In today’s world, people access websites using a wide range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Each of these devices has a different screen size and resolution, which can make it challenging to create websites that look good on all of them. That’s where responsive web design comes in.
I was cruising through some old backups, doing some house cleaning, and I found a trove of old templates that fooled around with, way back in 2002. I thought I’d dust some of them off, and update them a bit. Yes, I have backups going back that far. There some stuff in there going back as far as… Read More »
I recently purchased a new domain name, and lo, the spam has started to roll in. The one I got this morning could be really dangerous for budding young webmasters just starting out.
Recently, I noticed a comment on a friends Facebook page regarding the number of attempts at accessing the back end of his website which originated from China. I know malcontents hit my site all day long, but why not take a peek?
If you run a website, you may have noticed a, well, slight drop in numbers recently. I did, and not sure why, though. WTF, Google?
Once again, someone has decided to sell some knowledge. Nothing burns me up more than someone trying to make a quick buck off something so simple as generating a random password.
Now, now. I know most of you are pretty seasoned veterans of technology, and some of you are even top-notch developers. Would you believe someone out there is selling this, though? Yes, I know. On a particular forum for webmasters and SEO-type folks that I frequent, I saw a marketplace post for a script for sale. The script… Read More »
Remember, not everyone uses a mouse. There are tons of us out here that are more effective when using the keyboard. When building an input form on a web page you have to keep things like accessibility and semantics in mind.
If you have developed any kind of serious web-based application (or any type of application for that matter), you know the joy of trapping errors for anything that the user might do. Bad password, letters where numbers should be, etc. Not rocket science.
As technology marches on, needs and wants of users change. As a support engineer, it is my job to make sure my users are getting what they need, in a quick and orderly fashion, in a method that is pleasing to them. Analytics is key in finding what pleases them.