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#WordCampBham – Your favorite plugins
Reading time: 1 minutePost them here! I’ll put mine up live. WP-Supercache – cache your site to be digg-protected and avoid traffic spikes. Increased Sociability – Catches Digg and StumbleUpon users and gives them a call to action.
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WordCamp Birmingham
Reading time: 1 minuteAndre Natta and the rest of the planning crew down in Birmingham have been working non-stop to make sure that the first south-eastern WordCamp is going to be a great success. If you’re into WordPress [ and really, who isn’t? 😉 ], they’re still looking for both sponsors and speakers. I have two sessions planned…
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Google Chrome and Internet Explorer IE8beta2: First Impressions
Reading time: 2 minutesFor those of you who are looking for Google’s next big launch, it just happened. Google Chrome is out in full force and I’ve got my first impressions. First of all, the browser is beautiful. It takes out all of the crap (menu bars, bookmarks) and hides them within the interface. Want to head to…
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PodCampOhio Show – Wrapup
Reading time: 1 minuteIt was sort of last minute last night, but I did get a chance to join Dr. Anonymous, AngeloMandato (congrats again on the baby – hope it wasn’t me that spoiled your secret), Brandice, Daniel, and podcasting newcomer Brad (?) in Dr. Anonymous’ weekly show over on BlogTalkRadio. It was a great time (and I…
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Transparent PNG in IE6 – JavaScript
Reading time: 1 minuteThere are a lot of fixes for Alpha PNG transparancy in Internet Explorer 6. They all have their pros and cons, but I love this one because (unlike some other fixes) it covers every image at once. That way, you can put in a lot of transparent images and get a massive fix for all.…
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A Few Tips for Web Designers (Via Josiah Cole)
Reading time: 1 minuteFound this list on the Internet while surfing – it’s got a lot of great ideas on what NOT to do when designing a website. 19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website | Josiah Cole dot com.
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HTML Email vs. Web Layout Design
Reading time: 2 minutesSometimes the best way to reach a mass of new clients is by using transactional email. It’s easy to send and people check their email every day (or every hour… or every minute – yes I know some people that do!), so you know that people will get it (providing it doesn’t end up in…
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CSS Reset: Leveling the Playing Field (a bit)
Reading time: 1 minuteI’ve recently discovered a nice way to standardize the view I get between Internet Explorer and Firefox, which have a standard “stylesheet” built in to render websites. The problem: both browsers use a different stylesheet, which can lead to inconsistancies between the same site on different browsers. So, I’ve adopted a “CSS Reset” file. What…
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The Twitter Fail Whale Photoshop Contest!
Reading time: 2 minutesFirst of all, thanks to Daniel Johnson, Jr for providing a link to the “Fail Whale” origin story. Read the article, and go support the REAL artist behind the Fail Whale! That being said, when it comes to the original screenshot… I think it could be spiced up a bit: And I got to thinking:…
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Custom Branded Google Search With WordPress
Reading time: 5 minutesI’ve been playing around with some really cool features in WordPress lately. With my site, and a few others i’ve been working on, I’ve been toying with the “Page Template” feature that allows me to customize which elements show up on a page (like, a sidebar, specific headers, a footer, etc). But, while working specifically…
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