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Help Me Pick: Vanilla vs. bbPress
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 with 19 Comments »

I need to decide, and I need to decide now! Which forum software should I use? Will it be Vanilla, or bbPress? What better way to get the best (and right!) answer, than to ask the Devlounge readers. What do you think?

Anatomy of a Movable Type Template
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 with 4 Comments »

Billy Mabray dives deeper into the fine art of Movable Type templating, by showing us what makes up the actual template. Now we’re getting somewhere, this is your natural second step in the world of Movable Type.

Typos Killing Your Code?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 with 10 Comments »

One of the most frustrating things that programmers have to deal with is typos. If you forget something regarding syntax or accidentally misspell a variable name, your program can start doing weird and wonderful things or spitting out errors that are less than helpful.

A friend of mine Jonathan Snook recently wrote about this on his blog.

What bbPress Needs To Really Work
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 with 12 Comments »

Time to install a forum, so which one should I choose? Being a dedicated WordPress user, I wish it was bbPress, the sister project, but it is not at 1.0 yet. What does it lack, and is it ready? Let’s delve deeper into that, shall we?

Your Online Life As Content
Monday, March 31st, 2008 with No Comments »

You tweet, bookmark, read RSS feeds, fave videos on YouTube, plan your day with Google Calendar, and listen to music using last.fm. Basically, you’ve got your whole life online these days. Why not share it on your site, and why not treat it as content to give it more flair? Let’s take a look at some ways to get the visitor closer to the writer, by embedding the online tools we all love and use.

Perfect Pagination
Monday, March 17th, 2008 with 2 Comments »

I recently saw a post on Woork where they talked about the perfect pagination using CSS, and the first thing I noticed was that they were showing off what they label as the Digg-like structure that I use on most of my blogs.

I have always hated the previous, and next page links that most WordPress themes come with, as it doesn’t tell anything about which direction you will be going once you are off the front page.

Will previous bring me to where I was previous, or to even older posts? It has always been something that has annoyed me.

Blogging Software for Mac Users
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 with 18 Comments »

So you’re a Mac user and you don’t want to see your blog’s interface again? I’ve pitted three pieces of desktop blogging software against each other. See who comes up front, and gets my $$$, in the race for my desktop!

Aligning Images The Right Way Using CSS
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 with 11 Comments »

In the old days we aligned images with align="right" with vspace and hspace to add a bit of spacing to the mix. These days, it’s CSS that should handle these things, and with the upcoming WordPress 2.5 release the most popular self-hosted blogging platform will follow suit. Here’s how to do it!

Finding the Right Text Editor for You
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 with 32 Comments »

Hacking code in Notepad may be hardcore to some, but it’s not something I would recommend, really. Sure, it gets the job done, but a great text editor can save time and help you on your way. The problem is finding The Right One…

What Do You Want to Develop With in 2008?
Monday, December 31st, 2007 with 14 Comments »

So with 2008 right around the corner, it is time to reflect on what has happened in 2007, and what we are looking forward to in 2008. I have watched as frameworks, javascript (ajax) and new versions of a variety of different programming languages picked up steam this year, but what are you hopeful for in 2008 in regards to developing new applications. Are you waiting for PHP 5 to build up more of a following, a new framework to make your development process faster, and more efficient, or a new version of an application that will finally have all the features you have been waiting for?

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