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Geeky Web Trick: Counting Your Comrades

Ever wonder how many other iFridaynistas there are out there, like you, toiling away their talent for intangible gain? If you've got a web editor like BBEdit or Dreamweaver, here's an easy way to find out:

1. Click here
2. On the left navigation column, right-click to "View Frame Source", save to your local desktop
3. With your favorite web editor, open your local copy in "code view"
4. Search for "img src="thumbs/" (this string is unique to each artist's thumbnail)
5. Click "Find All"

That should do it! The search result should produce a line like "fooNUMBER occurances of "img src="thumbs/" found ..."! For an accurate assessment, do this late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Last time I tried, there were just over 500.

Posted by Dave M! on Jul 8, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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