DickBlog - Not much original comment, but lots of great resources - Web Stuff

OpenID

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:48:00 +0100

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. Nice idea, now where can I use it... Here's some more resources...

Making a Good Favicon

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:46:00 +0100

Here's a nice review of how to create a Favicon.

thepeoplestoolbox

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:56:00 +0100

thePeoplesToolbox is a nice repository of bookmarks for popular programming and design sites.

Edit Sound with Audacity

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:41:00 +0100

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.

Do You Do Web 2.0?

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:33:00 +0100

Here's an interesting Design Guide .

CVS Beginners Guide

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:16:00 +0100

Michael Traher has blogged a good looking CVS Beginners Guide.

Flash Detection

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:49:00 +0100

Good old Ray Camden has blogged about Flash detection and has prompted an alternative to the Macromedia/Adobe solution. It's called FlashObject.

Open Source Copyright & Licensing

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:22:00 +0100

Lots of chatter on the CF airwaves recentling on this subject. Here's a few posting worth remembering.

Ray Camden - the starting point of the chatter
Rob Rohan
Pete Freitag

Ajax (XmlHTTPRequest Object)

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:04:00 +0100

There have been a lot of posts recently on the XmlHTTPRequest object since Google released their Google Suggest application in the Google labs. Here are a few links describing this method that I thought I would throw together:

Found some new stuff here on the Fusebox forum which led me to JSMX which looks really simple to implement. I like that!

AjaxCF is another blog out there that is specialising in AJAX. it has some good ideas and links to other resources.

Website Development Process

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:28:00 +0100

Here's a cute visual storyboard of the chain of events in developing a website.

Compare Fonts for the Screen

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:45:00 +0100

Typetester is an web-based application that allows you to compare how different fonts will display on a screen. It’s primary role is to make web designer’s or web developer’s life easier. The author promises that as the new fonts are bundled into various operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.

Multiple IIS Sites on XP Pro

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:04:00 +0100

Windows XP Professional is only able to run one website at a time. If you’re developing in a multisite environment it is practically impossible when one site depends on another. Using Multisite you can extend IIS to run as many websites as you need.

Multisite is an ISAPI filter that intercepts requests then looks at the host header and redirects the request to the appropriate place on your on your filesystem. Oh, and the filter is FREE!

Mult-Homing on Non-Server IIS

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:04:00 +0100

Running multiple web sites at once on non-server editions of IIS

How to make money on the web

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:00:00 +0100

10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2.0 Company

Web Stats Recommendations?

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:09:00 +0100

Ray Camden has been asking for recommendations for web stats apps.