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Archive for February, 2010

Introduction
So what is POSH? No, it’s not just some new clothing fashion hype amongst web designers – POSH is the acronym for Plain Old Semantic HTML. The term Semantic HTML is used for a variety of things, but it has it’s origin in one objective: creating (X)HTML documents using semantic elements and attributes, as opposed [...]

Blogging at WordPress is great, you can find some amazing applications for WordPress that make it even better by giving you more ways to post. Whether you’re blogging from your desktop, browser or on the go, make sure to check out these other ways to post to your WordPress blog.
You can find some of the [...]

Websites are similar to homes. Just as homes of an individual represent the outlook of the person living in, his style, his attitude along with way of living similarly websites are regarded as the outlook of a company. They represent the status and position of the respective company in the current market. There is constant [...]

Banners have been a major part of the World Wide Web world since its early days. Copywriters burn the midnight oil looking for new designs that will grab the visitor’s attention and compel him to click on their banner. This article discusses some of the most successful banner designs.
Teasing your curiosity
“Do Not Click [...]

Question: Can I Use a Free SSL Certificate for my HTTPs Pages?
Most Certificate Authorities (CA) charge a lot of money to verify your company to use an SSL certificate. So it can be very tempting to use a self-signed, free certificate for your https server. But is that okay?
Answer:
The short answer is that it is [...]

There are so many new and exciting features of Ajax, Dynamic HTML, and other “bleeding edge” technologies, but it can be hard to decide whether to use them. Before you decide to write your pages at the edge of HTML, there are some things to think about:
1. How many new features are on the page [...]

1. Consider using Gmail if you are not.
Gmail is the best invention since slice bread. Well, maybe not, but it is definitely the best email client out there. Even hardcore Outlook users get hooked once they decide to give a try. There are several advantages: you can access it from anywhere and from any [...]

Overall the risk you are talking about is the one of having your own visitors stop visiting your blog after they discover the one of a “competitor” through a guest post you accepted. Is this a real risk? In my opinion, no, and for several reasons.
First of all if your content is good (and it [...]