Data Storage: A Case Study My first tech job was with a company that created software to put periodicals online. Most of the people involved had been involved in the publication business, so we had domain knowledge and great contacts. Most of the technical work was the “seat of the …
There is knowing how to do a few HTML code tweaks, and there is knowing where the control panel writers put the place to add the code. And sometimes, where it seems like it should go and where it actually goes takes you down the merry path of wasted time …
They aren’t the same. Their jobs have subtle differences. One-size-fits-all works, but like clothes this strategy is more easy for the manufacturer than easy on the eye. What Are Title Tags, Page Titles and Permalinks? Page Titles (aka H1) Every page should have a visible Page Title that is different …
A bad manager once told me, “Perception is everything.” This was a man who lied a lot … at someone else’s expense to benefit himself. One of the problems with websites is that they really don’t tell you whether a company is good or bad. The Path to the Boiled …
A Little JavaScript Project: A Photo Slider The following are lessons posted on Facebook, using a W3Schools project: 4/27/20: A Little JavaScript Lesson: Scope is More than Mouthwash When we used the code from the W3Schools slider, we noticed one odd thing: the dots for each photo were on the …
Will StackOverflow Be a Help or Not? What is StackOverflow? “Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It is a privately held website, the flagship site of the Stack Exchange Network, created in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky. It features questions and …
When someone, at some time in the past, first mentioned “IP” to me, I thought they were talking about IP addresses, those dotted quads that make a server address: 123.45.67.108. But, in the legal field, IP stands for intellectual property. And, just as much as I would like attorneys to …
How Not to Start a Shopping Cart Project “How hard can it be …” “Well, that was your job …” These words are an expression of an attitude that could break your shopping cart project. If you start into your first shopping cart project, expecting that you can put it …
When you want each Post or Page to have a unique banner image …
Installing a Script When you use a content management system like WordPress, Drupal or Joomla, or, if you use a web service like Wix, Weebly or Shopify, they offer a large library of additional software you can add to your site for functions like forms, galleries and sliders. But what …
