Archives for Month: May 2009 ::
Heading Tags Explained
Posted on :: May 18
Heading tags are an integral part of SEO (search engine optimization).
5 Reasons to use css
Posted on :: May 18
Some useful and helpful reasons why to use CSS.
Text Sizng and Fluidity
Posted on :: May 18
Fluid and liquid layouts are definitely considered the ‘ideal’ design type right now, and I cannot agree more. I much prefer a fluid design over a set layout. For text we know that relative sizing (meaning the use of em, ex, and percentages) are preferred over the use of pixel sizing.
CSS Tips, Class or Div?
Posted on :: May 18
If your beggining CSS or even if you're not, this can be a bit challenging, and many a time i’ve heard people ask “But theres no difference, so which should I use ?”. In this short article I will explain the slight, but important, difference between the two.
Should Windows 7 be a free upgrade to all Vista Ultimate users?
Posted on :: May 14
Should Microsoft make Windows 7 available as a free upgrade to all Vista Ultimate users? Analyst Michael Cherry thinks this is what Microsoft should do.
So, why should Microsoft extend this generous offer to Vista Ultimate users? According to Cherry the reason is because the company failed to deliver on its promise to provide those running Vista Ultimate with the Ultimate Extras that were promised.
cfimage generating unreadable CAPTCHAs
Posted on :: May 12
While Playing a around building a new page for a form that required a CAPTCHA to prevent spamming, I thought: I'd use ColdFusion 8’s
<cfimage>tag; which I did, and it was really simple to do.I realized that the Captcha images weren't readable, or murky or distorted. And then it hit me: the problem was that the page had a black background; the generated CAPTCHA images had an alpha-transparency background – and so the black was showing through, and making everything dark.
The SEO Lifecycle
Posted on :: May 12
Analysis and optimization processes have to be formulated keeping your business in mind in order to create your web presence. Information on your market, competitors, customers that you need to attract, products and service that you would like to market using web provide a clear input to the designing process. It helps in fine-tuning your designs for the customers and the search engines.
Interactive web design and developement with search engine optimization assures you better page rankings and increase the number of visitors to the site. Realizing that Search Engine Optimization needs to be the objective of web development and implementation process, following are the key phases and process of an SEO life cycle.
The Web Site Development Process
Posted on :: May 12
Like the traditional software development, the process of web site development can also be divided into different life cycle steps. This can help to format the team effectively, and the standards and procedures can be adopted to achieve maximum quality. This article explains the steps of development which can be possibly arranged as a process of web engineering. This is just a guideline to help you, to know, how a process can be done. The steps may vary from application to application.
A system development process can follow a number of standard or company specific frameworks, methodologies, modeling tools and languages. Software development life cycle normally comes with some standards which can fulfill the needs of any development team. Like software, web sites can also be developed with certain methods with some changes and additions with the existing software development process. Let us see the steps involve in any web site development.
Domain names as part of SEO?
Posted on :: May 11
Domain Name selection is one of important and critical phase for your business and brand yourself. It have importance in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) especially if you target for specific keyword. Google always give more importance to site which domain name have such words.
SEO or PPC, Which One Should You Use?
Posted on :: May 11
Many people think that PPC marketing is a waste of money while others view’s SEO as unworthy. In reality, the two marketing strategies form a perfect combination.
So, who is right? In truth, both sides make accurate arguments. PPC is expensive and click fraud is a monstrous problem. SEO produces free traffic, but it takes along time to get to the top and rankings are subject to the whims of search engine ranking changes. The truth, of course, is both marketing platforms should be used whenever possible.Is Content Optimization necessary?
Posted on :: May 11
If this question is asked to any online marketer or professional Webmaster, then their answers would be surely “yes”. Content optimization is one of the most important part of SEO or Search Engine Optimization. A content is the main base of a website. It determines the quality of the site, its relevancy, popularity, number of visitors and most important is its search engine ranking. To make it work, you need to provide really good quality and original content for website and optimize it very well.
Content optimization is a particular skill that needs to be carefully mastered before moving ahead with the process. Remember it that, it is the contents that will attract more number of visitors and increase the possibility of your potential customer. In this article I have mentioned some of the Do’s and Don’ts for optimizing contents.
AjaxContent :: JQuery Plugin
Posted on :: May 11
AjaxContent is a jQuery plugin build to make easier and fast to perform simple ajax calls. Some new feature like binding to form fields change and the extend functionality that parse the result of the first call applying a second ajaxContent event.
Compressing your Drive may cause you problems
Posted on :: May 8
As I have just recently learned, compressing your hardrive through the use of windows can cause you some very unneccessary pain. I was thinking that by compressing my drive I would save some additonal harddrive space, well, first the savings wasn't all that different from the actual consumption already being used (the compression was so miniscule, it's not really worht it).
But having to shutdown my system to protect it from a very nasty thunderstorm I htought nothing of it, until I had the computer reboot, where I was greeted with the error :
BootManager Compressed.
Press CNTRL+ALT+DEL to restart the boot process.Mango Documentation Plug-in Available!!!
Posted on :: May 7
I've written my first REAL Mango Plugin, MangoDocs, which adds Mango Documentation to the Administration Panel. This Plugin coversMango Tags, Events, Skins & Customization, Plugins and PLugin Development, Custom Authorization and Some General FAQs.
This plugin has been compiled from serveral sources including mangoblog.org, fusiongrokker.com, visual28.com and some topics I've written about Mango. It also covers some indepth-plugin development, Skin Customization and a few advanced topics.
It's valid for Mango Version 1.3.1 and can be installed automatically by inserting the URL below into your Add-Ons download URL.Download the Mango Docs Plugin automatically by using the URL:
http://alteredpixels.net/download.cfm?id=30BD6729-CC84-3536-E9D4E94B94060371Data Types in C#
Posted on :: May 5
Many .NET programmers still do not realize the difference between Primitive, Reference and Value types, or even do not know what they really are or how to use them correctly. Misuse of any type can lead to subtle bugs that are very hard to find. It is very important to understand the different types that .NET Framework supports. In this article, I am going to talk about these different types briefly.
Obtaining a Type Object with Object.GetType()
Posted on :: May 5
We can obtain an instance of the Type class in a variety of ways. However, the one thing we cannot do is directly create a Type object using the new keyword, as Type is an abstract class. The Object.GetType method, the typeof operator, and various methods of the Assembly object return a Type object. GetType is a member of the Object class, which is the ubiquitous base class. Therefore, GetType is inherited by .NET types and available to all managed instances. Each instance can call GetType to return the related Type object. The typeof operator extracts a Type object directly from a reference or value type. Assembly objects have several members that return one or more Type objects. For example, the Assembly.GetTypes method enumerates and returns the Types of the target assembly.
Object Oriented Programming in PHP
Posted on :: May 5
This article introduces Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP. I'll shows you how to code less and better by using some OOP concepts and PHP tricks.Object Oriented Programming in any language is the use of objects to represent functional parts of an application and real life entities. For example you may have a Person object to hold the data related to a person and even provide some functionality that this person may be capable of.
Object Oriented Programming has long been used in games to represent the objects such as a User or an Enemy, or even a Weapon. This amazing way of programming has proven just as useful in software and web development.Google Analytics and Adsense Get Married
Posted on :: May 1
Publishers using both Google Analytics and Google Adsense can now officially integrate their accounts.
Marrying the accounts takes just a few minutes. Publishers need to log into AdSense, select the "Integrate your Adsense account with Google Analytics" on the Reports > Overview tab and simply follow the on-screen instructions. Once complete, publishers will find an AdSense-specific meny under the "Content" section of Analytics containing reports on the top Adsense Content, top AdSense referrers and AdSense Trending. The last reports lets publishers analtize how a site generate revenue during different times of the day and different days of the week.
Is IE8 really fat and slow?
Posted on :: May 1
Since IE8 shipped last week, I’ve been following reviews and user feedback closely. A lot of the reactions to Microsoft’s new browser come down to personal preference: Some people like the usability-oriented tweaks Microsoft made, others think the browser is too busy or cluttered. It’s hard to argue with opinions.
But two criticisms have come up repeatedly that can be measured empirically, so I thought I would do that here. One is the burning question of whether IE8 is faster or slower than its competitors; the other is whether it makes reasonable use of system resources. In this post, I explain why some people are seeing performance issues (and share an obscure system tweak that might just cure IE8 performance and stability problems). I also take a closer look at why some browsers use more memory than others.
Browser wars? The enterprise still loves IE6
Posted on :: May 1
This news may come as a shocker to the tech savvy folks in the house, but 60 percent of companies use Internet Explorer 6 as their default browser, according to Forrester Research. Meanwhile, your IT department spends a decent amount of time erecting barriers to prevent browser upgrades. Bottom line: Companies need a browser policy or they will risk productivity losses.
CSS and Jquery - Creating an Image Slider
Posted on :: May 1
In this tutorial I am actually going to be explaining how to do something which I created for one of my other projects. Basically you are going to create a jquery effect. When a holder is hovered over the top image slides down to reveal the image underneath. I will also explain how to use position absolute to float an image in the top right to show the image is new.
WAMP & SSL :: How to set up SSL Support
Posted on :: May 1
This is a set-by-step guide to installing SSL and https use on WAMP/XAMMP based servers.
AJAX Development Gotchas
Posted on :: May 1
This Article goes over some of the Quirks and Browser behaviors and quirks you hsould be aware of when developing AJAX Applications. We'll be covering browser quirks, limitations and bugs you should watch out for.