Archive for June, 2007

Simple Machine Forums User tracking with Google Analytics

Google Analytics gives you the ability to track visitors by custom variables, but I couldn’t seem to find much information on it until I knew the right term to search on – hint, it’s “__utmSetVar”.
The __utmSetVar javascript function lets you set a variable that Analytics will then use in the statistics it keeps. Say [...]

Splat forum badges

Below is a badge set that I created that would be good on a forum looking for something less than formal. The Admin, Member, and Mod badges are included in red. A PSD file is included so that you can enter your own text and change colors.

Instructions for customizing the splats are included [...]

Need a custom smiley sign

Found a resource that lets you create custom smiley signs for your forum. Below is one that I created for FBW along with the the one that I created for a forum of mine.

One tip is that you may want to put a space before and after your text. Otherwise the [...]

Spell Checking and Firefox 2.0

I had been putting off upgrading from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0 with the fear that some of the extensions I have installed wouldn’t work. Once I finally sat down and upgraded I was surprised to find spell checking built in. Now any text box behaves like Word when I misspell a word. [...]

A trick for creating and remembering strong passwords

If you’re like most people your passwords are too weak. Maybe they’re too short, maybe they’re your kids names, maybe you use the same password for every site. Either way you really should have stronger passwords. The hard part is remembering them.
Watching the Net has put up a post on How to [...]