Category: Web Development
Services for Charities & Non-profits
As a non-profit and charity, I’m often on the look out for tools and services that I can use for the BMTG website . However, apart from various sites offering to create free websites, there seems little in the way of help for such groups. However, there are two sites/companies that I’d like to recommend… Memset They host [...]
Google Maps Error – Solved!
For some time I’ve been struggling with a problem with my Google Maps API – an error that will sometimes appear in Internet Explorer. Anyway, I did some research yesterday and found a number of possible solutions. They all revolve around the idea that IE doesn’t like you displaying the map until the page has [...]
Goal Achieved!
After spending much time over the last couple of months looking at improving website performance I took the plunge and even bought a book on the subject – I find reading technical material in book form far easier than online. Anyway, High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders is recommended. Now that the plug is out of the way, [...]
WordPress Upgrade
I’ve finally got around to upgrading my blog to version 2.5 of WordPress. Their site recommended I install a maintnenace mode plugin before commencing – it would let visitors know why the site was down. A good recommendation I though. I installed it and activated it. I then did the upgrade. Going to my site [...]
Installing a second Firefox build
Before, I talked about installing the beta of Internet Explorer 8 for website test purposes. Unfortunately, and I covered this also, it doesn’t sit with existing IE installations, unlike Firefox which you simply install into a seperate folder. Now, and this comes from experience, all may not go well when two Firefox installations try to [...]
Internet Explorer 8
The first Beta of IE8 has been released for developers. And, yes, I have a copy. First impressions? Well, apart from the first run after the install hanging, and it prompting me during the install for how I’d like it set-up and then not doing what I asked, it’s gone relatively smoothly I’ve not had [...]
PHP Speedy
In my previous article I discussed various ways to improve website performance. I mentioned PHP Speedy , a script from Aciddrop . PHP Speedy has 3 main functions… “Minify” your code, JavaScript and CSS. GZIP code, JavaScript and CSS. Add Far_future_expires for JavaScript and CSS Now, there’s not a lot of documentation on what exactly it does, just how to use [...]
Improving website performance
Website performance is becoming a bit of a lost art. As more and more people get broadband, and that broadband gets quicker, then website owners spend less time looking at performance. After all, when you have a quick connection, why bother? What these people forgot is that not everybody is on the same super-quick broadband. [...]
Google Maps revisited
I blogged recently with a simple script for adding a Google map onto your site. I’ve since written an enhanced PHP script, so thought I’d share it. First of all, you’ll need to download the following 2 PHP scripts… map_head.php map_main.php The first file must be added into the HEAD section of your HTML in [...]
TotalEdit
TotalEdit Download from… http://www.codertools.com Download size… 5.65MB Installation size… 12.93MB It isn’t often I try out a new code editor and get excited. But TotalEdit is doing precisely that. Let’s see what it’s got… Resizable word wrap Line numbering Ability to easily add multiple browser launch Correctly syntax checks PHP embedded within HTML code Work on [...]
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