How To Find Out What That Font Is
Recently I was asked to re-size the advertisement images on our latest web project forestseedlingnetwork.com. In making them shorter, the challenge was to maintain the original look and include all…
How to 301 Redirect example.com to www.example.com in IIS
Most SEO experts say that when you have two or more domains or URLs that have duplicate content, then Google will penalize you. Google and SEO experts recommend that you use 301 redirects to tell…
My Sitecore Training Experience
Jason and I attended a Sitecore training class in Mill Valley, California April 22nd and 23rd. Jason had already built a comprehensive website for Wasatch Funds: https://secure.wasatchfunds.com/ and…
Measuring Success with Cookies
As a web professional, how can you measure that your clients are pleased with what you are doing? Simple. Cookies. No not that kind of cookie. Home made delicious mouse cookies with almond ears and…
6 Techniques To Add Visual Interest To Page Elements
There's quite a buzz out there about what's hot in web design, and it's always ringing in my ear when I fire up Photoshop to create a web page. Once I have chosen the appropriate look and feel for a…
My Social Media Presentation Experience in Newport
Last night Jason and I had the honor of visiting Newport to discuss social media and social networks with seventy-five business owners. That was in a nutshell: scary, rewarding, exhilarating, nervous,…
Working with the PayPal API
PayPal API - Request Reponse DiagramRecently I created a sample application that used various parts of the PayPal API. Although I won't be making the complete sample available in this post, I'll…
Why I Switched To GMail
I recently switched over to google's free gmail client. I'd been using Thunderbird for a couple years and really liked it. But moving to gmail has definitely simplified things for me and greatly…
jQuery Is My Favorite New Tool In The Toolbox
Last weekend I attended BeaverBarCamp and had a great time. This year I gave my first BarCamp talk/session called jQuery 101. Surprisingly, the session was packed! I should have upgraded from a…
My Early Experience With Windows 7 On A Development Machine
Windows 7 is coming. Thank goodness.Last week my Windows XP development machine got to a point where I simply couldn't take it anymore. Between the OS freezing after a recent Windows Update and Visual…
