Editor's Roundup
SitePoint is setting a record-breaking pace! We're expanding so fast
that we had to add a new section to the Community Crier.
In Around
the Town, we'll look at a new forum, a new marketplace, and a new
Facebook page. There are also more prize giveaways and an invitation to a
SitePoint-sponsored presentation.
The SitePoint publishing team is proud to announce the fourth edition of
a favorite publication. And the SitePoint blogging team have shared with us
a range of tips about web design, SEO, and collaborating with clients.
With all this activity, you might need a break. Pathfinders
suggests a great place to take one.
Since our last newsletter:
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We've added two new Simply
Brilliant staff members and interviewed an inspiring Member of the
Month.
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We had some great fun with last month's Shout-out
and hope you'll give us the time of day in this month's.
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A new SitePoint Social
Group calls for your attention.
Looking for some new faces? You'll surely find them in Introductions.
Stop by and say "Hello
There!"
Are you ready to run? Let's go!
Summary
Around the Town
Events
On July 5, Shayne Tilley introduced a new forum at SitePoint: the Content
Reviews forum. Like the Site Reviews forum, Content Reviews is a
moderated forum, but if you follow the guidelines, you'll find it's easy
to gain feedback on your written content.
On June 22, SitePoint premiered Flippa.com, the new home for web site
buyers and sellers of premium, established, and startup web sites.
The SitePoint
Marketplace is still open for Looking to Hire and
Advertise Your Services classifieds, as well as other products
and services for sale. Discussions are open on Marketplace expansion
possibilities. What do you think the SitePoint Marketplace should focus
on? Leave your feedback in Shayne's thread, flippa.com:
It's Alive.
Rachael Wilson announced the winners of the Flash
Builder Giveaway late last month. Stop by the thread and congratulate
prizewinners Joseph Sims, Curt Tweedle, and Wayne McManus.
Connect
with SitePoint on Facebook. Our new Facebook page is up, and we'd like
to know what you want to see on it. Leave your suggestions in the thread or
visit the
page to see how we're doing so far!
SitePoint is a Gold Sponsor for the July Melbourne Web Standards Group
(WSG) meeting on Monday, July 20. The topic is CSS3 Reloaded, where John
Allsopp will present what's been happening behind the scenes with CSS3. If
you live in Melbourne, log
in here to RSVP for this event.
Books
If you missed the early editions of Build Your Own
Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL by Kevin Yank, the
fourth edition is hot off the presses. Purchase the book directly from
SitePoint and receive a free PHP reference poster as a bonus.
Blogs
Andrew Tetlaw shares his experience of building a desktop application in
Adobe AIR in "Take Your
CSS to the Desktop with Adobe AIR!" If you're an Adobe AIR fan,
you'll enjoy testing your knowledge with the quiz at the end of this
article.
If you're a photo blogger, Five
jQuery Galleries and Slideshows is a must-read blog post. Jennifer
Farley provides the demos and downloads that make plugging into your
photos almost as easy as snapping a picture.
It's common knowledge that web development businesses are built on
referrals. In Referrals:
How Do You Say Thank You?, Alyssa Gregory examines several ways to
express your gratitude that will keep those referrals coming in again and
again.
In SEO:
What's Hot and What's Not, Mihaela Lica shows us how to use social
networking, linkbaiting, and long-tail keywords to build on your online
community and maximize your social networks.
Articles
Bruce Lawson takes us through the ins and outs of HTML 5 in Yes, You Can
Use HTML 5 Today! The question is, do you want to? Read the article and
decide.
Paul Boag shares seven win-win steps that can help designers and clients
dodge The
Battlefield of Design: Designers vs Clients, with tips on avoiding
confrontation and building collaborative relationships.
Pathfinders
With all this activity, do you need a break?
At SitePoint, General
Chat is the place to kick off your shoes and become involved in the
lighter side of forum membership. Aside from being the spot to take part
in the Community Crier Monthly
Shout-out, you'll find discussion on such items as The Big
Thread of Meaningless Milestones, The Person
Above You, and other amusing and entertaining topics.
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Simply Brilliant
New Staff
Back in 2004, a very impressive designer frequented the old SitePoint
Design Contests forums. She's still impressive today and it's a pleasure
to now welcome her to SitePoint staff. Please stop by and congratulate
kohoutek, our new Community Team Mentor.
AlexDawson is simply an incredible individual. Last month's
MOTM, Alex is this month's newest Mentor. Please congratulate
Alex on his new position on the Hosting Team.
MOTM
Mitteneague's interview of SitePoint's
new MOTM, devbanana, is one of the most inspiring I've ever
read. Devbanana is a computer programmer, a pianist, a forum
owner, a blogger, and a college student. Where he finds the time for all
the activity is a mystery. There's even more to the mystery of
devbanana, but I'll let you read all about it on the thread. So
stop by the MOTM thread, become inspired by devbanana, and offer
him your congrats!
Shout-out
How do you keep your cool?
Whether you're hot under the collar or just plain hot, last month we
asked "How
Do You Keep Your Cool?" Although our poll was based towards
"just plain hot", many of our members suggested ways to stay
cool when tempers are ready to flare.
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Mrandrei uses both long, cold showers and long, hot steam
baths to keep his cool.
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my_misvel keeps cool by shopping in air conditioned malls.
Shopping is also a great stress relief for me.
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Darren884 and CaptainKay escape the heat by jumping
into a pool.
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kohoutek keeps her cool by eating "extremely hot and
spicy food."
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matt348 finds that a good, relaxing motorcycle ride blows the
heat right away.
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cyberwhiz takes a 45-minute walk to keep his cool, while
riazishere takes a deep breath to stay cool.
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6% of respondents just sizzle until they burn out, while 25% are just
always "totally cool!"
What about you? If you have some tips on keeping your cool or just
staying cool, stop by and leave them in the thread.
What's your favorite time of the day?
I love morning, especially when I'm up in time to see the sunrise.
This month I wonder "What's
your favorite time of the day?" Pick a time from our poll and tell
us why it's your favorite in the Shout-out thread:
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Very early morning (midnight to sunrise)
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Morning (sunrise to midday)
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Afternoon (midday to sunset)
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Evening (sunset to midnight)
SitePoint Social
Our newest community network, mobile
world, comes from Richi1087. It's a spot to discuss mobile
applications, gain help with developing new mobile apps, and share ideas
for mobile content.
Hello There!
SitePoint must have set a record last month with over 100 new members
joining our ranks. Be sure to stop by Introductions
and hand out some welcomes. Here are five of the latest additions to the
SitePoint clan:
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From Latvia, Karlis
has been developing web pages since 1998. He enjoys travel, skiing,
volleyball, and describes himself as a "petrolhead."
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Floater
from Canada has recently swapped the bricks and mortar workplace for web
space.
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David
Childress recently left a position as a press brake operator and
is now learning how to operate web sites.
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JZ
Design is a graphic designer from the Midwestern US who came to
SitePoint to learn more about web design.
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Csscoll
is a freelance computer programmer who's exploring CSS design.
That's it for July. Thanks for reading and until next month, I'll see
you at the SitePoint Forums.
Linda Jenkinson
crier@sitepoint.com
Editor,
SitePoint Community Crier
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