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Easy-as-you-like! Adapt Square Boxes with Hassle-Free Curves

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves.» tip » Nice Round Corners with Tiny Code Snippet

Is Woopra Gambling Dangerously on the Cool Factor?

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Desktop live web statistics service Woopra is gambling - dangerously, inevitably or both - with it's ratecard rollout, selling the cool factor to the 'Web 2.0' crowd. Maybe you heard, Woopra has announced an end to its 2-year beta programme, signalling costs for established web sites. The tracking service remains free for startup sites and [...]» news » Woopra Beta Ends For the Better?

Build a Sex-On-Legs WebDev Machine

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Build the ultimate box. Starring Linux Ubuntu, Windows emulation via VirtualBox, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, best Firefox addons, Woopra and much much more ...» intro » Web Developer's Dream Machine :P

Guvnr Gets Steroids - Pursuing The Holy Grail of Less HTTP Requests

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

An often overlooked blog or web site improvement is reducing HTTP requests. Good for page load, improved usability, SEO and ultimately for traffic.» tip & preview » Control HTTP Requests to Enhance Your Site

GA's 'Site Overlay' Creating Opaque Unlinkable Site

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The issue: Website doesn't load properly after opting for a Click Pattern 'Site Overlay' on your GA Dashboard, rendering opaque. HERE'S THE SOLUTION!» how-to » Fix GA Opaque Error

Video How-to: Install WordPress - Nice 'n Simple

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

So you wanna blog, huh? And you've looked at the options, and like WordPress. Me too! And you like the expandability and personalisation that a Wordpress standalone install gives, but are put off by the installation process? ... Don't be. [...]» video » Install WordPress & Connect the Database

Video How-to: 10 Tips To Make WordPress Hack-Proof

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

"WordPress - Be Secure Not Hacked!" 10 easy steps; How to upgrade, update/hide plugins, change db prefix & turn off errors, delete "admin", password, hide version, remove WP meta tag, create .htaccess file. Prevention is better than cure, all that...» guide + video » Secure WordPress in 10 Steps

Video How-to: Backup & Restore a Database with phpMyAdmin

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

See just how fast 'n easy it is to backup & restore a db with phpMyAdmin. Plus, for WordPress, how to use wp-phpmyadmin to secure your WordPress db...» guide + video » Save & Load phpMyAdmin DB

jQuery Birthday, 1.3 Born, OpenSource Lives On

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

PHEW! jQuery has teamed up with the Software Freedom Conservancy. So our favorite javascript library is future-proofed, and so are our projects [...]» news » jQuery stays Opensource

Video How-to: Add a Favicon

Friday, December 5th, 2008

If I had a Big Mac for every favicon tutorial out there, I'd be dead. But hey, I needed a favicon, and I figured a video illustrating the process may come in handy for some folks, so here goes. What is a favicon, and what's it for? I explain that here and in the [...]» video » Insert Favicon Tutorial