Archive - Dec 7, 2009

Why Templates Are My Most Valuable Assets

If you’re like me, and the kinds of work you do can vary enormously from project to project, you might find my Template Technique handy. As a writer, I find templates — basic pro formas that allow me to define the needs of each project — invaluable in my day to day work.
They help me:

December Photo Showcase: LARGE

"In most of the world, this is the month that contains a flurry of activity (and sometimes a flurry of snowflakes). We are assaulted by music and overt 'decorations' celebrating the Christmas holiday. For that reason our topic of the month is LARGE."

Google’s Search Fade-In: What’s the Point?

Google is rarely publicity-shy and they’ve been promoting their new fade-in effect on the search home page. You may have seen it. Although it’s possible you haven’t — Google are testing the system and not everyone can view it.
It works like this:

Wordpress justifie le retard de sa version 2.9

Prévue pour fin novembre, la nouvelle mouture de Wordpress accuse d’un petit retard qui trouve une partie de sa justification sur le site de l’éditeur.
Ainsi, Benoît Catherineau, membre de l’équipe francophone, nous renseigne sur les futurs apports de Wordpress 2.9 dont l’optimisation n’a pas permis de tenir les délais initialement prévus.

Passer de SVN à Git

Sur le site d'IBM, Teodor Zlatanov a publié une suite d'articles qui visent à aider les développeurs à découvrir l'outil de versionning Git.

Proposed Privacy Laws a Real Threat to the Web

This is a guest post by David Stein, CTO and Cofounder of Burst Media, one of the oldest ad networks. In this opinion piece Dave examines what proposed legislation restricting the use of cookies could mean for web publishers.

10 Hosted Shopping Cart Solutions To Get You Selling Right Away

Ecommerce just seems to continue growing and growing, and it is becoming almost a requirement that all merchants have an online presence of some kind.  We’ve already covered shopping carts that you host yourself, but sometimes it is nice to just walk in to some place that is ready to go and can take you only a few minutes to set up if you play your cards right.

SitePoint & 99designs are Hiring – recommend someone to win $1,000!

SitePoint and 99designs are hiring! If you are the first to refer someone we end up hiring for either of these two roles, we’ll reward you with a AU$1,000 travel voucher to spend with a travel agent in your region.
For both positions we hope to find someone already living here in Melbourne, Australia, but if you know someone willing to relocate and feel they have something special to offer, do get in touch!