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The painless way to build a 125×125 banner ad

For those of you who maintain your own websites/blogs and have wondered how to get the code for a banner ad, here is a 5-step “how-to” guide…

This is the result of a couple of hours of diligent (and somewhat frustrating) work…but I would like to spare everyone else the trouble :-)

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Step 1: Add a “text widget” to your sidebar (assuming a wordpress theme)

Step 2: Choose a suitable title for your widget (e.g. “Partners” or “Sponsors”)

Step 3: Copy the following code in your widget:

<a href=”WEBSITE WHERE YOU WANT TO LINK THE IMAGE” rel=”alternate”><img border=”EITHER 0 OR SOME NUMBER TO SHOW A BORDER” src=”LOCATION OF THE IMAGE FILE IN YOUR DIRECTORY” width=”SIZE” height=”SIZE” alt=”"></a>

Step4: Substitute all the stuff in capital letters by suitable replacements

Step5: Thats it. Now sit back and watch the dollars flow in your bank account…well, the last bit may take a while :-)

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P.S. Thanks to rich for inspiration!

September 26th, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | Miscellaneous | no comments

W’end Reading: Truth about Gujarat, Contacting Voters & an Unusual Call-Centre

1. DGP and BJP MP B P Singhal examinesThe sting and the truth about Gujarat” including this Aaj Tak faux pas:

It was therefore truly shocking that on 25.8.2007, Aaj Tak harped on the same old refrain that “Modi did not call the army until three days had passed“. Even more outrageous was their insistance on this point. When Aaj Tak contacted me on phone to get my response, I told the anchor that the Godhra carnage took place on February 27, 2002, that the Hindu backlash commenced on February 28th and the Army was doing flag march on the forenoon of March 1st …………

He cut me short by saying that “this is exactly what we had said, no action was taken by Modi on 29th, 30th and 31st thus giving three clear days to the murderers ……..

I had to cut him short by reminding him that the date 28th was 28th of February, 2002 and there was no 29th, 30th or 31st in that month.

2. A post from Ideas of Civilisation which questions whether politicians should have to contact voters

3. …and a heart-warming and inspiring story about a cell centre being run by the blind in India.. The young men and women working here are truly a source of inspiration…

Brief excerpts from all the articles below.

Keep Reading…

September 26th, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | Distortions, Misrepresentations about India, Godhra, Media Related, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance in India | 3 comments