Tag Archives: web development

Forbes ask for too much Twitter access: Doing Social Media Wrong

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Just because a feature is possible does not make it desirable. Website owners are burdening themselves with overkill every day.

Visiomente: Modern Carpet Baggers or What’s Wrong with American Business

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Visiomenté don’t produce anything except legal documents and hassle.

Textile: How to write in the world’s greatest markup language

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I often have to introduce our team to Textile formatting and our clients. I’ve linked to the other great Textile documentation out there.

Textile Editing on OS X: BBEdit, iTextile, MarkMyWords

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So for non-programmers, here’s how to get Textile editing working on BBEdit. Review of other OS X textile solutions.

Latin1 to UTF-8: A single query to find all the Latin1 database tables

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We’ve found that even Wordpress sites which are principally already UTF-8 have the odd Latin1 table sneaking into them. Here’s how you find them.

Google Chromium Binaries: Here’s where Google hide the nightly builds of Chrome without the spyware

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For some unaccountable reason, the URL 404′s now (don’t Google know about 301 redirects?) – here’s the new working nightly build link.

Ten steps to build a great mobile version of your website

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As mobile devices get better, more visitors are using smart phones to surf. Here’s a step by step guide to quickly create a great mobile site.

What’s wrong with commercial WordPress Themes: WooThemes vs ElegantThemes

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Think you are getting commercial quality flawless code with a paid Wordpress theme? Think again: commercial themes are boobytraps for the unwary.

How to get HTTPD and FTP to play well together or SEO image management nirvana

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How to solve the server side permissions issues between HTTPD and FTP. Making KFM play nice with FTP.

How to move an old website to a new site address and retain Google rankings

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How to use backlink analysis, Google’s site search and 301 redirects to keep your old backlinks and search engine rankings when moving to a new site.

Coding Languages, a developer’s new girlfriend

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In general I believe that a lot of the coding developers (as opposed to user interface developers such as myself) like trying new languages like some men like trying fresh girlfriends. Each time a new language comes along they think this might be the one. But for the most part it’s a waste of time. Stick with the one you have if she’s kind to you.