Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and moderate their own comments platform, and they will also be able to benefit from the comments being ... (more)
Server Smarts™ Newsletter: August 2010: 7 Tips to Improve SEO Here are the seven best SEO tips that our team members noted at a recent Pubcon Masters SEO/SMO Training seminar. Mashable.com: 4 Tips for Writing SEO-Friendly Blog Posts Here ... (more)
Webmasters can now put Google's "like competitor" +1 on their web pages. Many webmasters will groan with trepidation at the thought of having to squeeze yet another piece of social javascript junk onto their beautifully crafted pages, but ... (more)
Web Programming This section is all about web development, helping programmers to develop the best sites possible. The key elements of successful web development: Performance - Interface - Maintainability (more)
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There are lots and lots of options nowadays for recording your parkrun, and the prices vary enormously. Even within the Garmin stable you could pay from under £50 for a fully working second-hand unit, to £500 or more for the latest ... (more)
From Julii What's wrong with regular cat food? I should preface by saying that I don't think it matters as much as some people make out. Especially when it comes to feeding a pet at such high risk of getting run over by a car, and given ... (more)
Think Environmental: The Green Options Install a wind turbine? Do more recycling? Walk everywhere? Fly less? What's best? It'd be hard to come up with a complete and 100% accurate ranking of the value of each possible action. ... (more)
Install imagemagick Create a destination directory for the images Create a batch file (eg, C:\webimage.bat) with this line in it: convert %~nx1 -resize 900x700 C:\web\%~nx1 Download and install ContextEdit: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload ... (more)
Have you heard of in-app purchases? If you haven't now, you might have by the time your credit card bill or bank statement comes in. It's extremely easy to spend money inside iPhone and iPad apps, and you may not realise that the high-tech ... (more)
Park Tools make durable, reliable track pumps in the form of the PFP-3, PFP-6 and PFP-8 models. I have a couple of these in the garage (one stays put, the other is a spare for events) and they're decent kit. However, one part that slowly ... (more)