Category Archives: Channels

HOW TO: Integrate Google+ Into Your WordPress Site





This month’s hot topic has been, without a doubt, Google+. Whether the new social service from the world’s largest search company w… Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why City Governments Should Embrace Hackathons





Today is the last day to sign up for Reinvent NYC.GOV, the City’s first-ever hackathon. Civic-minded designers and developers who want to… Continue reading

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5 Things to Know About WordPress 3.2

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7 Great JavaScript Resources




As browsers and server-side platforms advance, and libraries new and old grow and mature, JavaScript evolves as well. Staying at the top of your… Continue reading

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How Schema.org Will Change Your Search Results & What it Means for Marketers





Algorithms aren’t going away anytime soon now that websites have a better way to directly describe their content to major search engines. Ear… Continue reading

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Google’s Swiffy Converts Flash Files to HTML5




Google Labs just launched Swiffy, a new web-based tool that allows developers to easily convert Adobe Flash animation SWF files into HTML5. This… Continue reading

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GitHub for Mac Makes Version Control Sexy

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HOW TO: Choose a PHP Framework for Your Next Project

There’s no doubt that web frameworks have exploded in popularity over the past few years, and while it’s likely that a large part of… Continue reading

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HOW TO: Get Started With the COMPASS CSS Framework

Anybody who’s built a website of any size knows how quickly CSS can get out of hand. Style sheets can grow bloated and lengthy, making i… Continue reading

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7 Boilerplates, Templates & Resets for a Fresh Start

Over time, every web developer gathers a collection of tools — useful libraries, code snippets, reference materials and images that get re-use… Continue reading

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