Archive for October, 2008
Google Webmaster Tools – 404 Error Repairing
The Google webmaster blog recently posted an article about using the Google Webmaster Tools offered free by Google to help find the source of inbound links that result in a 404 error. Until now it has been difficult to seek out and determine the source of links that result in 404 errors. Inbound links to [...]
Static URLs or Dynamic URLs… Which is Better?
I came across a post on the Google Webmaster Central Blog titled Dynamic URLs vs. Static URLs. I personally have had an issue with this topic for quite some time. I have built websites with both types of URLs and I have seen no visible difference in search engine rank between the two. As I [...]
Using Linkedin for Link Building
It is not a surprise to many of us that most social networking sites and many forums are now using the nofollow attribute to control their internal linkage. This means that links included with your profiles, posts, or in your signatures generally have no effect on your search engine rankings. Linkedin has not followed suit. [...]
CSS Stylesheet Management
A few weeks ago, I was tipped off by my friend Alex to a post by Clearleft developer, Natalie Downe. Clearleft is a high profile UK based web development company that is known for their CSS. I learned about Clearleft through BoagWorld quite some time ago and since then, I have kept on eye on [...]
Future of Web Apps – London 2008 – Videos
I finally got around to listening to this weeks BoagWorld. This week Paul talked about the Future of Web Apps conference in London. The FOWA conference is a great conference that I would really have liked to attend but since it was in London it was a little too far away for me. I believe [...]
Cool Ajax Tutorials and Examples
A friend Sheldon tipped me off to a cool set of Ajax tutorials at the Smashing Magazine website. There are all kinds of great examples using various JavaScript libraries like MooTools and jQuery. If you’re bored click through and check out some of these cool ideas and examples. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/16/50-excellent-ajax-tutorials/
Uninstall, Remove, or Disable Adobe Flash Player
Adobe® Flash® Player is the world’s most pervasive software platform, used by over 2 million professionals and reaching over 98% of Internet-enabled desktops in mature markets as well as a wide range of other devices.It provides a fantastic, rich, interactive graphic user experience. For most users installation or removal of Adobe Flash Player is never [...]
Other Inbox – Easy, Free, Spam Solution
Caleb White recently tipped me off to a new service called Other Inbox. If anyone wants to give it a try shoot me an email or leave a comment and I will send over an invite. Basically what it does is it allows you to create any number of inboxes which can then be automatically [...]
How to Find Tomorrow, Next Month, or Next Year using PHP
I found an interesting new way to find a future or past day, month, or year using PHP. It is much easier than using a timestamp and mktime() to calculate a new date. Since this method was so easy I thought I would share it with all 3 fans of my blog. How this method [...]
How to Properly Store Currency/Money in MySQL
I have looked this up a number of times because I can never quite remember the exact procedure. I have decided to document this, primarily for myself, but I hope others find it useful as well. They method I have found the most useful for storing money in a MySQL database it using a decimal [...]