QUOTE(Christian J @ Feb 19 2010, 04:29 PM)
Another way to sort things is with a text editor, e.g. TextPad.
I do not see what TextPad will accomplish...
QUOTE(Brian Chandler @ Feb 19 2010, 02:08 PM)
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Also I should mention that I have a free hosting plan which doesn't support MySQL or PHP, and I'm in no position to get a paid plan for the time being.. do I absolutely need their "support"? (I do have one FTP account.)
In the end "free" means you will typically end up doing lots of manual fiddling around, and "free" is an excellent bargain if you value your own time at less than a dollar/euro/etc an hour.
Although I agree, I cannot afford a paid plan, so at worst I will just leave it all unsorted. At the end of the day this sorting I want to do is just a touch-up - it would be really nice if it could happen, but if not people probably won't really notice it.
So far I have come up with this:
1. Copy the links from the webpage itself (so the HTML does not show)
2. Paste into OpenOffice word processor
3. Sort alphabetically
3. Copy them again from OpenOffice (still the HTML is not showing)
4. Paste into Nvu WYSIWYG editor in preview view
5. Go to Nvu source view and you will see the HTML
6. Copy this HTML and paste into web host file manager
I tried this with other stuff like Microsoft Works, Amaya WYSIWYG, etc., and it never worked except with this specific combination of programs. The only problem is that, although the links do come out sorted alphabetically, the HTML is not perfect:
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mmp/mmp1/floeckher%20paper.pdf">*beep*
Euphemisms: How Heavy Metal Lyrics Speak the Truth About War and
Oppression</a> (paper, by Richard J.
Floeckher, 2008, presented at
the first Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics
conference) [culture; psychology & ideology] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/moorpaper.pdf">Dissonance
and Dissidents</a> (paper, by Sarha
Moore, 2009, presented at the
second Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics conference //
discusses the deliberate and extensive use of the semitone note just
above the key-note in metal) [culture; psychology & ideology;
technical] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mckinnonpaper.pdf">Louder
than Hell: Power Volume and the Brain</a>
(paper, by Colin A.
McKinnon, 2009, presented at the second Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music,
Metal and Politics conference) [culture; psychology & ideology;
studies & experiments] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lucas-paper.pdf">White
Power, Black Metal and Me: Reflections on Composing the Nation</a>
(paper, by Caroline Lucas, 2009, presented at the second Heavy
Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics conference) [genre
qualification; national/regional history & identity; prejudice
&
education/activism; psychology & ideology] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/heldenpaper.pdf">Scandinavian
Metal Attack: The Power of Northern Europe in Extreme Metal</a>
(paper, by Imke von Helden, 2009, presented at the second Heavy
Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics conference)
[national/regional history & identity; psychoogy &
ideology] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/frandsenpaper.pdf">Living
for Music, Dying for Life - The Self Destructive Lifestyle in Heavy
Metal Culture</a> (paper, by Daniel
Frandsen, 2009, presented at the
second Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics conference)
[culture; psychology & ideology] </p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gafarovpaper.pdf">Metal
Community and Aesthetics of Identity</a>
(paper, by Igor Gafarov,
2009, presented at the second Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and
Politics conference) [culture; psychology & ideology]</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rhillpaper.pdf">“I’m
a Metal head”: The Representation of Women Letter Writers in
Kerrang! Magazine</a> (paper, by
Rosemary Hill, 2009, presented at
the second Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics
conference) [culture; psychology & ideology] </p>
As you can see, it breaks the lines at odd intervals for no apparent reason (does not correspond with the word-wrapping at end of each line on OpenOffice). And I will need to add a bit of HTML like <span font size...>, however that can be done quite easily with "Find and Replace" features on Notepad or anything else.
I am wondering, will this weird kind of line breaks affect anything negatively? Will it confuse the browser and make the page load slower? Will it show differently on some browsers than on other browsers? Perhaps is there a program or internet service I could use to "verify" my css and fix it up?
Thanks..