How to Build Fast, High-Capacity Podcast Sites on the Cheap!
Written by henshaw | Posted on February 21st, 2008
Originally presented at PodCamp Nashville Many people have figured out how to record, edit and create their podcasts, but they don’t know how to easily setup a podcast website — let alone, set it up for the possibility of hundreds or thousands of people downloading it at one time. This tutorial shows you how to …
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Microsoft Gives Away Early (or Late) Christmas Present to Web Designers
Written by henshaw | Posted on January 22nd, 2008
It is no secret that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 6 (and anything before it) is the bane of all Web Designers’ existence. If you’re a Web Designer and you don’t agree with that statement, then you are most certainly delusional and you probably hate Web Standards (assuming you’ve heard of them). IE 6 is best …
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Create 404 Pages That Market Your Website, Not Turn Them Away
Written by Lee Smith-Bryan | Posted on January 15th, 2008
From a user experience point of view, 404 pages are not something you want to see. If you reach one, it means the content is gone or has been moved. Also, the average Internet user has no idea what the “404″ actually means, even though that’s usually the message they see. For webmasters and search …
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A Third (Smaller) Option for Embedding Flash Using JavaScript
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 27th, 2007
In January (2007), I wrote a howto for embedding Flash using JavaScript. The examples I gave were for SWFObject and Unobtrusive Flash Objects (UFO) — the howto was for UFO. Now there’s a third viable option for embedding Flash using JavaScript. It’s called FlashReplace and was written by Robert Nyman. The unique feature of FlashReplace …
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How to View the Generated HTML Output from JavaScript Web Widgets
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 27th, 2007
One of the best things to come from social networking and the so called Web 2.0 is the Web widget. Web widgets allow users to easily drop JavaScript code into their own website and instantly add content and features. Most Web widgets contain CSS ids and classes that allow the webmaster to alter the look-and-feel …
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Implementing Contextual Feedback and Help to Improve the Usability of Web Applications
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 12th, 2007
Traditionally, communication between developers and users has been sparse. Developers have always provided limited help through a single help window and users rarely get the chance to offer feedback and bug reports. However, those limitations have been changing in recent years. Many software developers have created help forums where users can discuss issues with other …
Matt Cutts Offers Insight Into Site Building
Written by Lee Smith-Bryan | Posted on December 10th, 2007
Michael Dorausch transcribed the audio from a video recorded at PubCon 2007 that featured Matt Cutts discussing the best methods for building a website. In the dialogue between Matt and Guy Kawasaki, Matt suggested his three step process for creating a really good site and getting a ton of traffic. Matt’s 3-Step-Process Make a Compelling …
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“CSS Based” Showcases Raven Website for Design Quality
Written by henshaw | Posted on November 29th, 2007
Since launching Raven (Sitening’s premier SEO Toolkit) earlier this week, the website continues to gain recognition for Shelly’s modern and elegant design. CSS Based, a project providing Web designers a database of well-designed CSS based websites from around the world, is the most recent design showcase website to feature Raven.
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CSS Mania Features Raven SEO Tools
Written by Jon Henshaw | Posted on November 27th, 2007
CSS Mania, one the Web’s most respected showcase sites for CSS design, today is featuring Sitening’s Raven SEO Tools. Raven is the professional version of Sitening’s free search engine optimization tools. Our public beta version launched – please try it and let us know what you think.
Avoiding the Digg Effect on Textpattern: How to Install Page Caching
Written by henshaw | Posted on November 18th, 2007
Textpattern is a fast content management system (CMS). In fact, many tests have shown it to be much faster than its competitors, like WordPress. However, it’s still a CMS, which means its content is dynamic and it requires a connection to a database to serve complete pages to a Web browser. That can be a …
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