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Stripped Down Naked to Honor Web Designers and Developers

April 8, 2008 – 9:00 pm

In honor of April 9, 2008, as CSS Naked Day, my blog is going naked. I discussed this a few days ago with details on how to strip naked your blog if you would like to join in the celebrations. By going naked, my blog stands with thousands of others who recognize and honor the […]

HTML, CSS, PHP, and More Cheat Sheets

October 10, 2005 – 10:48 am

If you are into tweaking your WordPress Theme or designing one from scratch, here are some HTML/XHTML and CSS Cheat Sheets you might want to add to your resources. * UPDATED * HTML/XHTML Cheat Sheets HTML Cheat Sheet HTML Tags Cheat Sheet HTML Tag and Code Cheat Sheet The HTML Source – HTML Cheat Sheet […]

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Conquering Site Validation Errors

October 6, 2005 – 8:07 am

Validating your web pages is an important part of designing and developing your website design and layout. However, there is a lot of confusion for new users on what all those validation errors mean and what you need to know when working on your website design and layout and WordPress Theme. Begin your web page […]

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Linkability – Link Popularity

October 5, 2005 – 10:49 am

After you’ve validated your web page’s code, content for search engines, is there anything else you can do to maximize your search engine ranking? Yes, there is. It’s known as linkability or link popularity. Google and other modern search engines are now determining a website’s ranking using the theory that if everyone is talking about […]

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CSS and Web Page Design List of Resources

October 4, 2005 – 8:25 am

The following are links to sites to help you design a web page or WordPress blog’s WordPress Theme. These include references for styling or designing your site using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML tips and techniques, accessibility issues, web standards, and designing your web design for mobile, handheld computers, and print. CSS – Reference Cascading […]

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Website Development – Search Engine Submission Preparation

October 1, 2005 – 8:30 am

After you have produced amazingly worthwhile material and resources, and spent time optimizing your web pages, adding tags and categories, and making sure your site is as search engine friendly as possible, it’s time to begin the process of submitting your site to search engines. BUT, there are a couple more things to do before […]

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Site Optimization: Checking Loose Links

September 30, 2005 – 11:19 am

The three biggest complains by Internet users are speed issues, broken links, and slow ads. Let’s tackle the number two complaint: broken links. Few things are more frustrating than tracking down the information you want, and you click the link and get the famous “404 Page Error – Page Not Found”. The term “web” came […]

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Designing a WordPress Theme From Scratch

September 28, 2005 – 5:22 pm

A lot of people are martyrs and want to get their hands in the dirt and design their own WordPress Theme from scratch. That’s okay. I did that, and then got smarter. Let’s start with the smarter choice. First, find a WordPress Theme architecture that you like, be it one or two sidebars, or no […]

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Website Development – Make a Schedule and Calendar

September 27, 2005 – 8:35 am

Part of keeping a viable website is to keep it current and updated. To keep up with all the tasks associated with running a website or blog, here are some tasks you need to aded to your calendar to help you keep track. Checking Your Site Statistics Who is visiting, where they are visiting from, […]

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Site Optimization: Optimizing Bandwidth and Cleaning Out the Code Closet

September 26, 2005 – 4:05 pm

The number one complaint by users has little to do with design elements. It has to do with how long it takes for a web page to load and how willing they are to wait for it. While most people just accept and tolerate the long waits for pages to load, they don’t have to. […]

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Website Development – International Standards and Languages

September 25, 2005 – 10:01 am

While the majority of web pages are in English, moves by the UN and other international groups are working hard to change that. As more and more people speaking a variety of languages gain access to the Internet, foreign language and international issues will become more and more critical to the web page designer. There […]

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Problem Solving the WordPress Header

September 24, 2005 – 4:54 pm

Tips Apply to the Full Version of WordPress. In order to learn more about WordPress, I started hanging out in the WordPress Codex and on the WordPress Support Forum. Over time, as I became more familiar with the inner workings of WordPress and read much of the documentation in the WordPress Codex, I started answering […]

WordPress Tips and Tricks for Style Sheets

September 23, 2005 – 4:22 pm

Tips Apply to the Full Version of WordPress. If you are designing or customizing your own WordPress Theme, here are few tips and tricks to help you. Also check out the article on Designing a WordPress Theme – Building a Sandbox. If you are designing a Theme for others to use, see Designing WordPress Themes […]

Web Pages That Suck

September 22, 2005 – 11:49 am

Top Hated Web Page Elements If you want to stay in the good graces of your visitors, the following are absolute NO-NOs: Music or sounds Flashing anything Movement Too many fonts Too many colors Things that go bump and twirl Automatic Page Refresh For almost ten years, Vincent Flanders of Web Pages That Suck has […]

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Testers, Checkers and Fixers for WordPress Themes

September 21, 2005 – 2:18 pm

There are almost 400 WordPress Themes available from WordPress sponsored outlets. I’m sure there are hundreds more spread out across the web. With so many WordPress Themes, many authors are having a great time creating them, but do little to maintain them. Many WordPress Themes need some serious TLC. Volunteers are being sought by WordPress […]