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Web Design Blog - March 2011

The Truth About HTML5

There has been a lot of hype around HTML5 in recent months. I have heard individuals singing the praises of it without really knowing what it is. First HTML5 is not the end all for Flash and Javascript. Both mediums still have their appropriate uses and will continue to live on. Second HTML5 still a little "half-baked". There is not a single browser that supports all of the new features in HTML5. It isn't expected to be completed until 2014. Third HTML5 is not an all new programming langu... read more!

Mar 14, 2011 11:33am by Jeff Nicholson

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Don't Get Blacklisted

JCPenney Penalized by Google Retailer JC Penney was recently penalized by Google for their SEO company’s Black Hat practices. In other words, they were manually removed from their top spot in Google search engine results due to use of unethical techniques to get ahead. What is “Black Hat SEO”? Like a magician who uses a parlor trick to produce a rabbit from a black hat, there are those who attempt to achieve search engine optimization by trying to figure out a search engin... read more!

Mar 04, 2011 3:33pm by Steve Anderson

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Issue Calls to Action

Websites Tend To Be Big The average website contains around 273 pages. Out of all of those pages how do we know which ones have the content we are truly looking for? Even a smaller web site with 50 -100 pages can seem like a lot of information to wade through. Though some websites seem to have an infinite number of pages, most of them are there to support just one main idea or a small handful of ideas. Your Users Need Direction No matter how large or small your website is, your users will ... read more!

Mar 01, 2011 12:00pm by Steve Anderson

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The Future of the Internet

“With great power comes great…” how does that go again? Net Neutrality An Even Playing Field For All Web Companies One of the best things about the internet is its indiscriminating ability to allow anyone’s voice to be heard. In theory, everyone has an equal chance to get their product or message out to the world for those who would hear it. A phrase used to describe this principle is Network Neutrality (or Net Neutrality for short). ISP's Who Take Advantage What ha... read more!

Mar 01, 2011 11:47am by Steve Anderson

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PHP testing if a function exists

In php you may need to check certain things are available before you call them to prevent errors or to change programming behavior depending on what functionality an object has that is passed. There are a couple functions for testing the existence of functions or variables: function_exists('func_name') isset($var) There are a couple other ones used for testing that an object/class has a method or member: method_exists($obj,'func_name') property_exists($obj,'var_name') You can also... read more!

Mar 01, 2011 8:39am by

Mike Vandenberghe

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PHP number formatting

Number formatting in php can be done in a few ways. You can simply round your number ( 2 decimal place accuracy ): $num = round($num,2); You can simply remove all decimals and make it an integer: $num = intval($num); There is even a function in php to format numbers for display: echo number_format($num,2,'.',','); ... read more!

Mar 01, 2011 8:33am by