Website Trees!

January 24th, 2008
GuitarAngel.net as a graph!

A coworker linked me a very cool application called Websites As Graphs. I have unofficially dubbed it as a "Website Tree", hehe. :D The image to the right is actually what GuitarAngel.net looks like in tree-form!

Pretty cool, in my opinion. :) You can type in any site in the box, then watch it dynamically "grow" in front of your eyes! The application draws out the dotted hierarchy based upon the code structure of the queried website. The little colored dots each represent an HTML tag. It gives you a nice visual of how your code is organized behind the scenes!

I'm also plugging another newfound tool that is going to literally save me from beating my desk in frustration whenever I'm multi-tasking on the computer! This amazing little goodie is aptly named the Taskbar Shuffle and it's only purpose is to allow you to move the buttons on your Windows taskbar! Yes, the previously unmovable program window buttons! I about fainted with joy when I discovered it today.

Taskbar Shuffle

Whenever I get in the "zone" of web design, I always have my programs opened in a certain order so I can quickly click between them on the Windows task bar. Yeah, I could ALT+Tab, but I'm more of a mouse-clicker than a keyboard shortcut person. That's just the way I roll, yo. ;)

My preferred program order iis: Firefox, an FTP program, Notepad++, and then Photoshop. Those four must be in that specific order for me to work! I'm not usually a nut-job about little things like that, hehe, but I just got used to working efficiently that way. Whenever I am forced to shut down a program I literally have to shut them ALL down so I can have that order again.

Oh yes and FYI, I have been feverishly working on a snazzy new site design this past week! With this new layout, I will have crossed huge bridges in my coding skills, in my opinion. I'm trying lots of new things! I wanted to be so innovative that it took me 10 revisions before I settled on the 11th one as the final. :P

So be prepared for a massive update around here! The overall layout is done, all that is left is the tweaking and wiggling of elements here and there to make things be all snug. I'm so excited, I hope everyone likes the new look! :D Woot!

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Christine Jan 25, 2008

ooo. i’m looking forward to seeing it!! you’ve got me all excited. Also, i’m the same when it comes to my taskbar. things have to be in a certain order. i get so disoriented when i accidentally close something then have to re-open it at the bottom ! so i’m definitely going to check this out ^^

Lisa Jan 25, 2008

I love the website tree thing! I tried it with my site and it looked so pretty :p :butterfly
Can’t wait to see the new layout!!!

Kristina Jan 25, 2008

That website tree thing is so cool xD
Thanks for the link to the taskbar shuffle, I’m definitely downloading that.

Caitlin Jan 25, 2008

Ha, that is pretty damn awesome. Both the taskbar shuffle and the website tree.

Joey Primiani Jan 26, 2008

I added that tree a while ago to each of my projects on my portfolio - all representing each site. (http://joeyprimiani.com/projects/liquidluau/). I love things like this. Looking forward to the new update!

Taversia Jan 28, 2008

That is SO COOL!!! ^__^ I should have one generated for my site too!! haha; it’s like you turned your website into a digital building complex or something. lol!! :D

Sarah Jan 29, 2008

That’s a pretty “tree”. Hehe. I can’t wait to see your new design, especially if it’s top quality like this one. :)

Melissa Jan 29, 2008

Awww, thanks! ^_^

Jessica Jan 29, 2008

I am now sitting here seeing how may little branches each one of my subdomains have. Thank you very much! Like I have nothing better to do. The tree making is more important house work. Yes.

I cannot wait until your new layout is up.

Jem Jan 30, 2008

I’m a bit anal about window order. It has to be Firefox, any folders, then Notepad++ .. after that it’s not so important. If Firefox crashes or I have to close it, I *have* to close everything and reopen it all to get everything back in the right order.. this taskbar shuffle thing sounds like a great idea.

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