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Make Your Websites Completely Compliant
[2008-12-30] I was looking at XHTML and accessibility standards for BlogEngine.NEXT and found something I haven't noticed before in the W3C specs. I came across some rules about specifying the default script and style sheet language when trying out the Total Validator.
Translating Site Ranking Into Traffic
[2008-12-09] Anybody who has been online for any length of time, and has had any success with achieving good search engine placement, knows one thing: Rankings are not cast in iron. In fact they are very fluid. Sometimes you can hold onto a top spot for years, other times you're constantly battling to stay on the first page. That's just the nature of search engine algorithms.
Using Alt And Title Tags Properly With Images
[2008-11-18] A lot of discussion has been going on at one of the threads at the Google Groups as to how one should use the alt attribute and title attribute for the web page images. Google explains that one should use them as per W3C recommendations.
Making SEO Work for You
[2008-11-04] Organizing your keywords into an effective marketing strategy is the most important of the four phases of keyword research outlined in this document. While most often SEOs and keyword researchers focus on the research phases, organizing your keyword properly can truly help you create a vastly more successful optimization and marketing campaign.
SOA Skillset Platform Neutral Developers
[2008-10-20] I have discussed the role of the SOA Evangelist and the importance of the architects. Today I will discuss the different developer roles and the characteristics that make a successful SOA developer.
How To Use Link TITLEs Correctly!
[2008-09-16] A recent post was surfaced in Search Engine Journal by Ann Smarty. According to the post, it was stated that, "Using link TITLE attributes has become more popular since the rise of such widely used scripts as WordPress which by default duplicates the post title link in its TITLE attribute. Still, despite being the common behavior, this method of using TITLE attribute is both not right and annoying.
Google's New Custom 404 Page Creator
[2008-08-26] Google has launched a new tool in their Webmaster Tools suite that allows website owners to create custom 404 pages. 404 pages are those that don't exist and therefore return a "not found" error when users try to view them in their web browser.
Developing Apps For The iPhone
[2008-07-15] Yesterday I visited two iPhone developers to see how things went.
Is Bloated Code Jacking Up Your SEO?
[2008-06-26] There are a lot of little things that can junk up your code, but, for the most part, the search engines don't really care. It doesn't matter to them if your HTML validates or if you keep your code "clean" or not.
Facebook’s Developer Platform Will Go (mostly) Open Source
[2008-06-03] Facebook is going to be offering numerous additions to its developer platform in the coming weeks. First there were the rumors, then the generic confirmation: Facebook's developer platform will go (mostly) open source.
Google Announces its Plans to Launch 'Friend Connect'
[2008-05-13] In an effort to join the field of social network data portability, Google has announced its plans to launch 'Friend Connect'. This feature will enable website owners to grow traffic by taking profile information from social networking websites and putting that information onto third party websites.
Participate In The Open Source Census
[2008-04-22] Just read about the launch of "The Open Source Census". This is the next step in OpenLogic's efforts to get a better sense of which OSS products are actually used in enterprises.
RIA Vendor Curl Shifts To Eclipse
[2008-04-08] Rich Internet Application (RIA) vendor Curl, named InfoWorld's 2008 Technology of the Year in the RIA category, announced that they will be rebasing the Curl IDE on Eclipse.
Open Source BlueDragon
[2008-03-11] In a move that has surprised some folks, New Atlanta has announced plans to create a free open source version of their J2EE BlueDragon product. They will continue to develop, sell and support a commercial version of it, as well as continuing the .NET version and the standalone JX version (neither of which will be open sourced).
A First Look At Grails
[2008-02-12] There's still a lot of buzz about Ruby on Rails and I've played around with it but I really don't like the Ruby syntax.
Spry's Cool HTML Panel
[2007-11-06] A few days ago I blogged about Spry's HTML panel. This is a rather cool, and simple, way to load content into a region of your web page via Ajax.
An Old School AJAX Call that Just Works
[2007-10-22] Today I was working on a web page that performs an AJAX call on unload, so when a person navigates away from the page, the AJAX call is triggered.
Code from ColdFusion Boot Camp & Tip about ColdFusion 8 and JSON
[2007-10-03] I just gave a quick CF Boot Camp at MAX on using ColdFusion to send data to Spry. It covers going from static to CF6, CF7, and CF8 dynamic data.
Custom Grid Renderers w/ CFGRID
[2007-08-21] I've been playing a bit with CFGRID lately (as have others) and I found that by taking a look at Ext's documentation, there are some very powerful features hiding within the CFGRID tag.
Time to Unleash Web 2.0 with Open Source
[2007-07-31] Web 2.0 companies are largely built upon Open Source software. But how many of them do you consider significant contributors to Open Source?
Comment the Class Before Coding
[2007-06-11] The planning phase of most projects no matter the size result in some kind of documentation or manuals for coding.
Design / Development Hacks to Save Time & Money
[2007-05-29] I have been writing too many in theory type posts, so here is a post offering many practical tips to increase productivity and lower your site development costs.
Direct Web Remoting (DWR)
[2007-04-11] DWR is a process that stores the java classes back on the server rather than passing those classes to the web browser.
The Ultimate Wordpress Htaccess File
[2007-04-03] Canonicalization is a serious problem for webmasters, just read this latest entry by Matt Cutts or this great post from John Andrews.
Psychological Variables & Properties
[2007-03-13] I've noticed that there are two different ways developers locate private variables used by properties.
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