Just as there are some things that can bolster the life of your SEO campaign, there are also sure-fire ways on that you could hurt them. Ranging from poor research to misinterpretations, here are 4 things that will surely cause the downfall of your campaign. 1) Have the mentality that SEO is “get-it-running-and-forget-about-it.” No matter [...]
When it comes to choosing a web content management system, we often go for the obvious option: free, open source software. But what if we need something a little more professional? Given the success of open source CMSs, the market for business-grade, enterprise CMSs is generally ignored. Many small and medium-size businesses want a powerful, [...]
This tutorial walks you through the steps to making an anime header using Adobe Photoshop.
AJAX or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is an innovative way of using existing technologies to create highly interactive web applications. AJAX allows portions of the page to be updated without having to refresh and reload the entire page…
Prior to JavaScript and other client-side languages, Web browsers operated as if they were HTML dumb terminals, merely presenting Web pages generated on a server. For such pages, every user action requires a full page refresh, with a round-trip over the Internet, which degrades performance and thus user satisfaction. It may be fine for a great many Web sites, but it is completely inadequate for high-performance dynamic Web applications.
So, you’re a decent web developer. You’ve written some nifty code, and now you want to share it with the world. But wait – what about licensing? Here’s a brief run down on what you need to know about open source licenses. Disclaimer: Akash isn’t really a lawyer, and he’s certainly not your lawyer. None [...]
This Photoshop tutorial walks you through the process of creating a simple watermark for use with all the images you would like to protect.
Following this post by Akash Mehta, I thought that a precise dateDiff() function might be helpful for many of you. The following function calculates the difference of two dates in “day” or “month” or “year” more precisely. This function is production ready and you can use it in any of your application which mainly …
Ask anyone if images make them read the blog, majority will answer yes. Images can spruce up your blog entries. They can be compelling, create some emotions and they can help you convince your readers. You can use photographs you took yourself or make do with stock images available online. Some are for free while [...]
Toby Somerville recently blogged about giving visitors a rough time – instead of displaying exact timestamps, providing a rough written approximation of the time. Toby suggested that we generally communicate in approximate times, but on the web we usually work with exact timestamps. His idea was that by displaying the time as you would describe [...]
