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When it comes to extensions, Firefox is king – with thousands upon thousands to choose from. However, Google Chrome is just now starting to gain ground with the idea of having an extendable interface, so how many good web development extensions are there for this alternative browser from Google? I did my search and found five of the best web development related extensions for the browser.
Anybody who has worked in technical support for a web hosting company will tell you that keeping all your tasks and windows organized on a day-to-day work schedule is very hectic and not a lot of fun. You have to keep this window open to check out help desk tickets, you have to look over here for forum replies, you have to go way over there to look at the recent tweets coming in from web hosting customers. It is enough to drive a person insane, unless you follow these simple organizational tips.
As you can tell, if you have been to any of my web sites, I really enjoy WordPress a lot as a way to self-publish my content Online. WordPress is often known for it’s simple installation process too.
However, many people might still be confused on how to get started with WordPress, so I thought it would be a good idea to go through the steps with you, to make you feel more at home with the process.
Since I now have 200 podcasts under my belt, and with a new year coming up quick, I thought now would be the perfect time to introduce to you my new project. I want to help you with marketing.
How would you like to drive down town and pick up a web hosting account?
The web host Slamdot hopes you’d very much like the idea of doing that. They announced they will begin selling professionally designed web site packages very soon through a retail store. The first store will be open in Knoxville, Tennesee offering web site design packages, support, and in-store training.
Large corporate enterprises are not the only ones that need to be careful about security and having the tools in place to recover from a web hosting disaster.
My good buddy Barry, from Layered Tech posed an interesting quandary to me the other day.
As someone who works for a major player in hosting, one of the biggest problems I see on a daily basis is people having their server hacked and used for some nefarious purposes such as spam, DOS attacks, and more. There are many ways to combat this costly threat, what is the most cost-effective way for the small to medium-sized business?
It is important for everybody to have a good offense and a good defense when it comes to all the proverbial “natural disasters” that can happen in the web hosting world. My best advice would be to have a good strategy in place first, so you can prevent the problems from happening in the first place. You have to be proactive, and not reactive.
This bookmarklet is perfect for anybody who spends any time working on web site layouts. XRAY is used to see the box model for any element on a web page. It will dim the area not selected, and give you statistics such as the CSS id or class assigned to it, the interface hierarchy, and the CSS code assigned to that section.
Is there a way to have decent statistics for how many times a podcast has been downloaded? That is the question the guys at Watir Podcast had for me. Since I to do a podcast for the masses, this is an issue that has bugged me for some time too.
The problem isn’t with having a script, plugin or service count the downloads because everything tries to do that. The problem is that nothing counts all the downloads. For example, if you push your podcast through FeedBurner, it will tell you how many people downloaded a podcast from the RSS feed, but no where else. Same could be said for some podcasting plugins out there for WordPress and other publishing platforms, but in reverse. They tell you how many people downloaded the podcast from the web site, but not those who got it by other means.
Yes, it is really that simple! Here is what I want you to do right now.
That is it. Simple right? Oh, it gets even better!
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
How to Turn a Complaint into a Feature
You do not have to drastically change the way you do business though. If you are successful in one area of business, do not toss it aside to do something else that is more popular. I got a question submitted to me the other day from Matt, which touches on this very topic.
Here is what Matt had to say:
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