http://www.pawprint.net News from PawPrint.net en Copyright (c) 1992-2012 PawPrint.net web@pawprint.net PawPrint XDe News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:21:06 -0500 120 http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/140/Web-Design-in-1995/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/140/Web-Design-in-1995/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/139/Google-Facebook-Pay-Pal-and-others-anti-phishing-email-protocol/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/139/Google-Facebook-Pay-Pal-and-others-anti-phishing-email-protocol/ 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." http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/138/PHP-5-4-nearing-release/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/138/PHP-5-4-nearing-release/ 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...." http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/137/What-did-the-SOPAstrike-accomplish-/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/137/What-did-the-SOPAstrike-accomplish-/ 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! http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/136/PawPrint-is-Back-Online/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/136/PawPrint-is-Back-Online/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/135/Google-Search-Going-Social/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/135/Google-Search-Going-Social/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/134/Scheduled-Chirp-Updates/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/134/Scheduled-Chirp-Updates/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/133/Use-Klout-to-build-your-Social-Network/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/133/Use-Klout-to-build-your-Social-Network/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/132/Resolve-to-be-more-secure-in-2012/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/132/Resolve-to-be-more-secure-in-2012/ 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. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/131/Massive-XDe-Update/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/131/Massive-XDe-Update/ This could be the most comprehensive XDe update ever. From users to new content building wizards to enhanced multilingual capabilities across the platform.