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Web Design Blog - June 2008

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No support for MPEG2

As an Apple user I figured I was very well equipped when it came to video files. So when I recently was asked to make some edits to an MPEG file I thought, "no problem". Actually there was a problem. When I tried to open the clip in Quicktime I received an error message stating that this was "not a video file". I initually thought the file must be corrupted. Just to make sure I gave VLC a try where it worked beautifully. I was confused to say the least. I checked the file extension and the file ... read more!

Jun 27, 2008 6:30pm by Jeff Nicholson

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Cent OS default install, beware of avahi

It doesn't matter whether you install centos desktop or centos server, the avahi daemon will be installed by default. This service is not needed and in fact may be a detrimental thing to have installed. Let me tell you a story, this story is filled with frustration and server downtime. We recently worked on some servers which were all running cent os. Some of the servers had cpanel/whm and some did not. When we brought up a new server within the network, the avahi-daemon decided to release a bun... read more!

Jun 27, 2008 5:42pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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The 95th Percentile

Bandwidth equals dollar signs. Similar to electricity, the packets traveling to and from online appliances worldwide is a multi-billion dollar industry. We have been in the dedicated server hosting business for many years. However, as our server business grows, so does the need for imporved monitoring and bandwidth contols. This is where the 95th percentile comes into play. Bandwidth and burstable high speed bandwidth are similar to a Wendy's Fish Fillet and Tokyo Sushi, in regard to the pocketb... read more!

Jun 27, 2008 4:42pm by john chase

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BAD Internet Service Providers - Comcast, Qwest

We were with Xmission and Qwest recently for our high speed connection. You'd think being a web development shop with a bunch of techie people around - that we could figure out how to get the most out of our internet service. And indeed we have the skills to do so - but the service provider has to do their part too. So we drop Qwest and sign up for Comcast (because they guarantee high speed 16mbps download and uploads of 2mbps). We get so excited when the installer arrives Monday morning. He s... read more!

Jun 27, 2008 3:31pm by Shad Vick

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Content Management Systems

Not very long ago, the standard website method for a site that contains just content and no database driven applications was to setup some static html pages with a custom design. That is not the case any longer. Now companies are implementing Content Management Systems for every site they build to allow the customer to control their own content. CMS come in a variety of formats, from the custom built to the off the shelf third party brands there are many different choices. No longer are the days... read more!

Jun 18, 2008 8:56am by Mike Vandenberghe

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@font-face will set us free

Over the past few years there has been major improvements in design quality on the web. I believe a portion of this can be attributed to the wide-spread adoption of cascading style sheets. CSS has given designers the ability to work outside the confining tabled layout. The development of CSS1 and 2 have allowed us to do such things as bring layers onto the web, set background images, and position elements to pixel precision. These things are great, but as any design school student knows typograp... read more!

Jun 17, 2008 11:23am by Jeff Nicholson

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Server Monitoring Tools (php)

I've been looking for a decent (simple) server monitoring tool that I could install to view at a snapshot glance what our servers are doing. I found several and thought I'd share a few: 1. Iguana Server Monitor (open source) Install this simple php script on the box you want to view stats for and you're good to go. Really it's that simple. Just upload a php script to your web directory, browse to that page and you can see in an instant all the specs of your server, processes, etc. 2. http va... read more!

Jun 07, 2008 12:23am by Shad Vick

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Safety in Numbers and Letters

As a web designer sometimes I feel imprisoned by "web safe" fonts. I can only take so much of Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Times, and Georgia. I'm all for being safe, but occasionally you have to break the mold and live a little. That's why I've included this list of "sorta web safe" fonts. Go ahead, try them out. You can always set up your CSS to fall back on one of the trusty 5. 1. Arial Black, Arial Narrow 2. Baskerville 3. Copperplate, Copperplate Gothic Light 4. Gill Sans, Gill Sans MT 5. Cen... read more!

Jun 06, 2008 6:26pm by Jeff Nicholson

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