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Forum: General Business Knowledge 2007-03-07, 08:16 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,310
Posted By jayeff
The separation of document layout from document...

The separation of document layout from document structure has been discussed since 1990 when HTML first appeared. Tim Berners-Lee wrote his NeXT browser/editor to use a style sheet, but decided it...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2007-03-05, 11:15 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,020
Posted By jayeff
That is a consideration, but my view had more to...

That is a consideration, but my view had more to do with there being two things which cause SQL-based sites to fall over (apart from the same issues which affect any site): problems with the SQL...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2007-03-05, 10:24 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,310
Posted By jayeff
To create a display of thumbnails in CSS is...

To create a display of thumbnails in CSS is basically as simple as stating the width of the thumbs and the box into which you want to "pour" them. Thus instead of...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2007-03-05, 09:45 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 8,091
Posted By jayeff
Conversion ratios are almost totally meaningless:...

Conversion ratios are almost totally meaningless:


Because of differences in the way sponsors record their stats, at the very least you would need to compare sales against click stats of your...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2007-03-04, 07:36 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,310
Posted By jayeff
I suspect the main culprit is simple laziness....

I suspect the main culprit is simple laziness. There are no positive reasons to keep coding with tables and plenty of reasons to code correctly.

Usually it's part of poor coding in general. Before...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2007-03-01, 09:40 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,020
Posted By jayeff
I'm not sure why such a prickly response... ...

I'm not sure why such a prickly response...

If one is offering advice or suggestions, isn't it reasonable to point out the pro's and con's of the various options, so that people can make informed...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2007-03-01, 08:32 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,020
Posted By jayeff
The snag being if that database gets mangled,...

The snag being if that database gets mangled, none of your blogs will work: something which would usually only happen with more widespread server/SQLserver issues.
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2007-02-17, 01:53 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,977
Posted By jayeff
If you are going to be testing new themes at all...

If you are going to be testing new themes at all regularly, grab the Preview Theme plugin from http://boren.nu/downloads/preview_theme.phps and once active you can view any installed theme by calling...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-27, 09:55 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,352
Posted By jayeff
Go visit Amazon, some would say home to one of...

Go visit Amazon, some would say home to one of the earliest and best known "Web2" applications, pick a best-seller and count the number of reader reviews. Think about that number in relation to the...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-26, 12:58 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,352
Posted By jayeff
There are some serious pitfalls in trying to...

There are some serious pitfalls in trying to generalize about blogs.

I run a string of health-related sites and for them it is vital to provide something which is both readable and informative....
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-26, 12:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,177
Posted By jayeff
The drawback with Akismet is that commercial...

The drawback with Akismet is that commercial sites are supposed to pay. If you don't pay or choose the lowest cost option, the Akismet people openly state that your blog's calls on their database...
Forum: Newbie Questions 2006-11-22, 07:53 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,427
Posted By jayeff
Movies (actually anything using java(script))...

Movies (actually anything using java(script)) will not send header information, therefore you cannot trap calls by their source. This isn't very secure, but it is better than nothing:
RewriteEngine...
Forum: Newbie Questions 2006-11-22, 07:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,042
Posted By jayeff
This does the same, but it allows some of the...

This does the same, but it allows some of the image searches to show results and includes a response to non-image hotlinking:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} .*jpg$|.*gif$|.*png$...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-22, 07:37 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 16,864
Posted By jayeff
I can't resist picking up on this, even though it...

I can't resist picking up on this, even though it means drifting off-topic again...

I cannot think of any other industry which sells so much crap. Make your own list or go check out a decent...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-22, 07:04 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 49,890
Posted By jayeff
I suspect right now that Google & Co are more...

I suspect right now that Google & Co are more concerned with click "arbitrage": which is when you locate keywords which are cheaper on Google (for example) than somewhere else (say Adsense), buy them...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-19, 11:08 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 16,864
Posted By jayeff
Actually what you did was reply to a post, using...

Actually what you did was reply to a post, using the exact same bad language and personal insults as so many people find distasteful on GFY. In fact your response was such that for a moment I thought...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-18, 09:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,692
Posted By jayeff
That's a nice theme, although the color thing is...

That's a nice theme, although the color thing is coincidence. Those in "olives" come from the olive oil and a tomato in the header jpg :)
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-18, 03:06 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 16,864
Posted By jayeff
I think you just proved my point better than I...

I think you just proved my point better than I ever could...
Forum: Newbie Questions 2006-11-18, 10:17 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,994
Posted By jayeff
Just to add to the confusion, as well as the...

Just to add to the confusion, as well as the "chiclets" often used for social bookmarking, there are also those which display names like "MyYahoo", "MyMSN", etc. These have a specific purpose too and...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-18, 10:10 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,016
Posted By jayeff
Hehe... now I can argue the other side :) ...

Hehe... now I can argue the other side :)

Although XHTML itself isn't responsible, the adaptation of XHTML (primarily because it is the common default for blog scripts) has forced more people to...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-18, 10:02 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 16,864
Posted By jayeff
Here's a few pro's and con's: I started a...

Here's a few pro's and con's:

I started a resource site at the beginning of September and began posting here (with a sig) about 10 days into the month. Despite that late start and its more...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-18, 08:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,692
Posted By jayeff
A free WordPress theme

It is somewhat embarassing when you write a tutorial which reminds you how frequently you break the "rules" yourself. That happened to me earlier this week when I wrote a short article about site...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-16, 01:56 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,016
Posted By jayeff
...targets towards which we should all be...

...targets towards which we should all be working. But none of what you wrote is a consequence of XHTML or exclusive to it. In fact, insofar as many tag endings in XHTML require a space (for backward...
Forum: General Business Knowledge 2006-11-16, 07:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,016
Posted By jayeff
I am also curious to know about the supposed...

I am also curious to know about the supposed benefits of XHTML...
Forum: Blogs and Blogging 2006-11-15, 02:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,395
Posted By jayeff
It's one of those "quirks" of WP. I keep a...

It's one of those "quirks" of WP. I keep a Post-It note taped to my monitor to remind me: if old links ever stop working or new links don't work from the start, before anything else: click on 'update...
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