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.htaccess Magic!

Mishka — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:27:49 +0000

If your site is hosted on a Unix or Linux server which runs Apache, you may already be familiar with your .htaccess file. This article looks at some of the things that this powerful little file can do including 7 Magic Tricks that you can perform with .htaccess. (Article dated: April 16, 2003)

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20 Pro Tips

Mishka — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:15:14 +0000

The difference between a good web designer and a great one is the ability to know how to take short cuts and save time without compromising the quality of work. (Article dated: July 18, 2006)

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A Modern Approach to Flash SEO

Mishka — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:38:27 +0000

Search engine optimization is one of the most popular subjects when nerds sit around and talk about Flash. �Does Google index your swf files?� seems to be the most popular question, usually garnering plenty of �yes� and �no� and �maybe� answers. The real answer to this question, once and for all, is this: It doesn�t matter. (Article dated: March 13, 2006)

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AJAX Debugging with Firebug

Mishka — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:02:13 +0000

Firebug is a Firefox extension that includes all the tools you need for efficient debugging during the Web development process. (Article dated: January 10, 2007)

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AJAX, accessibility and the user

Mishka — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:03:08 +0000

One on the myths of accessibility is that it suppresses creativity and progress. People mistakenly think you can�t use innovative new technologies and your web sites have to remain flat and boring. This is not the case as accessibility is one part of the design process and works alongside, not against, innovative design. The only difference is that you need to keep all users in mind and build to standards. (Article dated: October 1, 2007)

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AJAX, JavaScript Support and Screen Reader Accessibility (456 Berea Street)

Mishka — Wed, 24 May 2006 12:04:09 +0000

Making websites and web based applications that use a lot of JavaScript accessible isn’t as easy as just making sure that there is a non-JavaScript fallback. Yes, you always need to make sure that your site degrades gracefully in user agents that do not support JavaScript. But that isn’t always enough. (Article dated: May 18, 2006)

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Analyzing Key Metrics in Your Web Site Traffic Reports

Mishka — Fri, 05 May 2006 18:59:13 +0000

A good primer, not too technical in nature. (Article dated: May 4, 2006)

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Combating Email Harvester Robots using ISO, Hexadecimal and Mixed Output Email Obfuscation (Enigma)

Mishka — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:14:12 +0000

In the same way that search engine spiders crawl the web grabbing site pages, examining and filing them in huge databases ready for retrieval by surfers using Google, Yahoo! or whatever web search engines, email harvester spiders traverse the Web looking for email signatures in web pages – for the (often sole) purpose of building large databases to sell on as spam email address lists.

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Create Favicon Files Online

Mishka — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:24:27 +0000

This works very well. Create your own Favicon.

Defining Project Boundaries (and Keeping Your Client Within Them)

Mishka — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:12:42 +0000

Scope creep begins at the moment when your client asks for something outside of the scope of work for which you�ve contracted (you do have a contract, right?). Naturally, they�re asking for this thing to be included at no extra cost. Actually, they�re probably not asking. They�re probably acting like it�s always been understood that this thing will be included. Duh. (Article dated: April 10, 2007)

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