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Blogwell: 10/2009
jan 1

Embedding Flash With Wmode Transparent - The Real Deal

by Liz L.

Have you ever embedded a flash movie in the header of your web site, gone home happy thinking all was good in the world, and then woken up in a cold sweat because someone, somewhere, clicked to view an ibox on your site and - gasp! - the flash header appeared above the overlay?! More...

Posted: October 30, 2009
jan 1

Very Big ExpressionEngine Sites

by Tyler M

Hop Studios has done a great service for us ExpressionEngine folk - they’ve published a list of the largest 15 sites using EE.

Wait a sec, what’s “large” anyway? Well, they’ve defined it by:

  • number of unique visitors and pages / month
  • number of entries and comments
  • number of members More...
Posted: October 27, 2009
jan 1

Separate Domain Registrars and Hosts

by Tyler M

Several of our clients are at the level of site traffic, sophistication and technical know-how to require the most common type of hosting available: shared Web site hosting. That means they don’t see more than a few hundred site visitors per day and it means they don’t have internal IT More...

Posted: October 26, 2009
jan 1

Submit a site to the major Search Engines

by Tyler M
More...
11GoogleTop search enginesNot implementedVisit site
1http://www.google.com/addurl.html
50Bing (formerly Live / MSN Search)Top search enginesNot implementedVisit site
2http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
22Open Directory ProjectTop search enginesNot implementedVisit site 3
Posted: October 23, 2009
jan 1

No follow me? Thoughts on rel=“nofollow”

by Tyler M

Every blog seems to have implemented the ol’ rel=“nofollow” on their comments’ names elements by now. What that means is that the old Web marketing suggestion – post lots of comments around the Web using strategic keywords for your name – doesn’t do anything anymore. For someone in More...

Posted: October 22, 2009