Sep 15, 2007

Now I can't say I never win anything. I submitted a comment in Smashing Magazine's Anniversary Developer's Tools Giveaway post and my name was drawn! I have been wanting to try Crazy Egg, but have not gotten around to it with everything else that has been going on. I will have

Sep 13, 2007

I am always on the lookout for new ways to improve the websites I create and one of the best ways I have found to improve user input is to use Javascript to validate the data before sending it to the server. I recently came across not one, but two

Sep 12, 2007

I run Ubuntu Linux on my desktop and laptop here at my office/home and I really enjoy using it, but as a web developer I need to create websites that work in more than just Firefox on Linux. While I have a membership at BrowserCam, it is much faster sometimes

Sep 11, 2007

JenSense has a great wishlist of things she would like changed in Google AdSense Referrals. It is a great list, and I have to agree with her points. I have only used Google AdSense Referrals a few times, but I got so frustrated with the back button that I just

Sep 10, 2007

I was having a discussion with a client a couple of weeks ago about affiliate marketing and what programs might suit their website the best and gave them a great deal of information about some of the affiliate networks that I have experience with. These are the networks that I

Sep 10, 2007

The Domain Registry of Canada sounds like such an official name doesn't it? It sounds like they have some authority over website domains in Canada. That could not be further from the truth. The truth is they are a company that sends out domain name expiration notice letters to domain

Sep 9, 2007

If you have been visiting for a little while, or have browsed through some of the older posts (Color Combinations, one of the blogs I like to read occasionally. First off I have to say, what a great site! I don't say that very often, ask my wife. Usually when I

Sep 9, 2007

If you have been building websites for a little while you have probably heard of Aaron Wall. He wrote a popular search engine optimization book called, appropriately enough, SEOBook. If you are interested in SEO at all I would recommend reading through Aaron's ebook. It is the only ebook I

Sep 8, 2007

I am very happy with my dedicated servers from BlueFur.com. I have had very little problems with them over the years and they are easy to maintain. Recently though I came across a company called FastNext that has a clustered web hosting solution. Each cluster has two servers and mirrors

Sep 8, 2007

Now that I have moved over to WordPress it is important to keep up with the latest releases and upgrades to keep the site secure. The latest release, WordPress 2.2.3, is a security and bug-fix release, so go and get it and update your install. According to the WordPress blog