ShooFlyBuzz Archives
This is the complete list of everything we’ve written here, with the most recent articles first.
- Secure Really Does Mean Secure
I recently had occasion to book a hotel in San Francisco. I don’t do a lot of traveling involving hotels, usually staying with family or friends I’m visiting wherever I’m going, so I don’t do this a lot. This time,... - Drupal Camp Chicago 2009
I attended Drupal Camp Chicago at the beginning of December and had a great time. It was the first conference I’ve been to since CHI back when I was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon’s HCII. I don’t go to... - How I Feel About SEO
Yeah, I guess I basically feel the same way Derek Powazek does about SEO. In short: the good stuff is obvious to good web developers, and the rest of it doesn’t work. There are a lot of companies out there... - Google Ignores Keyword Meta Tags, And You Should Too
You can’t say it much more simply than this: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking. That’s straight from the mothership’s mouth. I’m often asked what to do about keywords on pages, and this says definitively... - Sticky Table Headers ala Drupal 6, for Drupal 5
I’m starting to build new websites with Drupal 6 now that the juiciest modules (CCK and Views especially) are nearing stable releases, but Drupal 5 is still very widespread, so I expect a lot of people will be using it... - Building A Full Site With WordPress
Most of the time when I build a website and use a content management system, I use Drupal. I recently finished a site that had basic needs, and decided to give WordPress a go. As I was going through it,... - Support HTML Email Standards
I’ve generally not been a fan of HTML email. The main reason is how much easier it makes phishing, link obfuscation, and other evil email scams. That said, I realize that it has a lot of good uses when employed... - Drupal Development: Don't Give Modules and Themes The Same Name
That about says it, doesn’t it? I was building a module for a site I’m working on, and I gave a module the same name as the current theme. One of the modules purposes was to make some blocks for... - Embedding WordPress
(aka WordPress as a content editor for the really, really lazy) The best way to create websites that users can manage themselves is to use a proper content management system like Drupal (our current favorite). This is exactly the right... - Ze Frank on Web Developers
At ShooFlyDesign, we love Ze Frank. In today’s installment of the show, he talks about web developers. Beware.... - Color Management with Save For Web in Photoshop Elements
Update August 28, 2006 — I am again questioning the ability of Photoshop Elements 2 to produce remotely accurate colors using Save For Web. I’m following my own instructions, starting with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 documents, and getting the dull colors again.... - Tunecore
Tunecore looks like an interesting, and much-needed, service for people who are interested in digital music distribution through iTunes and other music services, but don’t have a CD. I’ve just read about it now, but I want to post now... - Force Apple Mail (Mail.app) Not To Use HTML Mail
We get a lot of email here at ShooFlyDesign HQ. A lot. We also write a lot of email. And we prefer our email without the HTML — which is what allows people to make text bold, colorful, add images... - PEAR installation on a shared host
A web host a client is using (who shall remain nameless) has been messing things up for us. Long story short, I needed to install my own copy of PEAR on the server, without SSH access, and without being able... - .NET Development and Gotchas
On a recent project, I had to learn and develop some code using .NET. This was my first experience using a Microsoft framework for anything. I wouldn’t call it an entirely pleasant experience, but it was also not entirely unpleasant.... - What Makes A Website?
Everyone knows what a website is. You type an address (like shooflydesign.org) in your web browser, and there it is. The pieces that actually are needed to make a website are not necessarily very clear, so this article will offer an explanation in (hopefully) plain language. Which of the bits are offered by ShooFlyDesign is also covered. - New Domain Transfer Rules
As of 11/12/2004, domain name transfers become a great deal easier. This is convenient on one hand, and troubling on another. The important part of the new rules is discussed, along with what to do about it. - Firefox - A Good, Safe Web Browser
Today, Firefox 1.0 was been released. We recommend it to our friends and colleagues running Windows and Linux on their PCs. - Email Scams
Email scams, in our inboxes at least, seem to be on the rise. We outline a few simple steps you can take to avoid being scammed by these devious email conmen. - How Do I Make Changes To My Website?
ShooFlyDesign makes every effort to help people edit their own websites. Here's what we tell people. - New Design and RSS Readers
ShooFlyDesign released its redesigned website, along with this new weblog. - Windows FTP Clients
Some FTP and SCP clients to check out for Windows. - FTP Clients
We recommend a couple of FTP clients for the Mac: Interarchy 7 and Transmit. - CSS Editor Bookmarklets
The Edit CSS bookmarklet from SquareFree is a really useful web design tool.