Add a preview to your WordPress comment box

Yesterday I was browsing around the blog world and came across this posting on keeping a clean desk. I found the topic interesting enough to leave a comment, but that’s not really the point. What I saw as I typed was that below the comment box was a preview of what I was typing. This [...]

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 Some say it’s critical, some say it’s outdated and worthless.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. I had the Custom [...]

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.

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.