Design Adaptations

One of my readers asked a good question today about how to differentiate author comments from those made by readers. It never occurred to me to write a tutorial on something like that, so thanks goes out to Chris Coyier for the idea. He has a nice looking blog and also writes about CSS [...]

It’s common knowledge by now that a Recent Posts list on the home page of a blog is beneficial for garnering more page views, just as a Related Posts list is for single entry pages. Unfortunately, many of the blogs I’ve seen using this technique are duplicating their most recent entry. Duplicate content is always [...]

If you’re not a first-timer here, you already know I love WordPress. It’s come a long way in the two years I’ve been using it. That aside, I remember how difficult it was to select a content management system when I began blogging. There’s no shortage to choose from (both open source and premium), and [...]

They say nobody reads websites. Instead, most people scan the pages they visit. I can buy that. I don’t remember the last time I read an entire web page from start to finish. I may start out strong, but before I know it my eyes are jumping down to the next heading. Then again. Jump. [...]

Every now and then, I see a post on one of the many blogs I read about a rip that’s been made of the author’s content or design. Protecting intellectual property is undoubtedly a concern for every designer, coder, musician, artist and writer… and thankfully, watching for and guarding against theft (at least online) gets [...]