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Web Design Blog - March 2010

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what is reverse DNS

There are two types of dns: forward dns and reverse dns. Forward dns is the one we all use on a very regular basis. It allows us to use the internet in a human friendly way, otherwise we would have to remember a set of numbers known as an IP address. Forward dns takes a domain request such as "google.com", goes out to the world and returns back with an ip address your computer can use. Reverse dns does the opposite, you query with an ip address for it's assigned domain name. It is commonly used ... read more!

Mar 30, 2010 3:55pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Lightbox your gallery

Lightbox is a great option for those wanting to provide a more rich experience for photo galleries. It can also be used just about anywhere you want to have a thumbnail clicked to show a larger image. Depending on your lightbox version it should fall back gracefully to provide those with less javascript support to still view the image. One of the better options I have seen out there is the lightbox version that operates with jquery. It provides a gallery function allowing you to browse between i... read more!

Mar 30, 2010 3:47pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Redirect your Site to www

This week I've learned a nifty little trick having to do with .htaccess and site redirection. I'm sure you know that you can reach a web site with the normal www. or you can leave it off. The end result is no different to you. sBut it is to Google. The search engines considers each address version a different site, and there's a lot of duplicate content there. .htaccess can force your site to always redirect to www. Toss this little bit of code: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^your-do... read more!

Mar 19, 2010 4:21pm by Jill Hartsen

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Landing Page Effectiveness

Yesterday I "attended" a Google webinar about landing pages called "Is Your Baby Ugly". I'd like to say that none of us are saddled with an ugly baby of a landing page--why would we be? But the reality is that many websites out there are: some sites are confusing, hard to navigate, and yes, just plain ugly. We may be too attached to our sites to give an unbiased critique, (that's where professional help comes in) but here are a couple of important points to help you review your landing page. Si... read more!

Mar 12, 2010 9:24pm by Lara Tallman

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Transfer a Domain!

You know sometimes you register a domain and it just doesn't work out. But wait! You still want that domain. Now you have to navigate the tricky road of getting it transferred to a new registrar. I'm going to break it down for you so you can feel a little more confident. Each registrar will have its own way of handling domain transfers, but in essence this is how it works. (I made you a flow chart, but I'll write it all out too). First, make sure that your domain is eligible for transfer. This m... read more!

Mar 12, 2010 5:09pm by Jill Hartsen

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RGBA

What is RGBA? I'm glad you asked. As CSS3 becomes more widely supported RGBA will become one of those attributes that you just cant live without. Why? Well first it is just cool. Second it eliminates those semitransparent png slices you have to make to create a that glass or screen effect over backgrounds. How does it work? Simple "R"= Red "G"= Green "B"= Blue and the tricky one "A"= Alpha. Put that together and you get "background: rgba(22, 120, 10, .25); ... read more!

Mar 11, 2010 7:43pm by Jeff Nicholson

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jquery - getting those pesky dropdown values

If you have coded javascript before, you will know that getting a selected option value from a dropdown is a couple tedious extra steps more than getting a value from a text field. With jquery, no more will you need to treat these two fields differently. If you need the value of a dropdown that has an id of "the_dropdown" you can write a quick jquery call to get it very easily: $('#the_dropdown').val() That's it! It is just that simple. ... read more!

Mar 11, 2010 11:29am by Mike Vandenberghe

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PHP substring without breaking a word

A while back I explained how you can use php substr function to truncate some text for a preview of a full listing. That method will cut your text right at 250 characters which may leave you with a word cut off right in the middle. Today I am going to show you a simple function that will keep all your words in tact but still allow you to shorten for preview. The simple algorithm is as follows: Is the string longer than our limit ( in this case 250 ) Truncate the string to our limit If we ended ... read more!

Mar 11, 2010 11:18am by Mike Vandenberghe

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