2005 January

Ever wonder how people place RSS feeds onto their Web site? A few weeks ago, I came across RSS Digest. This useful generator, echoes a code into your Web site, that retrieves RSS from other Web sites of your choice. No coding is required as well. You just need to know where you will like […]

Truth be told I have done help and review articles for the Web hosting world for a long time. In a division of technology where there are so many questions, I have tried by best to deliver people answers. Now I am taking a step in another direction. The direction of the […]

I like to keep an eye on some of the larger forums and message boards who’s subjects are about Web hosting. Some might call it lurking, others might just call it creepy. How else am I going to find topics that people are interested in though?

Go ahead, cut your domain name prices! It looks like everybody else is! Netcraft is reporting that Yahoo plans on keeping their own $4.98 domain name prices for a little longer. The price which was suppose to run out at the end of December, is now running till February 8.

Is it true that a Web hosting company would be giving away their hosting? Now usually I say stay away from junk like this, because that is exactly what it is, junk. Well this time around I could be wrong. Why? The name behind it is 1&1, one of the world’s […]

Dave, being a new web developer I would like to know how I can code for a numeric value to decrease by 1 every 24 hours based on the local time function.

Specifically, we are trying to create a reminder for our employees of an upcoming DoD audit in the facility. The count down will […]

Some of us have the talent, others don’t, so we get other people to do it for us. Susan from Sitepoint, outlines the main keys when you hire a Web designer, if the time comes upon you. This article takes a look at the key points to follow, when you hire a Web designer to […]

Dave, I keep hearing about RSS, XML and RSS feeds. I just barely have a clue what they are, but when people then start talking about RSS aggregators, what are they talking about and why would I want one? Do you use an aggregator, and if so, which one?

Now this is a program that could save a lot of people a whole lot of heartache! PhishGuard works to alert you to sites known to be scams right their from the comfort of your own Web browser. A cool idea to be sure, I am still a little unsure as to the accuracy of […]

Getting highly ranked in a search engine is all of our dreams. Some of us accomplished that, others haven’t. I am one who hasn’t. This useful article will give you a few tips to get highly ranked. Along with getting ranked high, comes with benefits. The big one: Hits on your Web site.

I’ve discovered a bug in MT 3.15.
See this article for some of the details.
The thread on the help ticket I filed with MovableType is as follows:

While surfing my daily tech Web sites, I came across this interesting article, that gives you the top 5 Web design applications (for Windows), you cannot live without. These applications are useful, and are already on my Windows machine.

Dave, how do I remove the “white” background color from the Google Adsense Search toolbar since it isn”t a gif or jpg picture as is your “Ask Dave” icon? Thanks!

Most download managers suck, pure and simple. Broadband, dial-up, what ever. But this Fresh Download program looks like it might actually be fairly promising! It has maintained a great rating and appears to have all of the features one would expect from a download manager as well.

While I have yet to have an opportunity to try ViewSheild, the idea behind the program does sound interesting. Apparently it is a ‘privacy suite’ designed to make your Web surfing experience a little bit safer. The idea is sound enough, but I must confess that I using another browser might just be a little […]

Are you new to computers? What about technology? If so, do I have a web site for you. The site I am talking about is located right here. CNet is a site that offers a lot of different FREE classes that can usually be completed in 4-8 weeks. You only need spend a few minutes […]

As the Web hosting control panel questions keep rolling in, I’ll keep answering them. This latest question came to me after writing the three part series on control panels a few weeks ago for Lockergnome. I made a request for folks to send me any questions they might have about control panels, and […]

I had the honor of interviewing Kelly Goto for the second time, two years after the first interview. She has published a new version of her successful book, Web Redesign 2.0: Workflow that Works. In this link, you can read a review of the book.

This Website Utility sounds a bit like a HTML validator with an attitude, doesn’t it? Designed to check you Website for errors, it also has the ability to crawl your Website like a search engine spider might in order to check word ranking, plus a whole lot more.

As many of you know, I had a very rough few months to close out 2004. However, I have also had a very rough start to 2005. I am hoping all of my bad times are behind me and I can make a fresh start and begin to add new content here on a more […]