Okinawa 情報局

[MISC] [CULTURE] [RECREATION] [SHOPPING] [DINING]
(originally posted 10 August 2005; refiling to be indexed by search engine)

Format guidance (contributors please read) - UPDATED!

[MISC]
(originally posted 29 July 2005; refiling to be indexed by search engine)

Contributors, please add one or more of the following keywords in [square brackets], UPPERCASE, tiny font, boldface, and text color #ff9900 (that's third row, third column from the top-left if you're using the color palette) copy and paste one or more of the following HTML code snippets to the first line of your post (switch to Edit HTML mode to do this) in order to facilitate searching (once Google indexes this blog, that is). Thanks! If you have trouble getting it just right, don't worry, I can help tidy up the formatting of your post after you've published it.

UPDATE: Forget everything above. I finally decided to just set up a post template that's prepopulated with all topic tags. Move them around to indicate order of relevance. Delete the ones you don't need. It's that simple! :)

In case you delete any of the tags by mistake, you can then copy and paste the following code snippets back into your post.

UPDATE (3 November 2005): None of the code below works at this point. Just use the template. :)

Cooking (recipes, tips)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BCOOKING%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[COOKING]</strong></span></a>

Culture (language, music, handicraft, festivals)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BCULTURE%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[CULTURE]</strong></span></a>

Dining (restaurants, izakayas)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BDINING%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[DINING]</strong></span></a>

Health (fitness, repetitive stress injury)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BHEALTH%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[HEALTH]</strong></span></a>

Misc (anything)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BMISC%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[MISC]</strong></span></a>

Recreation (books, gardening, hiking, water sports, hobbies, movies, travel)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BRECREATION%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[RECREATION]</strong></span></a>

Shopping (100 yen shops, fashion, gadgets, groceries, omiyage)

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%5BSHOPPING%5D&ie=UTF-8&sitesearch=ryukyu411.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>[SHOPPING]</strong></span></a>

Okinawa Yellow Pages

[MISC] [CULTURE] [RECREATION]
(originally posted 11 August 2005; refiling to be indexed by search engine)

Ryukyu 411

[MISC]
(originally posted 29 July 2005; refiling to be indexed by search engine)

For those who are not familiar with US N11 telephone codes, 411 is the number for local directory service. It has also become a slang term meaning "information."

Dining, leisure, omiyage, and culture are just a few areas of interest that will be covered here.

Topic Tag Search Operational

[MISC]
After rewriting the post template and updating each and every post with new HTML codes, topic tag search is finally working. There is also a new navigation bar below the title words "Ryukyu 411." There are still six blog entries from August and July that have not been indexed by Google -- after all, the blog search software is still under beta testing -- but I'll find a way to get those indexed as well, perhaps by reposting them with a more recent date stamp.