guy
    Forum-style self help for creating websites
  • BlogDrve andt updated page
    how to embed music on your web page and also how to stream Mp3 files
    • create an ordinary text file with an .m3u extension that "points" to the .mp3 file you want to stream. Then make your hyperlink point to the .m3u file, not the .mp3 file itself.
  • A List Apart
    A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
  • SearchEngineWatch
    "a vast resource for the latest search engine news on search engine marketing" [lynda.com video on Dreamweaver CS3] ~ Examples of articles of interest you might find on ths site are about Google search engine rankings or getting a better ranking for the videos on your website. Consider this when developing content for your website: "2.6% of all Internet search queries in the United States are of the how-to nature" [Source: tvweek.com] . Sidenote: IrishThymes links to many videos on how to dance the various Irish Set Dances.
  • Dreamweaver Extensions ~ Massimo's Corner
  • Dreamweaver Extensions ~ yaromat.com/dw/
  • Elated.com How to Password Protect Your Website:
    Apache lets you password protect individual files, folders, or your entire site.
    Dreamweaver CS3 and ColdFusion ~ follow these instructions to use Dreamweaver to password-protect a specific folder :
    • With a ColdFusion document open in Dreamweaver, select Commands > ColdFusion Login Wizard.
    • Complete the ColdFusion Login Wizard.
    1. Specify the full path to the folder you want to secure and click Next.
    2. In the next screen, select one of the following authentication types:
      Simple Authentication
      Secures your application with a single user name and password for all users.
      Windows NT Authentication
      Secures your application using NT user names and passwords.
      LDAP Authentication
      Secures your application with user names and passwords stored on an LDAP server.
      1. Specify whether you want users to log in using a ColdFusion login page or a pop‑up menu.
      2. In the next screen, specify the following settings:

        • If you selected simple authentication, specify the user name and password that each visitor must enter.

        • If you selected Windows NT authentication, specify the NT domain to validate against.

        • If you selected LDAP authentication, specify the LDAP server to validate against.

    4. Upload the new files to your remote site. The files are located in your local site folder.

Accessibility

Linking and Embedding Audio and Video

Selling and Payments on the Web
 

IRISH ANCESTRY LINKS

Irish Ancestry Links has moved to Irish Roots

FAMILY WEBSITES
Links to websites created by or for family members.

EMAIL LINKS