Google speaks on the meta description tag

If you frequent web design forums you will see threads going back and forth about the value of the meta description tag. Some say it’s critical, some say it’s outdated and worthless. Now Google has published a post on their blog explaining how important this particular tag can be.
From the article:
Why does Google [...]

How to embed YouTube videos in SMF forum

There is a mod for SMF that allows you to embed YouTube videos fairly easily, but I didn’t find it until after I worked out a way that I think works as well and doesn’t take a separate modification, plus it’s pretty mindless to add Google or Yahoo videos as well.
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Wordpress plugin to view user meta data

One of the really great, although probably overlooked by most users, features of Wordpress is that you can store meta data on your users. You probably already know that you can do this for posts, but it’s possible to use the _usermeta table to keep track of custom user settings as well.

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Time breakdown of modern web design

A little humor for y’all. Here is a pie chart that quantifies the actual time spent by a web designer.

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The importance of small web pages

With broadband connections and fast computer gaining more and more ground, it is often forgotten that small page size is still important. You have to be able to walk a fine line between what you’re willing to sacrifice to allow your pages to load faster against making sure that the image you project is [...]