Web Development
Internet Explorer’s annoying 30 CSS files limit bug
Internet Explorer is a lousy browser family, and it has some of the most annoying bugs possible. Took me a while to figure out why websites were breaking in some pages, till I was finally able to figure out that Internet Explorer has a bug where it can handle Continue Reading →
Block Search Engine Traffic Overload – Yahoo, CUIL & Baidu
Although they bring in very little traffic, the crawl rate for some of the smaller search engines can create a huge load on a website server and even bring down a site. For some reason, Yahoo, CUIL and Baidu are among the worst of the search engines, hammering Continue Reading →
Tweaking PHP memory limit for Drupal & Wordpress errors
Coming across PHP memory related error messages? Getting that annoying "Fatal Error - Allowed memory size exhausted" message? Firstly, this could indicate that there is something wrong, like a problematic module or plugin that - due to a bug - is consuming Continue Reading →
Troubleshoot Server Load and Optimize Server Speed for Drupal-Wordpress in VPS-DS
Following a query from a colleague, a few quick tips on troubleshooting and optimizing a slow overloaded VPS/DS hosting a Drupal site based on some of my experiences. Apache Note - I run my VPSs-DSs with Hostforweb and VPS.NET (aff). Both should be able Continue Reading →
Tired of Feedburner? Try some RSS feeds manager alternatives
Seems like people are tired of Google Feedburner glitches. Not a week goes by without a post showing up on my RSS reader that has something to do with poor performance and bad stats by Feedburner. Many of those posts end up with a cry - are there any decent Feedburner Continue Reading →
Top Web Developer Mozilla Firefox Add-On Tools
Responding to repeating questions from clients and colleagues about recommended Firefox plugins for Web Development and basic SEO/SEM, following are the Firefox Addons I can’t do without : ColorZilla web developer addon It assists web developers and graphic Continue Reading →
Checking Website Browser and Platform Compatibility
Checking website browser and platform compatibility is key, if you want your site to appeal to the target audiences using them. Since I got a few emails about the topic, both from people asking me what I use and those suggesting their services, following is a Continue Reading →
Install, upgrade, test and debug your CMS website locally on a Windows machine
The other week I was horrified finding out how some of my friends do their CMS testing and debugging (Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, whatever) – they do it online. To their defense I would say that they backup everything and put the site in maintenance mode, but Continue Reading →
The open-source Browser Shots : Test your website on all platforms and browsers
If there's something I really hate about doing webdesign is having to making sure the design is running the same on all browsers running on all platforms. There are endless little issues that could drive the most patient of people absolutely insane, and the problem Continue Reading →
Test your website on Internet Explorer : Making sure you’re okay with IE5-IE6
I can't imagine why, but over half of the world's web surfing population is still using old versions of Internet Explorer (IE) - most running the Windows XP bundled Internet Explorer 5 (IE5), Internet Explorer 5.5 (IE5.5), Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and the Continue Reading →
