Simplify the Web

A client recently acquired an existing website, and asked us to host it. In case anyone is a bit fuzzy on the process, let's look at how websites are stored and accessed:Most websites are designed to be seen by the public, so they're stored on computers that make them publicly accessible. These computers are called web servers. The pages, pictures, and videos that make up a website are stored together on a web server just like you've stored pictures and documents on your own personal computer.St...
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Netscape is dead. Yes, that's right. It's officially dead. Most of us probably didn't know that it was still alive, but AOL (who bought Netscape in 1999) is officially dropping support for all versions of the Netscape browser. They're standing behind the Mozilla Foundation, makers of the Firefox browser (among other things). In case anyone's on the lookout for a new browser, I like Firefox...but I prefer Maxthon. It runs on the IE kernel (whichever version is on your computer) and is a light, fl...
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Lots of bloggers like to add video to their websites. Most of the time, those videos come from sites like YouTube, Google Video, and the rest. Lots of blog readers like to read the blogs they've subscribed to in feed reader programs. Some popular feed readers include Bloglines, Google Reader, Newsgator, and the rest.I recently noticed something interesting: Newsgator shows Google videos in their feeds. They do not show YouTube videos in their feeds. What does that mean? Simple: those who like to...
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Let's face it, the number of people out there in the world that can "design" a website are many. And there are just as many, if not more, that can develop for the web as well. So why is Design Agnostic Development so hard? Design Agnostic Development is a term meant to say that developed code and output is done in a compliant manner and with minimal structure. This allows the developed piece of code to be inserted into any existing design with minimal effort. Why is that so important? Because ul...
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If you don't know about A List Apart, you've been missing out. They're a group of web professionals who know - in my opinion - more about the web than any other group of web professionals. I read most of their articles, and learn something valuable virtually every time. They're also the creators of one of the most important surveys for web professionals in the past 100 years. That's right...it's a big deal. It's The Survey for People Who Make Websites 2008. If you haven't taken part in the surv...
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I was working on a query recently in Oracle and couldn't find this answer anywhere on the internet, so I figured I'd put it here for future reference. Joins - Right, Left, Full OUTER Joins in Oracle default to inner if you don't do them right, yep, they don't error, they just default to inner. So if you are trying to get an outer join to work and you are getting less results than you know you should, look for a missing (+). Here's a demonstration: select a.Hello,b.World from first_table a, s...
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The first case ever of successfully prosecuting a domain name thief happened this last week. Daniel Goncalves was succesfully prosecuted and thrown in jail for stealing the domain P2P.com from the rightful owner. Through elaborate web "magic" he tried to cover his tracks, in the end he lost, and he will pay for it for a very long time. Strike a victory for the good guys in this one! http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/criminal-prosecution-domain-theft-underway/5675...
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