Monday, November 24, 2008
Economist.com - Special IT Report Oct 23rd 2008: Cloud Computing & From Cloud Computing to the New Enterprise Data Center & Welcome to xen.org, home of the Xen Hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization & Welcome to Hadoop!: "It distributes the data and processing across clusters of commonly available computers. These clusters can number into the thousands of nodes."
dekePod Episode 010: The Instant Liquid Diet | O'Reilly Media: "Deke McClelland is an electronic publishing pioneer and a popular lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design."
Sunday, November 23, 2008
ColorZilla - Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Palette Viewer and other colorful goodies for Firefox
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
TypePad - Tips - 10 Ways to Find New Blog Topics:
- Check your comment section.
- Create a list.
- Review your greatest hits.
- Spend some time on social networking sites like Digg and StumbleUpon to find out what other people are blogging about.
- Explore blogs in an entirely different category than yours.
- Do something different.
- Invite a guest author to write a blog post.
- Step away from the computer.
- Turn on the news.
- Keep an idea log.
Drupal Ecommerce VS Ubercart - Which Shopping Cart Is Better? | Slayerment: "I know a lot of people say use Drupal Ecommerce if you're going to build a big site and use Ubercart if you need something simple. Well I say use Ubercart regardless."
Which one to use? My list has come down to 3 companies: Constant Contact, iContact and AWeber. My research found: Google Directory: Software - Internet - Servers - Mail - Autoresponder Services & Coupon Code and Promo Code Blog: Email Marketing Promo By Aweber, Free Email Newsletter Trial By IContact, Constant Contact Newsletter Marketing 60 Day Trial Email Campaigns & SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards: "Marketing: iContact - Produce email newsletters, surveys, RSS feeds and more. Send information to subscribers quickly and easily." & Google Directory: Internet - E-mail - Marketing - Online Tools & Some of them will integrate with Drupal: Modules: Mail | drupal.org! Here is an example: Drupal with iContact | LuteGrass
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Check Your Site Usability With These Fun Tools: Five Second Test & Feng-Gui shows you the heat map of any image you submit & Usability checklist
VieleRETS features: "Comma-Separated, XML, RDB or Open-Realty formats. Image and text information..." & Trent’s Blog » RETS Retrieval with PHP and VieleRETS: Part 1 to Part 6
Future of Realty: Marketlinx's RETS Connector - a huge step forward.: "a RETS download client that provides a very easy to use, reliable, and robust method to access the data within your MLS. It has a 'Metadata-aware' interface, which means it can interpret what fields and values an MLS has available to you by reading in the RETS Metadata."
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Google Geo Developers Blog: New KML Interactive Sampler: "To the 99.9% of us who don't know everything there is to know about KML, and have been looking for a way to explore this curious little language, I present a new learning and exploration tool called the KML Interactive Sampler. One caveat, though -- since the sampler uses the Earth Browser Plug-in and API, the Earth view will currently only work on Windows."
Friday, November 14, 2008
SpryDev SEO Podcast | Volacci Web Marketing and links to Free online Yellow Pages directories, Local Review Directories,...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Google's SEO Starter Guide - Finally an official word from Google! Very nice guide for beginners.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Google Ad Planner Gets New Features, Opens Up to Everyone: "is most useful for planning advertising campaign and identifying targeted demographics for search advertising."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Making Sense Of Google’s New Dynamic URL Recommendations: "Google’s recent blog post recommending that webmasters avoid rewriting dynamic URLs caused a minor furor in the search marketing industry. Reactions ranged from nervous fears that sites with rewritten URLs should suddenly reverse out their extensive work, all the way to amazement and even anger that Google should recommend a halt to something that many consider a best practice."
MyBrand Overview and FAQ - FeedBurner Help Center & FeedBurner - Support MyBrand custom feed domain | drupal.org: "Especially now that they've announced that FeedBurner's subdomains are free, I'd like to be able to redirect to feeds.example.com/examplefeed instead of just feeds.feedburner.com/examplefeed"
Monday, November 10, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Google Maps API in 6.x using Blocks and CCK Field | drupal.org: "Combined with Content Template for GeoRSS Points"
aWebFactory - Filtering Drupal Views Dynamically (or, "Leverage the big CMS and web application frameworks! Only losers start from scratch!)" & And now for something completely different: Drupal - the quiet revolution: "the 'old' Drupal has recently undergone a mind blowing jaw dropping quiet revolution, overshadowed by the Drupal 6.0 release, but of tremendous consequence to all working with this framework: many moons ago we could use, first cck + views, then i18n in Drupal 5.x; more recently, pathauto thoroughly renovated and ironed out, now we got FeedAPI + Feed Element Mapper, a now thoroughly usable Hierarchical Select for taxonomy browsing (works in exposed filters in views), Panels 2 and nodequeue (a quiet revolution in itself), and very soon Views 2, ... (and the list goes on)."
Ubercart | drupal.org: "an e-commerce suite developed for Drupal. It has been designed with the end user in mind, focusing on usability in three key areas: store configuration, product and catalog creation, and order administration. On the front end, all major systems are configurable and integrate with the standard Drupal systems (node, taxonomy, user, etc.). On the back end, the settings pages and order administration pages have been designed with ease of use in mind, and we are constantly working to lower the barrier to entry for new Ubercart users."
Notes and code from my DrupalCampLA2008 presentation "jQuery + Drupal" | aWebFactory: "Presentation in powerpoint and in open office formats"
From the client's spreadsheet data to browseable content -- how to create, populate and manage your business objects in Drupal | aWebFactory: "This is a somewhat detailed description of how to leverage content types and views in Drupal, most useful for beginner to intermediate experience level in Drupal Web Application development, or to those evaluating Drupal. It is designed to show how the power of the framework is only apparent after gaining just a little experience with its features"
Monday, November 03, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
autoplay possible with lightbox2 ?? | drupal.org: "Slideshow functionality has now been added in Lightbox2 5.x-2.6 and 6.x-1.6"
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Twitter Chat - Search Results for: drupal: Drupal Modules for Twitter and other Social Networking Platforms & Using Summize with Bloglines to bring Feeds to you
Monday, October 27, 2008
Free Keyword Suggestion, Research & Analysis Tools: Seo Book.com: "These are free and paid tools which will help you find which keywords to target and how competitive they are." & SEO Blogs and Search Engine Blogs : SEO Book.com & PPC Tools - Pay Per Click Bid Management Software: SEO Book.com & Top Paying AdSense Keyword Lists (has intro on Microsoft adCenter - Microsoft Advertising) via YouTube - seobook's Videos
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: crawling and indexing & Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Join us for our third live online webmaster chat!: "You know how some myths just won't die? Well, do we have some great news for you! A not-so-scary bunch of Gooooooooooooglers will be on hand to drive a stake through the most ghoulish webmastering myths and misconceptions in our live online 'Tricks and Treats' chat this coming Wednesday."
Video Sharing for Internet Marketers: "IMBroadcast.com is intended to be more than just a simple video sharing site. We are hoping to make it a social platform for our industry, where people can share their thoughts, ideas, questions, as well as their videos."
What’s the PostRank of Your Blog Posts?: "AideRSS is a very handy blog evaluating tool that can help you understand and grade your blog posts. Here are a few more tips on blog analysis:
- How to analyze the internal power of your website;
- How to compare your blog power;
- A huge collection of SEO tools for more research and analysis."
Google Proxy Hacking Protector - Drupal Module Reviews and Ratings: "In Dan Thies' great post about the method "Google Proxy Hacking" at http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/google-proxy-hacking he illustrates how an (evil) third party can remove your site from the Google search results. One actual example of the application of this black hat SEO tactic for Google bowling my own company site out the results is illustrated here http://www.marketingfan.com/search-engines/google-proxy-bowling" & How Google AdSense Cannibalizes Content Based Business Models : SEO Book.com: "Imagine re-branding a site you built over 10,000 organic links to, only to have Google view it as a deceptive redirect and KILL ALL OF YOUR LINK EQUITY while paying spammers to steal your content."
SEO for Wordpress by Joost de Valk: "Joost’s Wordpress SEO Guide and
- Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization by Aaron & Giovanna Wall
- SEO for Wordpress 2.5 Blogs by Mihaela Lica
- SEO Plugins for Wordpress by Michael Gray"
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Comparison of Drupal WYSIWYG Editors drupal.org: "EXCELLENT comparison of editors!
1. I Googled and found a couple of other surveys, although they're not very current.Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (February 2007)Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors - FULL test results (February 2007)WYSIWYG Text Editors Reviewed (February 2006)
2. I'd like to let folks know about WYSIWYG over at groups.drupal.org.
3. Here's a helpful poll: Which editor (if any) do you use for your Drupal site(s)."
1. I Googled and found a couple of other surveys, although they're not very current.Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (February 2007)Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors - FULL test results (February 2007)WYSIWYG Text Editors Reviewed (February 2006)
2. I'd like to let folks know about WYSIWYG over at groups.drupal.org.
3. Here's a helpful poll: Which editor (if any) do you use for your Drupal site(s)."
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Notes from the Google webmasters “Tricks and Treats” event - Daily SEO blog: "The session started off with presentations from Googlers on various topics such as “Myths in SEO” and ended with a vibrant question answer session on the Google Moderator tool." & Top Wordpress plugins Matt Cutts recommends your blog - Daily SEO blog & page rank drop site:mattcutts.com - Google Search
SEO Sitemaps Now Autodiscoverable: Easy and Automatic Roadmaps to Your Blog Content « Lorelle on WordPress: "So far, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live Search, and Ask.com all support the new autodiscovery protocol."
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Free Design Articles from Before & After Magazine: "Before & After is one of the best resources I’ve found for non-designers. The information is practical and parred to the bone. No fluff here. Explanations are thorough and clear" & Before & After magazine article writes about Sybil Green fonts from MyFonts.com & Before & After: What’s the Right Typeface for Text? | Columns, November/December 2005 | Layers Magazine: For Everything Adobe
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Creating Mobile Sites in Drupal Using Multisites | mobiForge & Mobile | skiFFie: "The accessibility module for Drupal allows access to your site from any device", PHP Device Detection | skiFFie & Drupal Websites on the iPhone | Rob Loach's Blog | Fast Company & Optimizing Themes & Modules for iPhone use. | groups.drupal.org
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
jQuery and Drupal | Innovating Tomorrow: "Drupal and jQuery have proven to be a powerful combination when it comes to producing useful and flashy web sites and web applications. In episode 88 of the Geeks and God podcast we talk about jQuery and how it works from within drupal. Part of my homework from the episode was to write up some examples of how to use jQuery from within drupal. Here are those examples."
Website Optimizer - videos & Google Website Optimizer | drupal.org: "This module only supports the multivariate testing option at the moment, so it does not work with A/B tests" & How to Use Google Web Optimizer in Joomla: "Jakob Nielsen put this pretty well with his formula for website success: B = V x C x L" & Google Website Optimizer Forum | Google Groups
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Photoshop Nerds : Photoshop Tutorials » Blog Archive » Creating a Flyer in Photoshop & Photoshop Tutorials - How to make a web-based flyer in photoshop & Photoshop Video Tutorial - Create a Flyer | Free Photoshop Video Tutorials: "Having a clean, stylish, and visually appealing layout is the key to effectively conveying information on flyers" & photoshop tutorials for beginners - Google Video & Adobe Photoshop Basics: Free Online Tutorial for Beginners : Tips on Using Effects in Adobe Photoshop & Matt Thommes / Fast rounded corners in Photoshop
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Get Indexed and Ranked in Google News & Google News Blog: All News is Local e.g. Thornhill, ON, Canada - Google News & News Sitemaps is a good start. & Google NEWS sitemaps | drupal.org: "Added in CVS commit 116187. To use, create a new view with page type 'XML Sitemap: News'. I did not include a default view because there is no standard URL for Google News site maps." & WordPress Sitemap Generator for Google News - David Stansbury KB3KAI & Google Webmaster Tools: "For News Sitemaps: The Sitemap Generator is not recommended for use in creating Google News Sitemaps at this time, due to the special requirements of News Sitemaps. News Sitemaps are intended to be dynamic lists of only the most recently published news articles (rather than the entire website), and they are updated frequently."
Monday, September 08, 2008
My Google Maps tool: "This is the tool I use to create overlays for my Google API maps. I use it to produce polylines, polygons and circles... The javascript and the layout for this web page is a modified version of EZ Google Maps Digitizer, Read about it in Google Code Articles. Maths for drawing circle Some experiments with the Google Maps API (Sensitive circle). When I want to change or add coordinates in a kml-file, I use this tool:
Edit Google Maps KML file" & Google Code FAQ - Creating a Simple Digitizer Using the Google Maps API: "Using the EZ Digitizer... Once you've traced out a path, you can copy the generated KML output to a single file... In addition to digitizing paths (or specifically Polylines), it is easy to trace out structures or regions using the EZDigitizer's Polygon drawing mode" & Matt’s Wikimapia Blog » How To #6: Adding Polygons & Some experiments with the Google Maps API...
Edit Google Maps KML file" & Google Code FAQ - Creating a Simple Digitizer Using the Google Maps API: "Using the EZ Digitizer... Once you've traced out a path, you can copy the generated KML output to a single file... In addition to digitizing paths (or specifically Polylines), it is easy to trace out structures or regions using the EZDigitizer's Polygon drawing mode" & Matt’s Wikimapia Blog » How To #6: Adding Polygons & Some experiments with the Google Maps API...
Friday, September 05, 2008
Book review: "Google Analytics" by Mary E. Tyler and Jerri L. Ledford: Unofficial Google Analytics Blog: "In conclusion, if you're technical and looking for a book to cover Google Analytics installation from head to toe, you'll probably want to skip this book; if you've got a simple website and need a primer in the basics, this is your Google Analytics go-to guide."
Dialer|Lead Response Management|Lead Management|Vertical Industry Solutions: Lead Response Management: "How Much Time Do You Have Before Web-Generated Leads Go Cold?" & Lead Response Management | MIT Survey
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Google Earth API - Google Code: "let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages."
PDT/TUTORIALS - Eclipsepedia & Using PDT : Installation : Installing the Zend Debugger - PDTWiki & Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site, Part 13: PHP development within Eclipse: "Now that all the parts of the PHP IDE and Zend debugger are in place, you'll set up a debug session using a current Drupal project within Eclipse..." & YooperGeek: Getting Breakpoints to work in Eclipse PDT using Zend Debugger & Zend Studio Server 5.1 Installation - Zend Studio - PHP support & tips - Zend.com
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
spherical panorama using ptviewer.jar | drupal.org: "Here is an example... There are several options for flash to show spherical panoramas. I use a program called 'pano2qtvr'. This outputs both qucktime and flash movies. You can find more info here 'http://gardengnomesoftware.com/'. There is a new version out now that is not dependent on quicktime source. See the link for more info. I use 'ptgui' to stitch the pano's with and then use pano2qtvr to render the quicktime or flash movie. But there are many other stitching programs out there that will render your pano in flash as well. Prior to flash 8 it was not possible to show spherical pano's in flash. Since flash 8 this is now possible. The flash movies are based on the 'cube' format designed by quicktime.
For further information on this see the Panotools list at yahoo. Here you can find further information all about panoramic imaging." & Panorama Tools: PTViewer Documentation, links & WordPress › WP PT-Viewer « WordPress Plugins & Flash Panorama Publishing Software - Panorama2Flash
For further information on this see the Panotools list at yahoo. Here you can find further information all about panoramic imaging." & Panorama Tools: PTViewer Documentation, links & WordPress › WP PT-Viewer « WordPress Plugins & Flash Panorama Publishing Software - Panorama2Flash
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