Archive for February 16th, 2006

How do I store my previously-written code?

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Slashdot | How Do You Store Your Previously-Written Code? asks a fairly simple question.

With a fairly simple response:

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Bug in AutoMeta plugin for WordPress

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Automatic Meta & Technorati Tags for Wordpress - boakes.org is a very useful plugin that does automatic Technorati and HTML META KEYWORDS tags. But there’s a bug in the plugin.

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Common mistakes that lead to invalid XHTML

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

When writing HTML by hand, these are the most common mistakes that lead to invalid HTML or XHTML:

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On blog validation and Section 508 compliance

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

I’ve been talking regularly about the importance of HTML/XHTML validation in Web pages and blogs.

Well, now, there’s a new reason… or, actually, it’s a pretty old one. Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act makes a few requirements for public Web sites and blogs, to improve accessibility for their users.

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FAQ: Why user levels are bad usability

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

This page exists to help people on the KDE and GNOME usability lists, which continually attempt to revive old and archived debates about user levels, to understand why this topic is unwelcome.

Since, it seems, netiquette is unfashionable nowadays, and people have forgotten the simple practice of reading the mailing list archives before posting, this page is in order to clarify this particular “user levels” issue.

So, for:

  • mailing list moderators: keep a template in your e-mail application, pointing to this FAQ.
  • users: before posting again anything about “user levels”, read this FAQ in its entirety, then read your mailing list’s archive.

And, without further ado, here’s why.

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Rudd-O’s Wordspew 2.1 is out

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

That’s true. With a few bug fixes which prevented proper operation of everyone and their dog’s favorite shoutbox, Rudd-O’s Wordspew is now available for download.

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RevvedUp 1.4 is out

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

The hugely popular RevvedUp theme for WordPress (which has seen over 7500 home page visits and 2000 downloads in less than a month) has a new, and really great, release now. Here’s the scoop:

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