- Noupe: 45+ Must See WordPress themes – I picked a bad time to publish my collection post of WordPress themes, I guess. Right after it came out, Noupe and Smashing Magazine published similar posts (both of which are worth checking out, by the way).
- 960 Grid System – “The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.”
- The Man Who Owns DoNotReply.com Knows All The Secrets Of The World – You’ve seen those automated emails that say “do not reply to this automated message,” right? They usually come from noreply@thesitesdomain.com or sometimes something@donotreply.com. Some people reply to those messages anyway, and the donotreply.com ones go to this guy…
- Redesigning a blog – Improving the sidebar
- Group Interview: What Do Online Advertisers Look For in a Website?
- Adding Post Thumbnails in WordPress 2.5 – WP 2.5 will include the ability to assign a thumbnail to a post for a “magazine-y” look. People have been doing this for quite some time using a custom fields hack, but now pretty much anyone will be able to do it. This tutorial shows how to set everything up.
- 10 Plugins To Combat Comment Spam – I’ll have to take a closer look at this in the near future. Some spam comments have been slipping past Akismet lately, so I may have to add some extra protection.
- Opera claims to be the first browser to pass the new ACID3 test. Great job…now hopefully others will follow suit. In related news, Mozilla has announced that the final version of Firefox 3 will be released in June.
- Yahoo! Buzz takes the Social out of Social Media
BlogBuzz March 29, 2008
Mar 29, 2008 by Matt | Posted in BlogBuzz No CommentsPoll: Image Host or wp-content/uploads?
Mar 28When you add images to your blog posts, where do you upload them? Do you store them on an image host like TinyPic.com, or do you prefer to keep them on your own server somewhere? There are advantages to both methods, and of course,…
The iPhone and Web Design
Mar 27Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch now account for over 70% of US mobile browser traffic. What does this mean for webmasters, and just as importantly, those who design as a business? With the increasing popularity of the iPhone, it’s becoming more important to make…
Poll Results: Newbie Tuesdays – Yea or Nay?
Mar 26Earlier this month, I asked whether it was a good idea to start a weekly column on Webmaster-Source for newcomers to blogging. It looks like it will be happening. 92% of the voters said they were for the new column, and only 8% were…
31 Professional WordPress Themes
Mar 24If you’re serious about blogging, and are trying to run a quality blog on a specific topic, you need a good design. Ideally, you want to have a unique design, built by a designer, though you can get away with a pre-made theme if…
WordPress 2.5 Automated Plugin Updater
Mar 23WordPress users have long complained about the time and effort required to update all of their plugins. WordPress 2.5 RC1 introduces a new feature that allows you to update plugins to their latest version simply by clicking a link and entering your FTP password.…
BlogBuzz March 22, 2008
Mar 22Evaluating the WordPress 2.5 Interface
Mar 21WordPress 2.5’s new interface is quite a bit different from the current one. Currently, many WordPress users aren’t entirely sure what they think about it yet (myself included). I will have to use it for a few weeks until I’ve decided what I think.…
Yahoo Buzz: Not a “Digg Killer”
Mar 20Everyone seems to be talking about Yahoo Buzz these days, and about how it’s going to give Digg a run for its money. I don’t get it. Sure, the site is new and shiny. But they have nothing on Digg so far. Users of…
