Monday, March 21, 2005

PHP and HTML includes - Combined with Dreamweaver templates

In the article “This is so simple, why don’t more websites do it?” I talked about the benefits of include files. Since then, I’ve had some people ask me how to do this with a Dreamweaver template, or with a PHP page. You’ll be surprised at how much time you can save, when you use Dreamweaver templates with include files.

If you don’t use Dreamweaver, don’t worry. This concept can still be used and I’ve included examples you can use.

Here is how you use include files with Dreamweaver.

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Friday, March 18, 2005

How to Create On the Fly PDF Documents

Yes it’s possible to create on the fly PDF documents without having to spend a fortune.

This system is designed to let affiliates get branded PDF documents quickly and easily.

Best of all, as a member of this site you’re going to get the source code for FREE. Yes, that’s right - free. There’s no catch. Membership in this site is free, and as soon as a member of the site you’ll be able to download the code. I will be posting the code on Mar 22.

Want to see an example? http://www.coolsitetricks.com/demo/input.php

Here’s an overview of what you can do with this system:

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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Alexa Rankings - What a Joke

Think Alexa is a good ratings indicator - Think Again.

Many webmasters think that Alexa is a good indicator of how well your site is doing compared to another site. It may be. Alexa rankings are really only useful to compare your site with another site that has the same demographics.

Let me explain.

I have access to the log files of hundreds of sites targeting wildly different markets. If I relied on Alexa rankings alone I’d have

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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

If You Use Passwords - Read This Article

If everyone used their common sense this article wouldn’t be needed. Sadly, it must be written.

I’m talking about how you assign and re-use your passwords. As a result of being given hundreds of peoples’ passwords, I found that password security is way too lax.

For example:

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Monday, March 14, 2005

Suffering From Too Many Instant Message Icons?

Suffering From Too Many Instant Message Icons?

Instant messaging is one of the most useful tools available for your computer. Unfortunately, there are a number of different competing formats. Before I discovered the apps below, my taskbar was cluttered with IM icons. To solve this problem, I tried:

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