Our Most Popular Posts of 2007

The Best of 1955 Design

heart.jpgGetting this blog off the ground began in 2007 (essentially) and continues toward 2008. Most of my articles have something to do with web accessibility, or web design, or the WordPress content management system. Sometimes I toss in an article about a charitable organization that I find worthy or about something that has nothing to do anything I have already mentioned.

That being said, here are the most popular (hey, give me a break, “popular” is a relative term!) articles that I wrote in 2007.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the inter web. May you and your family have Happy Holidays and Joyous New Year!

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December 23rd, 2007 | Blogging, Most Popular | 1 comment

WordPress Category Page Templates

How Do You Use Them at Your Website?

On first glance you might not be able to think of any use for WordPress specialized category pages.

Somebody over at WordPress has thought of just about everything.

The more I use WordPress and implement it into my web design projects the better I understand what a full featured Content Management System it really is. I recently wrote an article desscribing one of my favorite WordPress features which allows you to assign separate category template pages for different post categories. This article explains this concept in a bit more detail.

Most of the standard WordPress themes include a file name archive.php. This file is called each time a user accesses an archived post. Examples of archived posts are:

  • Monthly posts
  • Yearly posts
  • Post within a certain category

When a user views the selected archived posts, the page displayed by the browser is controlled by the archive.php file and the XHTML code within that page. Often times this archive.php file is customized to offer the user information about the subset of posts that they are viewing. For instance, if you view the archives on this website for the posts filed under the category “Blogging” you will notice that the first paragraph of the page offers you a brief advisory of just what posts you are viewing.

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December 11th, 2007 | Blogging, WordPress | 1 comment

Adsense: Cents or No Sense?

What's Your Experience?

Do you use Adsense on your blog? If so, are you all warm and fuzzy about Google Adsense? Is it worth the time and the aggravation?

One project I completed earlier this year featured optimizing the placement of Google Adsense code. Many blogs, including several that I control, use Google Adsense to help monetize their operation. Do you use Adsense on your blog? If so, are you all warm and fuzzy about Google Adsense? Is it worth the time and the aggravation?

There seems to be a love/hate relationship with Adsense. Some site owners swear by it, while others find the limitations imposed by Google to be difficult to deal with. Another camp feels that Adsense ads ruin a blog and cheapen it in the process.

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November 2nd, 2007 | Blogging, Most Popular, Web Stuff | 4 comments

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