Written on August 3, 2008 at 10:48 am by

All in a Day’s Work

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Instead of going to the Fête du Lac yesterday in Annecy where I knew there would be thousands of people, I decided to stay home and work on my IE Languages website. I spent all day redesigning the layout (for about the 17th time since I created the site), and I think I’m happy with the way it turned out. There’s now a collapsible menu on the left side of every page to help with navigation.  I’ve also added a Contribute page if anyone wants to help me out with adding more content.  I’m most interested in adding audio files and IPA transcriptions to help with pronunciation. And if anyone knows of a way to generate the HTML codes (decimal numbers) for IPA symbols just by using the keyboard (such as the Unicode Phonetic Keyboard), please tell me. Typing the numbers or copying and pasting each individual symbol takes such a long time!

And if you have no idea what IPA means, shame on you and go here or here. It is seriously the best invention in the world.

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  • http://aussieinfrance.blogspot.com/ Andrea

    You might want to check how your site looks in other browsers and screen resolutions because the layout is way off centre in Firefox which is creating a scroll bar along the bottom of the screen.

    You might also want to change your Meta description tag to something more descriptive as this is what people will see when you site comes up in Google et al.

    Andreas last blog post..Brain Dead

  • http://aussieinfrance.blogspot.com Andrea

    You might want to check how your site looks in other browsers and screen resolutions because the layout is way off centre in Firefox which is creating a scroll bar along the bottom of the screen.

    You might also want to change your Meta description tag to something more descriptive as this is what people will see when you site comes up in Google et al.

    Andreas last blog post..Brain Dead

  • http://www.confituredulait.blogspot.com/ karina

    I sent an email to my dad to ask him. You might get a kick out of this since you actually know what Unicode is, but he’s the guy who started it ;-)

    karinas last blog post..how come I haven’t heard about this?

  • http://www.confituredulait.blogspot.com karina

    I sent an email to my dad to ask him. You might get a kick out of this since you actually know what Unicode is, but he’s the guy who started it ;-)

    karinas last blog post..how come I haven’t heard about this?

  • http://www.ielanguages.com Jennie Wagner

    @Andrea: Woops, completely forgot to check the meta tag on the home page. I made sure I did it for all the other pages, but not that one! duh!

    @karina: THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!! I LOVE UNICODE!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.ielanguages.com Jennie

    @Andrea: Woops, completely forgot to check the meta tag on the home page. I made sure I did it for all the other pages, but not that one! duh!

    @karina: THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!! I LOVE UNICODE!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.confituredulait.blogspot.com/ karina

    Ok I heard back from my dad and he said:

    “It looks like that keyboard will work (*if* she works on Windows). If not, let me know which platform, and I’ll ask around. When I use it, I just copy from http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm

    I looked over her French vs Italian stuff; pretty nice. I’ve used books in the series http://www.amazon.fr/LItalien-à-Z-édition-2003/dp/2218736594/, but the downside is that those are organized alphabetically, instead of systematically.”

    Hope that helps some ;-)

    karinas last blog post..how come I haven’t heard about this?

  • http://www.confituredulait.blogspot.com karina

    Ok I heard back from my dad and he said:

    “It looks like that keyboard will work (*if* she works on Windows). If not, let me know which platform, and I’ll ask around. When I use it, I just copy from http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm

    I looked over her French vs Italian stuff; pretty nice. I’ve used books in the series http://www.amazon.fr/LItalien-à-Z-édition-2003/dp/2218736594/, but the downside is that those are organized alphabetically, instead of systematically.”

    Hope that helps some ;-)

    karinas last blog post..how come I haven’t heard about this?

  • http://kiwigirl-infrance.blogspot.com/ Kim

    Your language website is fantastic! Congratulations and thank you so much! I haven’t had much time to have a look around but I will.. I’m very interested in reading the advice you have to offer about learning another language and French language recommendations/tips. Once again, thanks!

    Kims last blog post..A great quote…

  • http://kiwigirl-infrance.blogspot.com/ Kim

    Your language website is fantastic! Congratulations and thank you so much! I haven’t had much time to have a look around but I will.. I’m very interested in reading the advice you have to offer about learning another language and French language recommendations/tips. Once again, thanks!

    Kims last blog post..A great quote…

  • Briana

    Your website is truly amazing! I am currently a student and hope to be an assistant sometime after I graduate. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it. I already find it incredibly useful :)

  • Briana

    Your website is truly amazing! I am currently a student and hope to be an assistant sometime after I graduate. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it. I already find it incredibly useful :)

  • http://noemagosa.wordpress.com/ Noelia

    I’m also a big fan of IPA… and I teach it to my voice students from their first lesson when dealing with vowel sounds (if old enough to understand what I’m talking about).

    Noelias last blog post..Grilled Vegetables Ricotta Torta

  • http://noemagosa.wordpress.com Noelia

    I’m also a big fan of IPA… and I teach it to my voice students from their first lesson when dealing with vowel sounds (if old enough to understand what I’m talking about).

    Noelias last blog post..Grilled Vegetables Ricotta Torta

  • marc brennan

    hi jennie ..my name is marc ,,,i was going on a walkabout 2 month thing in france ,,i got as far as annecy on my second day in france ,i was hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in annecy ,i spent 2 days in there nice new hospital ,and had to return to ireland immediately as i needed on going medical attention ,it was at fet du lake ,when u were working ,it was really good though ,before i got knocked down ,,—any way i would like to live there for a while improve my very basic french ,i would need to share an appartment ,get some sort of a job ,even in a cafe would be ok ,i dont mind ,,
    please tell me where i could find information on apartment or house sharing in annecy ,i have a house in donegal ireland i would house swap ..llloking forward to hearing your reply ,,,,thanks marc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • marc brennan

    hi jennie ..my name is marc ,,,i was going on a walkabout 2 month thing in france ,,i got as far as annecy on my second day in france ,i was hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in annecy ,i spent 2 days in there nice new hospital ,and had to return to ireland immediately as i needed on going medical attention ,it was at fet du lake ,when u were working ,it was really good though ,before i got knocked down ,,—any way i would like to live there for a while improve my very basic french ,i would need to share an appartment ,get some sort of a job ,even in a cafe would be ok ,i dont mind ,,
    please tell me where i could find information on apartment or house sharing in annecy ,i have a house in donegal ireland i would house swap ..llloking forward to hearing your reply ,,,,thanks marc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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