web-programming Posts

Aug 6, 2007

I don't know if I would ever actually use this on a website but Scrollovers does offer a neat effect for links. It is a different type of eye candy for those rather boring links. Might be great for those webmasters out there wanting to have something different but I ...

May 29, 2007

One of the things that has frustrated me about Blogger, and Google to some extent, is the fact that they try to dictate to me how the links should be on my blog. For example comment links are automatically given the "nofollow" attribute. Well I don't like that. I want ...

May 9, 2007

I love little tricks that make a huge difference to a website. This addition can cut your bandwidth, possibly by as much as half, and it will make your pages load faster for those on slower connections and all you have to do is enable GZIP compression. There is a great ...

Apr 17, 2007

I have talked about how it is important to test your websites in other browsers to make sure the site looks the way you want it to. While taking screenshots is one way of seeing if your website looks right, it does not give you the chance to make sure ...

Apr 11, 2007

Scribd is a site for sharing documents. People can upload various types of documents (.doc, .pdf, .txt, .ppt, .xls, .ps, .lit) and allow people access them, rate them and comment on the uoloaded comments. My first impression of Scribd is that it is YouTube for documents. It ...

Apr 9, 2007

A great list of CSS templates, tips, tutorials, and utilities. 101 CSS Resources to Add to Your Toolbelt of Awesomeness I learned something new by visiting some of the links on the page. Whether you are new to learning CSS or have been doing ...

Mar 30, 2007

Part of being a webmaster or blogger is making sure the little things get done. One of the little things that can actually be a very big thing is telling the robots on the web how to behave when they come to your website. A robot or ...

Mar 21, 2007

Perhaps the biggest time saver that every webmaster should take advantage of is using includes on their website. By taking the common sections of code of your website and placing those sections of code into include files you will be able to make your website easy to manage and maintain. ...

Mar 19, 2007

I like Site Meter, it is a quick and free way to get stats about your website or blog that update in real time (or pretty close). The free version of Site Meter requires you to place a little button on your website that links back to Site Meter. That ...

Mar 16, 2007

If you have javascript code that runs on multiple pages of your website you should consider moving the javascript into external files. The reasons for moving your common code is similar to why you should move your style sheet information into external files. The benefits of using ...