webdev

How do You Find Private Advertisers for Your Blog?

I’m dealing with this question, both on a few of my own blogs and for some of my clients, so I found this how-to + philosophy post pretty helpful.

Bad Designer Threads

I love these t-shirts, particularly the Comic Sans one. Brilliant and must-have.

WPDesigner » How to Use WordPress as a Membership Directory

This brief tutorial could come in handy… I’ve done something similar but didn’t document it, so this is a great reference should I need to do it again.

DNS Propagation Checker

Helpful to know if I’m the *only one* seeing the old version. 🙂

WordPress Tab Default to Pages Plugin | Watershed Studio, LLC | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

I often need this functionality for clients who just want to use WordPress as a CMS.

Outsourcing Web Projects: 6 Steps to a Smarter Business – SitePoint Kits

I’d like to outsource more of my projects. Considering buying this book.

Learn symfony: a Beginner’s Tutorial [PHP & MySQL Tutorials]

I’m considering a PHP app for a client, and would like to explore symfony at the same time.

Shoestring Smarts | The Top 5 Free Search Engine Optimization Tools

You can pay tens of thousands of dollars for great SEO help (and not-so-great SEO help!!). But if you’re willing to learn the ropes and do some research, you can get great search engine traffic on your own – for free or for very little $.

Flip a Web Site Fixer-upper [Community]

I haven’t played with this concept but it sounds interesting.

Great Firewall of China | Home

A very helpful service to test a site’s availability in China.