Joomla 1.5 Module Overrides
Out of the box, Joomla 1.5 is a powerhouse of functionality. But as with any stock system, there are a few things that may need to be tweeked in order to get the result you want or expect. Take Joomla menu controls for instance. They’re fine and functional, and 90% of the time no additional […]
Joomla 1.5 and WordPress 2.7 integration?
Well, I must confess that this WordPress plugin for Joomla would rock if it works as described. Comments on the page are hit and miss, so looks like I’ll have to try it out for myself to get a better idea. Groan. =)
Twitter is a Cocktail Party
Great article about Twitter from Snapps’ Rob Novak, a high-profile Lotus consultant/developer and good friend to my colleague Carol Dobies. Over at his Lotus Rock Star blog, he makes the case for Twitter, and likens it to a cocktail party. Money quote: Just something to consider if you’re squarely in the “why would I care” […]
Great GREP tutorial/summary over at Ars
Ars Technica is running a great primer on GREP by Ryan Paul. Covers basic usage and then introduces the user to regular expressions. Check it out here.
Suggested Reading
Don’t Make Me Think is suggested reading for darn near everyone in the field of web design and deployment. Susana Bruhn got me thinking about this book again recently when she was asking for good user interface source material and I recommended it. Along these lines, she also passed along 8 Characteristics Of Successful User Interfaces, a […]
PDF Linking Reminders
Q) Can you deep link inside a PDF? A) Yes, but only by specifying PDF page numbers. Can’t link to Bookmarks. Link would look like this: http://www.domain.com/test/test.pdf#page=3 Q) Can you specify a link in a PDF to open it’s target in a new window? A) No, not for URL links. They will open in the […]
Phoca Gallery Joomla Plug 404 Error Resolution
Here’s an oddity that I don’t quite understand, but am happy to simply note the solution for. =) Installed Phoco Gallery on two sites recently. On the first site everything works fine. On the second site clicking a thumbnail generates a 404 error. Hmm. Everything is configured the same, but I found this post on […]
Notes on Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress
Found a great WordPress plugin for automatically generating/updating a Google sitemap file for a blog. It’s called Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress and it’s pretty slick. Had some nice debugging features to help out developers with odd environments, too. The one problem, and I saw this coming, was that the entire blog directory must be writable […]
Great Email CSS-Compliance Chart
Great chart over at Campaign Monitor showing what CSS properties various email readers (both desktop and web-based) support. Handy for those of us who craft HTML-based emails for clients. =)
Some Useful Facebook SEO Information
Here’s a couple of links worth reading that pertainto Facebook and SEO/SEM… How to Make a Fan Page in Facebook Why You Need to Make a Facebook Fan Page for Your Website NOW!
