More CodeIgniter and GoDaddy Hosting Issues
I am working on a client’s site who has a GoDaddy DELUXE Hosting account, and I started having problems that my previous post on “GoDaddy + CodeIgniter Issues” did not resolve (shared hosting account…...
View ArticleHow to autoplay play a YouTube video ONLY ONCE by setting a cookie
I found this gem of a code snippet today, courtesy of http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/268961-video-autoplay/ I was building a website out that I wanted to autoplay a YouTube video, but I didn’t...
View ArticleBeware the Google new page “bump”
I don’t know what Google calls it, but I call it the “Google bump”. That is when new pages soar straight to the top of the rankings. The problem is that a week or two later, they sink right back into...
View ArticleHow to out-smart form bot spam without using a CAPTCHA – Part II
In an earlier post about foiling form bot spam without using a CAPTCHA, I introduced an idea to validate your forms to not allow any HTML tags in any of the fields. The theory was that spammers’ main...
View ArticleCodeIgniter, Cookies, and IE9 (oh my!): Underscores in cookie name fails in IE9
I just ran into a scenario where I implemented a Remember Me checkbox on a login page (powered by CodeIgniter). Turns out that if you use CodeIgniter Cookies and you have an underscore in the cookie...
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Full-time Freelance Web Developer in Tampa, FL
I am finally a full-time web developer. I have been part-time for about 10 years now, and now that I resigned from Humana, I can pursue my dream of owning my own business and being a full-time web...
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Don’t ask questions in your advertising
I was listening to the radio and an advertisement selling Silver Morgan Dollars came on and they did something in the ad that was really bad… they asked a question! The announcer said something like...
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2012 St. Pete Grand Prix #gpstpete
Every once in a while I get to have fun Thanks to Dennis and SavvyCard for the opportunity to go to the St. Pete Grand Prix last Sun. Citgo car being towed to the starting line Floating dock watching...
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Google Play now live and in your top navigation bar
So I just noticed this as I did my first Google search of the day. Google Play It seems that Google has positioned selling content front-and-center now. When you either click through the top...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics tutorial for business owners
I just finished a video tutorial over on seocoding.com covering Google Analytics. I just focused on the parts that apply to a small business owner. There’s so much in Analytics that it could be...
View ArticleHow to quickly add responsive images to WordPress with width:100% CSS set
I normally add style=”width:100%;” manually to most images that I add to WordPress pages, posts, and widgets. I also strip out all the hard-coded image height and width settings. So a typical image in...
View ArticleCustom WordPress shortcode to display current year
Place this code in your theme’s functions.php file to address that pesky problem of copyright dates in the footer not having the current year displayed!! /* shortcode for the current year */ function...
View ArticleDelete all messages in your LinkedIn inbox
I came across a great trick to solve a problem I had today. I have thousands of LinkedIn connections and periodically my inbox gets over-full. However, there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to clear...
View Article5 Most Important Factors When Redesigning Your Web Site
Eventually, every small business should update their website. Maybe you have a new logo, or you finally coordinated all your marketing materials on a single font style and color palate. Maybe you just...
View ArticleUse PHP’s date function to keep your Copyright date current
Nothing screams “THIS WEBSITE HASN’T BEEN UPDATED IN A WHILE” like an out-of-date copyright notice in your footer. Several years ago, I decided to code a little smarter, and on every website that I’m...
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