Inspired by a History of Web Design article
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold Award Society home page (c) 1995
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Inspired by an article about the history of web design shared by @timothywhalin I went hunting in my archives to find the oldest web design for which I still had a copy. Since I started building sites in 1992 I wasn't sure how far back I could go - Managed to find my moldy oldies from 1995 through 1998 and though I'd share them for fun.
Can some of the web giants work together to help stop deceptive email?
The plan surrounds the existing systems DKIM and SPF and from a quick read seems to basically be an attempt to back and promote these existing systems with a few add-ons. To quote the dmarc.org web site "A group of leading organizations came together in the spring of 2011 to collaborate on a method for combating fraudulent email at Interenet-scale."
Help test some of the key changes in the PHP 5.4 release candidate
PHP 5.4 final release testing
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In a recent post on Google+ the opening is laced with humor "We are in the final push to PHP 5.4 and we need your help. Everyone who is using PHP can give us a hand here, regardless of your technical abilities. Facebook employees, take a break from calculating your stock option scenarios and give us an hour of your time...."
after thousands of web sites went offline in protest - was anything acomplished?
After the dust settled on what some refer to as the SOPAstrike and others are calling the largest Internet protest ever what was the result. Did it acomplish anything? All initial reports would seem to concur that is a resounding Yes!
After going dark for 24h participating in the global #SOPAstrike
The Pawprint.net homepage during the #SOPAstrike
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On January 17th at 8pm PST we intentionally replaced the PawPrint.net home page with a message effectively disabling our web site for the first time since 1994. This extraordinary action was taken to show support for the thousands of web sites and millions of people who spent the day rallying against this flawed proposed legislation.
Google search now understands not only content, but also people and relationships
Google is starting to do exactly what everyone thought they would and combining more and more of the content from Google+ (their new social network) directly into search results. Now they have announced that you can control your search results to include the personal "social" results and/or global results in a Google Blog Post. The important thing to consider is how all this affects you when you're seeing where your web site fits in the search results.
Schedule Tweets and Facebook Updates with the enhanced Chirp module
Just released updates to the XDe CMS Chirp module that allows you to schedule updates for social networks as well as on-site viewing. Just set a future date and the update will automatically publish at the time you choose as much as a year in advance.
Designed to measure your influence, Klout is also a great networking tool
The outward focus of Klout is to measure social influence online, but it is also a great way to grow that same influence, using Klout as another place to interact and meet new people. Their +K system for assigning influence can be a great way to grow and help others do the same.
Make a New Years Resolution you can keep and update your passwords
This new year, protect yourself by taking a little time and updating your passwords around and about your digital world: New year = new passwords - it is well worth the time. Here are some tips for creating and managing secure, easy to remember passwords.
Sweeping enhancements to the XDe for better content management
This could be the most comprehensive XDe update ever. From users to new content building wizards to enhanced multilingual capabilities across the platform.
Start right with some fresh install tips for Windows 7
Having just completed a fresh install of Windows 7, it seemed fitting to share some tips for starting off right with your new (or renewed as was the case for me) system. A good fresh install for an existing system may take several days but the speed and space improvements are usually worth it every couple of years.
Did adobe just kill Flash themselves?
Adobe released the first preview of their new HTML5 media authoring tool called Edge. To give this a ultra-fast test-drive we wanted to see what we could produce in just 5 mins using the software for the very first time and what that output actually looks like. The results are actually quite impressive.
and how it affects Scammers, Spammers, and Trolls
Everyone is talking about the real names policy and how it's partly there to help prevent against abuse. The sad thing is - I sincerely doubt it will do that at all. As with most proactive software controls the abusers will find a way to circumvent it and the only people that are affected are legitimate users who would appreciate some anonymity.
Enhancements to News, CMS, and addition of Google + 1 button
XDe CMS Update
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A series of enhancements to the XDe CMS will help web sites get listed better on the search engines as well as on Google Plus the new social network from Google. In addition the news module has been enhanced to provide a more streamlined form for adding articles.
Four degrees of involvement every business should consider and take action on.
There has been a lot of hype about social media, advice running rampant. Much of it disseminated by "consultants" eager to get your business by 'helping' you with social media campaigns etc... For most small business this is not a viable approach. In fact, we have seen little good information specifically catered to small business about how best for them to tackle the social networking world. This article is specifically aimed at providing advice for small business and non-profit organizations about social networking.
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