Thursday, January 31, 2013

CSS, WordPress, Google, thumbs.db, eyeball, Cassandra, aiCache and more

Cloudy with a chance of CSS4.       View this online.
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Ricky Onsman

Hi, folks! My favorite item this week is our own great new service for assessing broken code. Eyeball is going to change things. We also have some CSS, WordPress plugins, Google theme words, pricing your services, programming languages and getting rid of those annoying image caching files in Windows. Plenty for you to do.

Ricky Onsman / Managing Editor
CSS Selectors Level 4: The Path to CSS4

OK, it's controversial and probably unnecessary to invoke the term CSS4, but the next evolutionary stage of CSS is likely to include much of what Syed Fazle Rahman points out is the subject of discussion.

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CSS4
Eyeballs on Your Front End

We're working on a whole new approach to identifying and fixing broken CSS, HTML and JavaScript. One aspect of this approach is Eyeball, a Twitter-based way of requesting site assessments. Try it.

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Eyeball
How to Switch Off Thumbs.db

Count me among those who get irritated by these image cache files. Craig Buckler explains how to get rid of them. Don't be fooled into thinking you disable them. No. You enable turning them off.

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Thumbs.db
Try New Relic Today and Get this Awesome Shirt

New Relic is the only SaaS based application performance monitoring software that gives you full stack analytics.  Monitor your browser, your app, and your servers all with just a few lines of code.  Best of all when you try our product you get this awesome Nerd Life shirt to show off in front of all your friends. Try it today!

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Why You Should Never Drop Your Price

Craig puts his business hat on (that's the one that doesn't have a propeller) and comes up with five reasons for never lowering your professional charges. There are some interesting comments on this.

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Time is money
The Art of Pricing

How much a web pro should charge and how to calculate that is also the subject of Lead Business Writer John Tabita's latest offering, but he brings into play the Law of Reciprocation. You read that right.

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Pricing
Migrating Apps is Simple

With Windows Azure you can deploy apps without rewriting, allowing you to spend more time on the design and less time worrying about the infrastructure. To get your exclusive 90-Day trial, sign up now.

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Optimization in the Cloud: aiCache

Jacco Blankenspoor uses SitePoint.com as a cache test dummy for cloud-based aiCache's claimed ability to slash site loading times while reducing server load. The results speak for themselves.

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aiCache
A Quick Introduction to Apache Cassandra

Still with a Cloudspring in our step, NetFlix, eBay, Twitter and Reddit all use a "scalable, high-availability datastore with no single point of failure". Nikolas Goebel explains how Cassandra does the job.

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Cassandra
Learn HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript

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What is the Best Programming Language to Learn?

PHP, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, Objective C ... Craig looks at which languages are trending upwards in popularity this year, and finds it requires a second glance to put the statistics in proper perspective.

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Programming Languages
Using Free WordPress Plugins

I know I can write my own WordPress plugins, but when there are so many good ones available free, why wouldn't I use them? Rakhitha Nimesh provides some guidelines that developers can follow.

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WordPress
What Theme Words Mean to Google

As Dan Kaufenberg explains, theme words are key words in  text webpage content that, when looked at in context, help Google to establish a theme and confirm the text's authority. Makes sense.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

web2feel.com - Free wordpress themes

web2feel.com - Free wordpress themes


Webhosting giveaway of 2013 from Zyma for 5 lucky winners

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:01 PM PST

Zyma, one of the UK’s top ranking Web hosting  providers are back with us for another awesome giveaway. Their multi-award winning web hosting package offers the most attractive and comprehensive features for one the best prices on the internet. If you are lucky , you could win an annual web hosting account with theme for [...]

Saturday, January 26, 2013

web2feel.com - Free wordpress themes

web2feel.com - Free wordpress themes


Reasons and fixes for WordPress white screen of death

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:21 AM PST

Anyone working with a wordpress based website would have come across this dreaded white screen of death. It is a frustrating and panic settings thing to see that your website has just become a plane white screen and you have no clue of what happened. So what can we do instead of cursing and kicking [...]

Xenon

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:15 AM PST

Xenon is a portfolio theme ideal for photography or design related websites. The theme is designed to function as a showcase for creative works or photographs with minimal distraction from other elements. The theme ha s features like, featured menu, featured thumbnail, custom background, theme options, widgetized sidebar etc. The theme also comes with an [...]

Yorkshire

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 03:29 AM PST

Yorkshire is a free premium wordpress theme. This is a magazine style wordpress theme. The theme comes with features like, featured content slider, custom menu, featured images, theme options, widgetized sidebar and footer. The highlight of the theme is the  jQuery 3D image slider on the homepage.