Monthly Archives: November 2009
Jekyll: Sites Made Simple
Want to create a customized blog, without having to deal with the complexity of WordPress? Introducing Jekyll, a web site creation engine with a sophisticated templating system that’s dead simple to use. In this article, Simon Pascal Klein shows you … Continue reading
Speeding Up A Site – Server Side
“Members discuss advanced methods of speeding up site performance such as efficient software, hardware strategies, and database optimization.” (-subscription required) Continue reading
Data Visualization with Flex, Part I
Adobe’s Flex can be a fantastic tool for visualizing data. In this first installment of a three-part series, Toby gives us some general theory on data visualization, and shows us how to extract meaningful data from an application and import it into F… Continue reading
Run IE6, IE7, and IE8 on the Same Machine Using Windows 7 XP Mode
Testing your web site in all the current versions of Internet Explorer on separate PCs is no one’s idea of fun. In this article, Craig shows step-by-step how to run IE6, IE7, and IE8 simultaneously using Windows 7 XP Mode.
Overcome Your Caching Conundrums
Ever updated a web site’s markup and CSS only to have it render incorrectly when you load it in your browser? Perhaps you’ve had to tell a co-worker or client that they needed to refresh the site or empty their browser cache to view your updated si… Continue reading
The Easy Way To Install PHP on Windows
The new Web Platform Installer from Microsoft makes setting up PHP and PHP-based applications on Windows a breeze. Louis walks us through what’s available with this new tool and shows us how simple it is to start off with WordPress or Drupal on Windo… Continue reading