A YouTube LOL: The graphic designer talks to his client
That great font of eternal distraction, YouTube, has thrown up another tickler and this one sees a computerised graphic designer trying to reason with a client who demands everything for £3.50 and for...
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Goodbye PageRank... hello mozRank
Google's toolbar PageRank has not been updated for nearly six months now. This in itself is not unique and we know that this year is to see significant changes to Google search (Caffeine update) which...
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A guide to uploading your Drupal theme using the CVS
A constant moan in the Drupal community is the apparent lack of quality themes for users to download from drupal.org; especially in comparison to Wordpress or Joomla. One explanation for this is that...
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The White House choses Drupal
News just surfacing this morning is that the White House (Yeah that Obama dude in Washington DC) has relaunched their website but this time on Drupal. Over the past year a number of large corporations...
View ArticleThe Muppets Arrive on YouTube
For many of us the Muppets were an essential part of our childhood. Amazingly sharp script writing gave it a position amongst children and adults that the Simpsons occupies today. A new set of shorts...
View ArticleDealing with a useless web hosting company
Generally speaking when it comes to web hosting you get what you pay for. If you pay a small annual fee for a shared hosting account then don't expect lightning quick responses when you lodge a query...
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Creating a Drupal theme for the drupal.org repository
It has been stated by some that creating good generic Drupal themes for download at the dot org site is impossible because an accomplished theme is dependent on the use of modules. I disagree. It is...
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Have you seen the elePHPants?
Lets loose from the Code Zoo elePHPants have been spotted all over world, roaming and looking for an Apache pasture to graze on. They were seen in November in Munich, Barcelona in October, in Rio de...
View ArticleHow to temporarily redirect your entire website
I needed to temporarily redirect a number of websites to a holding page informing visitors that maintenance work was under way. It took me a little while to work out the right code to put in the...
View ArticleClassic 90s garage mix
I was always a drum'n'bass rather than garage man but there were some classic tracks from the 90s garage period. I found the mix linked to below on a Russian site. It's worth a download and listen. 1....
View ArticleProtecting your customers' privacy
Protecting users' details is a hot legal issue across Europe. As of November 2009 the European Union opened the way for the ePrivacy Directive to come into force (Source:...
View ArticlePhantom Menace film review on YouTube
I never ever thought I'd write this but I recommend you watch a 70 minute review of the Phantom Menace on YouTube. Yes, 70 minutes! Yes, the Phantom Menace! The Phantom Menace was the Star Wars story...
View ArticleTips to speed up your website performance
Optimisation for quicker web page speed will be the talking point in the web design community in 2010. In November Google declared it a central issue for webmasters after spokesman Matt Cutts announced...
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10 fantastic examples of Drupal used on major web sites
In the autumn of 2009 the open source community was stunned when it was announced that the White House was to relaunch on a Drupal platform. Clearly, it was a milestone not just for Drupal but for all...
View ArticleChoosing the right web hosting provider for your business
Choosing the right web hosting company is an important decision. Often, it also the most neglected aspect of the digital economy as companies and individuals are eager to publish their website but not...
View ArticleAbsolutely terrible spelling on legal website
Connell Associates Solicitors have been in existence for some years now I presume that they are not a Mickey Mouse outfit as they are members of the Law Society; however, their grasp of the English...
View ArticleThe internet 10 years ago this month – January 2000
It's easy to forget how much the World Wide Web has progressed over the last decade and how seamlessly it has blended in with our everyday activities, but exactly 10 years ago – in the UK at least –...
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10 Chrome Extensions for Web Designers
If you are using a PC for web design then it's likely that Firefox is your choice of browser while those using Mac's are more likely to use Safari. The new face in the class is Google Chrome. Google...
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Guide to using CSS3 border image
The reason I am writing this guide is that I've read many of the current online tutorials and they are all quite confusing to those first approaching this CSS property. It's clear as well border-image...
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Probably the most uninviting hotel website in the world
Not since the death of animated GIFs and Java applets have I had the misfortune to visit such an appalling hotel website. No, not every hotel website has the high usability and design standards of...
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