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Learning Umbraco - Part II

Hey! I have some useful info about Umbraco. Lately I've been looking into how to create Document Types, Templates, Stylesheets, Macros, XSLT and .Net user controls inserted in an Umbraco template.
I'd like to explain a little about how these items mentioned above relate to each other. Document types have been previously explained, so we'll just say that those are like data types, where you
can store information related to a specific entity. Well, the Document Types can not be displayed in umbraco directly, but through a Template.

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Nerdish stuff

Hey, I found myself in the need of marking a spot in an invisible grid in javascript. Of course, I first tried to just color the selected cell of my grid, and it worked fine and all, but I wasn't completely happy with it, since my grid had 5 pixel square cells, just one painted cell didn't seem to be  noticeable enough. So I thought of, besides of painting the selected point, painting a small cross with the selected cell as the center.
So, here's my way to do it:

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Drawing paths, finding paths and giving instructions

I'm developing an application that will run in a multimedia kiosk located in a hospital, mall, university, etc. and will allow a user to find the path showed in a map and directions to get to a desired location.

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