We've all seen the advertisements: "You, too, can have a beautiful website in less than five minutes!" What a catchy teaser headline. The sad thing is, the headline is totally true. Anyone, anyhwere, can get a website up and running in record time these days. Services such as SquareSpace and Wix are big advertisers and … Keep Reading »
Goodbye to My Old Friend Internet Explorer 6.0
I am a big fan of the Seinfeld television show. To me, the show epitomizes middle class America comedy in a way no other sitcom has ever managed to do. In one particular episode, for some reason that I can't recall, Kramer decides he's at the time in his life to go without underwear. In a particularly funny scene with … Keep Reading »
Facebook @mentions
Here's the most Twitter-like feature from Facebook, the @Mentions. This feature allows you to tag on your status update anything you want including friends, groups, and events just by adding the "@" symbol.. By typing a "@" symbol on your status, a drop-down menu shows up to let you choose which stuff you want to include … Keep Reading »
Trust and the Internet. What’s Your Experience?
I've been developing websites at 1955 Design for several years. I've designed and implemented dozens and dozens of websites. In that time, I have only had one contract go south on me. The client simply was not willing to comply with the terms of the original contract, wanted to keep adding additional features and time … Keep Reading »
Bandwidth Theft
I have a friend who is having some bandwidth stolen, so I am trying to modify his .htaccess file to stop the theft. I think I finally have the problem solved. Here is the code I included in his .htacess file to prevent bandwidth theft from outside websites: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} … Keep Reading »