Typically, all popular wordpress themes come with html comments to mark endings of div block. This is required for theme developers as it is much easier to see where particular block ends. However, I do not like leaving code like that in production site. Although some claim that HTML comments Read more…
Sometimes friends and clients complain about competing sites that should not be there: No obvious optimization Content is crappy, mentions term once and in very different context Few or no links Design is old and ugly However, such site is in the first page and sometimes quite high in results. Read more…
Last month I took over support of one project that inspired this post. It is a website with couple static pages, news and galleries that was created with Joomla. The problem was that site owners could not support it. They are not computer savvy and the internal structure of admin Read more…
Recently, I had simple but interesting problem on wordpress where I could not find ready automatic solution: thumbnail generation based on image ratio. I use wordpress as CMS for image-heavy site. For example, I want that 3 sized images: For landscape pictures I need 202×133 thumbnails For square (or alike) Read more…
Email marketing is still useful for list builders and keeping in touch with your consumers. However, quite often communication is lost in the email Spam box and not read by recipient. How to solve this problem? Here are some tips. Your server and domain First thing I would check is Read more…
Security Tool is a rogue antivirus scam, using generic name for disguise. Together with Cyber Security, they are hitting computers hard and forcing users into buying their “full” versions to remove non-existing virus infections. Typically, Security tool states that one’s PC is infected with Spyware.IEMonster or similar parasites, however, the Read more…
I have a very mixed feelings about one issue in anti-spyware community. That is how products are marketed as free. During the years as I work in the industry, there were a large amount of products marketed as free despite the fact that their important features are paid ones. Typically, Read more…
I have read a tweet about PHP programming today that made me furious. “Handling complex logic in PHP is like doing the LSATs after shock therapy” What is wrong with this statement? It moves responsibility from coder to the coding language and that is completely wrong in this case. Firstly, Read more…
Sometime we get a new inexperienced guy in a company as a programmer. Typically, we test them beforehand; however they are rarely perfect when started. Sometimes they are very new to programming or have bad habits from previous programming jobs. Thus it is my goal to help them to improve. Read more…
First, I must state that I am not a convinced fan of Hootsuite due to my picky nature. However, It is as close as it gets to perfect web based twitter client for me now. Recently, I have found a way how to properly save time used to post good Read more…