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Tutorials and tips covering HTML, CSS, jQuery and PHP for web designers and developers. Discussion of the latest Internet technology and search engine optimisation news.



Yahoo Pipes RSS Mash-ups

Dec
18
2009

Yahoo! Pipes logo I’ve been using Yahoo! Pipes quite a bit recently, partly because it’s so easy to use, and partly because it outputs data in RSS and JSON format.

For instance, if you decide to use the RSS output, you can use SimplePie to parse the data and display it, or you can output the JSON feed using jQuery. I’ve found the later method to be very quick and efficient, and it avoids the need to setup cache folders and cronjobs to automatically parse your feeds at set intervals. Read the rest of this entry »


Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines

Dec
18
2009

Out-the-box WordPress has a number of issues that should be cleaned up for better search engine performance.

Source: Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines


Give PNG a Chance

Dec
14
2009

In-depth comparison of .gif and .png files.

Source: Give PNG a chance / Stoyan’s phpied.com