"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." — Joseph Campbell
Posts by Jacob
Optimizing Your Website For Speed
Making Your Website Fast Recently, Google, made the announcement that the speed your website loads is now calculated into their page ranking. To that I say….good for Google! Think about it, what do you do when a website is slow or doesn’t load…you LEAVE! In the world of the Internet, you have mere seconds to capture a visitor’s interest before they leave and find your...
Read MoreInto The Breach
Into The Breach On this episode of The Web Squeeze podcast we go “Into The Breach” with Michael Santarcangelo. (more…)
Read MoreCommunicating Effectively
Communicating Effectively On this episode of The Web Squeeze podcast we give you tips on how you how you can help your client select the right services at the right price! Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Download Now!Show NotesSample Contact Form...
Read MoreNever Update Your Copyright Again!
Recently, I was reading an article on Smashing Magazine called…”Don’t Forget The Small Stuff This Year“, and within that article it reminded users to update their copyright statement each new year! Have you ever forgotten to update your copyright statement to 2010? I know I have, however; let’s make sure that doesn’t happen again. With this short PHP code...
Read MoreIs Your Computer Killing you???
Will Your Computer Be the “DEATH” of You? Amazing true story of how my geeky ways almost killed me! I love what I do. Probably most of us would say that or we wouldn’t be in this business. I’m online maybe 16-18 hours a day and I love every minute of it. My family says I’m “hooked.” My computer is like a drug. When I sign onto the computer, a sense of...
Read MoreFancy Directory Listing (Using htaccess)
Fancy Directory Listing (Using htaccess) In this tutorial I cover the basics of htaccess, how to create a custom Apache directory listing using .htaccess. If you look at the default Apache directory listing you’ll see a plain, boring, dull, hard to read design. Our objective for the course of this tutorial is to spice up that design, and learn some htaccess in the process! For those that would...
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