HOW TO: Creating web pages in Telugu (Windows XP)
Creating web pages in Telugu is very simple. For this how-to I assume that you are using Windows XP or above. Just follow the following steps. Read the rest of this entry »
Telugu Blogs - Jan ‘08
January Headlines:
Following issues attracted the attention of Telugu Bloggers in January ‘08:
- Announcement of support for SRC-2 by Veerappa Moily (Telangana issue)
- India’s cricket series in Australia
- Sankranthi, the festival of harvest
- Physical attack by Chiranjeevi fans on Actor Rajasekhar
Typing Unicode Telugu using Apple Keyboard Layout
Apple layout is the second most famous layout on non-Unicode Telugu generation applications. Using the MSKLC, I created Telugu Apple Keyboard Layout for Windows. By using this, you can type in Unicode Telugu wherever you can type in English.
Instructions and notes about using Apple Keyboard Layout follows.
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Telugu Discussion Groups on the Web
Now that it is very easy to type Telugu on computers, there is a surge in number of Telugu discussion groups on the web. There is probably one that suits your interests. Choose from the following list.
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Telugu Webzines
There are many good Telugu magazines on the web. Here are links to some of them:
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Koodali gets new look!
Koodali, a Telugu blog aggregator gets new look. You can read the detailed changes to Koodali in my Telugu blog.
Koodali is the first Telugu blog aggregator. It started with just aggregating Telugu blog posts. Currently, it also aggregates Telugu webzines, Telugu news, photo blogs of Telugu people and also English posts written by Telugu people.
As of today, Koodali’s Alex rank is at 164,190.
Typing Unicode Telugu using other keyboard layouts
There are many keyboard layouts and transliteration schemes to Type in Telugu. Many of users who type Telugu on computers use proprietary encodings and keyboard layouts like Modular, Apple, and Roma. If they have a way to type in Telugu in Unicode using the layout they are familiar with, it would boost the usage of Telugu on the Web specifically and on computers generally. This post explores the problem of keyboard layouts and introduces some Keyboard Layout Creators. Read the rest of this entry »
New Telugu Font: e-Telugu from INDOLIPI
INDOLIPI is a multipurpose toolbox for Indoligists and linguists. It contains Open Type Unicode fonts for most of the Indian languages. It also contains input layouts for Indian languages and other tools. This toolbox also has a Telugu font. Below are the sample and download instructions.
3,000 members in Telugu Wikipedia
Telugu Wikipedia has just reached 3,000 member mark. It is the second Indian language Wikipedia to have more than 3,000 members. (Currently, Malayalam Wikipedia is in the first place with 3,163 members.)
However, at this moment, Telugu Wikipedia has more number of articles (36,196) than any other Indian languageWikipedia.
The following is a table showing article counts in various Indian language Wikipedias, as of 2007-09-10:
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Cinema in Telugu blogs
Cinema is the biggest entertainment for Indian masses and classes. If things about cinema and movies fascinate you, there is something for you in the Telugu blogosphere. Film reviews, discussions about cinema, articles relating movies and film industry, (what not?)— a lot is happening. There are some blogs that exclusively and regularly feature movie related posts. Some other bloggers regularly share their views about movies they watched. The following are the lists you need.
