Blog Tutorials
Wanna Be Me? I Want You!
As much as you may think that you've learned a lot from me, trust me when I say that I've learned far more from my audience. Your comments have been extremely helpful to not only me but the rest of my audience as well.
2007 Blog Round Up
The first year (well, five months) of my blog has been a blast. I've had a lot of fun picking the minds of readers and I've learned more than I had expected to. I've compiled a year-end round up of statistics and general information about the...
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to everyone! Get stuffed, fake-smile about that awful computer shirt your clever in-law got you, and drink far too much eggnog! Happy holidays!
Aggravation of a Blogger
I enjoy blogging quite a bit. Blogging lets me pass on some of the knowledge I've accrued over the past years as well as allows me to get feedback on my ideas from readers. I've probably learned more in the last four months of...
Listless Navigation – Using CSS To Do More With Less
I've guest-blogged on Chris Coyier's blog, CSS-Tricks.com.Jump over to Chris' blog to read my article -- Listless Navigation - Using CSS To Do More With Less.
Thank you, Google!
Google is finally picking up on my old domain's .htaccess file (its 301 redirects) and changing all of the old site's article URLs to this new domain. It's about time! Took about two weeks, and there are plenty of posts...
RSS Feed Notes
I was checking out my RSS feeds and noticed that my code examples weren't looking good. I'll be updating the RSS feed this weekend, hopefully by having code examples display in a <pre> instead of a <textarea> (textarea needed for the Syntax Highlighter on the...
Change Domains But Keep Your Traffic – .htaccess 301s
Changing domains was a big decision. My biggest concern was being able to keep my user, RSS feed, and search engine traffic. Luckily, the power of the .htaccess file allowed me to do so: The above .htaccess file code, placed on the old domain...
And We’re In Business!
The blog has been successfully moved to the new domain and theme. Took longer than I wanted, but doesn't everything?A few of the roadblocks I ran into include:MooTools & Syntax Highlighter didn't cooperate as I hoped. The issue was with Syntax Highlighter, but I've...
Upcoming Blog Changes
The BluDice blog will be going under some major changes during the upcoming month, including:Domain change to "davidwalsh.name"Added "Tools" section, where I will provide numerous Web Developer tools to allow you to compress your CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and much moreCustom design -- even I know...