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Tips and lessons for coding your site.

Validating HTML Killed a Plugin

Posted on: Thursday, March 18th, 2010 in: Code, Software

How validating HTML can find unnecessary plugins for your website or blog. An example using the TweetMeme button.

Give that Acronym a Title

Posted on: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 in: Code

How to code an acronym a mouseover title on your site.

Google Looks to Improve Their Own On-site SEO

Posted on: Monday, March 8th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

Google releases their own SEO report card. See how you can improve your own on-site SEO, and also improve your HTML.

My Minimum Width Hack for IE6

Posted on: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 in: Code

Easy fix for IE6 in regards to setting a minimum width.

Giant Image Syndrome

Posted on: Thursday, February 25th, 2010 in: Code, Graphic Design, Usability & Design

How giant images within your website can completely mess up your layout.

The Benefits of Validating HTML

Posted on: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

How validating HTML benefits the developer. Part 3 of 3.

Why Validating HTML is Important to the User

Posted on: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

Reasons Why Validating HTML is Important to the User. Part 2 of a three part post.

Reasons Why Validating HTML is Important to You

Posted on: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

In the next two posts I will list some real reasons why validating html will benefit the user, and how it will benefit YOU.

HTML and CSS Cheatsheet

Posted on: Monday, February 8th, 2010 in: Code

Review of W3C’s Element Cheatsheet

Show Me Your Gravatar

Posted on: Thursday, January 28th, 2010 in: Code, Software

The how and why to get a gravatar. The how to display them on your website or blog.

Free Meta Tag Analyzer

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

One of my favorite online tools I like to use is SEOCentro’s Meta Tag Analyzer, brief review.

Free Heading Tags

Posted on: Monday, January 11th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

The value of heading tags, examples, and a brief how to.

Website Consistency is Your Best Friend

Posted on: Monday, January 4th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

The importance of site wide consistency, and a list of tips to help you keep your site as consistent as possible.

My Goal for 2010 is to Increase Goals

Posted on: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 in: Analytics, Code, Software

How and why, you should use Google Analytics Goal feature. It’s time to set some goals for the new year.

Are You Using Socialize on Feedburner?

Posted on: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 in: Code, Software

Google’s Feedburner adds Socialize, a method to tweet your new RSS content.

Suggested Methods to Improve Browser Rendering

Posted on: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 in: Code, Usability & Design

The final post of a series about improving website performance, and how to make sure it loads quickly.

Speed Up that Website – Reduce File Size and Limit Cookie Size

Posted on: Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 in: Code, Graphic Design, Server Side, Usability & Design

Reducing file size, and limiting cookie sizes to keep your site running smooth and fast.

Minimizing Round Trip Times – RTT

Posted on: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 in: Code, Server Side, Usability & Design

A brief tutorial on how to speed up your website by minimizing round trip times, RTT. Control your redirects, and pack your script.

Suggested Methods by Google for Speeding Up Your Website

Posted on: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 in: Code, Server Side, Usability & Design

Ensure your site is optimized for fast loading by following Google’s recommended tips. First step, caching content.

Slow Websites are a Dying Breed

Posted on: Monday, December 7th, 2009 in: Code, Usability & Design

If you want anybody looking at your website, it’s time to speed that load time up. This week I will posting several tips on how to do just that starting with some basics today.