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Archive for October, 09

2009


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Update To Free Online Favicon Generator/Converter Tool

Categories :: Tools

Seems like there were a couple bugs in the Online Favicon Generator Tool but I worked things out and things should be running smoothly now. Saving is and loading is still very simple.

2009


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Secure PHP login without database

Categories :: PHP, Web Security

Although not recommended but maybe for some reason you need to create a PHP login without the use of any database (SQL). For some reason you maybe scared to approach, but here I made a script that is fairly secure without utilizing any database at all. It allows users to login and stay logged in. If you are one of those people then here's the script for you.

2009


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Updating to WordPress 2.8.5 – Just do it!

Categories :: WordPress

This morning when I logged into my WordPress I noticed the notification to update to version 2.8.5. I was hesitant as it might change up some of the work and modifications to the version I'm currently using (2.8.4). It turns out it was a small update from 2.8.4 but an essential one. For those of you who are using anything older I strongly urge you to prioritize and update as there has been many major security updates since.

2009


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In page popup with faded background – in PHP

Categories :: CSS, HTML, PHP

Sometimes you may be required to have popup windows on your website. They're obtrusive and hard to style with your site, in summary – nasty. What I've seen is other websites fade out their background and have an in page popup. I came up with a script that does the same thing in PHP and it looks exactly like the image below. Jump to the next page for the script.

2009


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No more Google pagerank, no more worries?

Categories :: SEO

Ever since Google and SEO exploded web developers overly obsessed over page ranks. As time passed people became more and more insane over "WHAT'S YOUR PR?", "WHEN'S THE NEXT PR UPDATE?", and "I ACHIEVED x PR IN x MONTHS". Regardless of how you try to convince people not to dwell on it, people did. It was impossible, it's like trying to tell people Diet Coke is not for losing weight. Over the weekend something miraculous happened, the official dropping of PageRanks by Google. Now, no longer would you have to worry about delegating SEO time to this treachery.

2009


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Importance of Alexa Ranking

Categories :: SEO, Web Owners

I know a couple webmasters myself and they've always been obsessed with their "Alexa Ranking", and to some degree has used it to measure their success on the world wide web. Is this accurate? The short answer – No! The long answer, is possibly but based on how you use it. I'm going to break down what Alexa measures, how is it relevant for you and how you should use it.

2009


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Online Favicon Generator/Converter

Categories :: Tools, Web Design

Its not like it hasn't been done before, but here it is again, my take on the Online Favicon Generator/Converter. It was just a fun project I was working on myself. Here's a free tool for you to create, edit and save your favicon. Supporting image formats such as PNG, GIF, BMP, JPG, and ICO files. There's also some simple tools for you to make some quick edits without firing up the Ol'Photoshop. Go ahead and try it out, create your own favicon.

2009


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Favicon and what are they for?

Categories :: Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Owners

For web owners, overtime you'll notice a thing, which is not new called the favicon. You may have came across it and lightly discussed about it but have never drilled any further on it. Well I'm about to explain to you what the favicon is used for in modern web design. If you still have no clue what the favicon is, it is the little image show below.

2009


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PHP Simple Email Validation

Categories :: PHP, Scripts and Programming

When having having forms on your website one of the most common form fields is usually the user's email. To ensure you're receiving quality information and not receiving bogus spams you should validate the email to be of a real one or close enough to. Here's a quick free email validation script for those PHP lovers.

2009


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Increase traffic to your blog/website for free

Categories :: Blogging, Web Owners

When you first planned out your website or blog you thought to yourself, "WOW! This is a great idea, people will love it". After a couple weeks or months of launch your still looking at your analytic wondering why you're hovering so low in traffic. Well, here's the thing, you haven't gained momentum yet. I'll give you a general outlook of how to produce traffic for free and keep it high.