October 2002 Archives

Pumpkin traffic October 30, 2002
Holiday content can be a tremendous driver of traffic to your Web site. I’m getting over a thousand visitors a day searching for the pumpkin carving links I posted a year ago.

Commercial CSS layout October 29, 2002
Here’s a couple of large-scale Web sites that use CSS instead of tables for layout. Do you know of others?

Open letter to Barnes & Noble October 29, 2002
Barnes & Noble screwed up by sending a marketing email to people who told them they didn’t want to get email, made it difficult to change email preferences, and then ignored their mistake.

Flash avoidance October 27, 2002
Designing with Flash? make sure you provide alternate content to the growing masses who don’t have the Flash plugin.

ADA rulings October 21, 2002
Two different court rulings on applying the Americans with Disabilities Act to Web sites. And they disagree.

Embrace the medium October 15, 2002
The Web is different than print, television, or any other medium. To be successful, designers must embrace those differences.

Double spaces October 14, 2002
Responding to Scott Johnson’s challenge, an MT plugin for converting spaces.

Sorting Amazon October 10, 2002
Amazon’s backend is showing and they are revealing some interesting flaws in their system.

Content Publishing October 9, 2002
If you are familiar with publishing, it shouldn’t be difficult to understand content management.

Deny everything October 3, 2002
When thinking security, only open what is neccessary. Block everything else, including the unknown.

Sanitary comments October 3, 2002
The Sanitize plugin improves security for outside HTML on Movable Type Weblogs.