Category Archives: Web

Keeping current with SEO

Posted on March 24, 2006 by Todd Huss

Keeping current with SEO has always been a challenge for me, it reminds me of paying bills, you have to do it but you don’t always want to. However, as the majority of our traffic comes from search, staying on … Continue reading →

Posted in Search Engine Optimization, Web | 1 Comment

Scaling a medium sized website

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Todd Huss

Eric Hodel posted their production website server setup over at the Robot Coop that handled 2.5M page views in a day not too long ago. I love this kind of information because it helps me get a feel for how … Continue reading →

Posted in Systems Administration, Web | 1 Comment

5 things Ruby on Rails has that Java doesn’t

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Todd Huss

After listening to this weeks Ruby on Rails podcast where Geoffrey Grosenbach interviewed Bruce Tate, it got me to thinking about why Ruby on Rails appeals to me. For me as a Java person, the real appeal of Ruby lies … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile Development, AJAX, Java, Ruby, Software Engineering, Web | 3 Comments

Enhancements to subModal

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Todd Huss

I started hacking around with subModal (modal javascript windows with background shading) this morning to add some features I liked in Lightbox Gone Wild. You can try it out and download my changes to subModal here. They are

Posted in Design, Javascript, Web | 31 Comments

Hiring a web front-end engineer and a rant

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Todd Huss

Update 3/28/06: Still looking… not for a web designer but a web front-end engineer. Jemery does a good job of describing the distrinction. No doubt about it, this is a hot skill set that is extremely hard to find! I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Javascript, Web | 6 Comments

Modal windows with Javascript and CSS

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Todd Huss

One of the side projects I spent a little time on today was researching the use of on-page modal dialog boxes using Javascript and CSS that shade or darken the rest of the page while they are open. It looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop, Javascript, Web | 3 Comments

Foxmarks Firefox bookmark synchronization

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Todd Huss

I use a slew of machines so keeping my bookmarks and files synchronized between them has always been a priority. I’ve had the file synchronization issue under control for a while now by putting my documents and such into subversion … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop, Web | 2 Comments

Captcha, or is it capfcha, no maybe it’s Gopfcho, dammit!

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Todd Huss

You’re trying to post a comment on a blog or sign-up for an online service and you have to respond to a captcha (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) to authenticate that you are indeed … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing Earl and Yuri

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Todd Huss

Let’s start with the difference between URL, URI, and URN because there is a lot of confusion around these terms, and rightfully so. The W3C had to issue a recommendation after URI and URL started being used interchangeably in RFC’s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Web | 1 Comment

Spellchecking belongs in the browser, not on the website

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Todd Huss

With all of the different sites, forums, blogs, etc… that use textareas for writing on the web, it’s unrealistic to expect them all to have a good spellchecker. Even sites that do have spellcheckers have very different levels of quality. … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop, Web | 7 Comments