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Search Engine Optimization for Non-Profits
Today while I was reading Aaron Wall’s advice regarding blog optimization (Available here: http://www.seobook.com/bloggers) I noticed he had a more recent guide for non-profits interested in SEO. As I have discussed before, I have been looking for various resources that I can provide to clients to help them understand search engine optimization. Often for many [...]
Great List of jQuery Tutorials
I have been playing with jQuery more and more. I like MooTools but with jQuery there is even more pre-developed plugins and code that can be leveraged. Here is set of a few good examples. I am going to have a play with both the CrossSlide and setting equal heights on some projects I am [...]
Google SearchWiki
Yesterday Google launched their new SearchWiki feature. I don’t know that this will be particularly useful for me as most my searches are one-time searches but if you make regular searches on a topic you can now personalize the search results so they show the results you would like to see in the order you [...]
Explanation of How PageRank Actually Works (Video)
We often get inquires from clients on how to get a higher PageRank. In generally I think the name PageRank is deceiving for many clients. Most clients who have heard of PageRank are under the impression that PageRank refers to their actual ranking for a search term when in reality it is more a calculation [...]
The Relationship Between Web Design Agency and Client is Fundamentally Broken
About an hour ago Paul from BoagWorld made a post on the BoagWorld blog regarding his talk at the Future of Web Design Conference in New York. His talk discussed the relationship between a web design agency and their clients. He suggests there are three things required to run a successful web project: – Mutual [...]
How to Make a Fixed Background Image Using CSS
This is just a simple bit of CSS but I thought I would probably need it again in the future. Adding a fixed background image to a website is something I do very rarely but every now and then there is cause for it. The code I have shown below demonstrates how to add a [...]
A Brief Review of CSS Toolbox
I came across a neat program over the weekend called CSS Toolbox. It is a simple CSS editor. It is much like other CSS editors I have played with in the past. There are some great CSS editing programs for Mac users but there are less good sound choices for PC users. CSS Toolbox is [...]
Stemkoski.com is now iPhone Friendly Thanks to WPTouch, Enjoy!
Shawn and I went and got iPhones as soon as the 3G version came out. Anyone that spends a significant amount of around either of us knows how much we enjoy our iPhones. The iPhone is a very powerful tool and it has proved to be extremely helpful in organizing my day to day life. [...]
How to Create a Simple RSS Feed using PHP and MySQL
Generating a RSS feed with PHP is actually very easy. I have had to do it a few different times and every time I do it I have to look up the syntax of the XML document. To save myself time in the future I thought I would document the process here for myself and [...]
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 [...]