December 2006

Over the last few months I’ve received a surprising number of requests that involve integrations with Paypal, especially integrations between Joomla/Virtuemart and Paypal. For the most part,... Read More
Learn how to pull ranked search results out of your Full-Text indices.Read More
Not a very pleasant title for a blog post for sure, but that my loyal readers has been mine life for the past week and a half. I’ve been fighting the flu / an upper respiratory infection which... Read More
This week I’m happy to announce the publication my first e-book, “Outsourcing Web Projects: 6 Steps to a Smarter Business“, now available here at SitePoint. The book provides a winning strategy... Read More
 
Well that was a raging success… not! Apparently database normalization isn’t something that web developers find all that interesting. (But thanks to malikyte and xhtmlcoder for keeping... Read More
 
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Adobe has released Photoshop CS3 Beta for all licensed CS2 users. Others can download it to get a 2-day trial. The revamped UI is very nice, while other new features are... Read More
Something I’ve become aware of lately is the near extinction of the visited link state. In a recent comparative review of six industry-related government websites, only one site displayed visited... Read More
For the last month or so, I’ve been working with two particularly great prospects from our sales pipeline. Both potential clients are right in our target market and need substantial amounts of... Read More
 
Who Questions Bill Gates’ Commitment to Web Standards? Molly Holzchlag was among a number of high-profile bloggers invited to discuss the issues of the day with a number of Microsoft insiders,... Read More
A few weeks ago, I posted a scavenger hunt for public data (Read More
Google Blatantly Copies Yahoo!? Google has apparently ripped off Yahoo!’s page to market a branded version of Internet Explorer 7. The designs match very closely, and the screenshot has been... Read More
Is there life beyond the mouse? You bet there is! In this detailed expose, James reveals a world in which scripting is device independent, and users of any type of assistive technology can access our... Read More
kuler Wicked-cool color theme creation tool from Adobe Labs. Generate themes using different color combination algorithms, rate themes that other users have shared, and download any theme you like... Read More
The first Friday of every month is always an interesting day for me. I review all of the timesheets and invoices for the previous month, approve the payroll, initiate wire transfers to pay offshore... Read More