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The Importance of a Breadcrumbs Trail

Navigation is one of the biggest web design factors to consider for a website. Where is the navigation going to be? Will it be on top, on the left, on the right, vertical, or horizontal? Your visitors need to be able to easily find their

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5 Best Code Snippet Directories

I use mostly PHP to create my websites. I often have a need for a simple piece of code that would make my life so much easier, but I don’t know how to write it easily or efficiently. This is when I turn to the

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How does my website rank?

Having a regularly viewed website is a goal for most bloggers and websites on the internet. Driving traffic to your site is not always easy and even harder to maintain. The content needs to be fresh, relevant, and worth reading. Well, how do you know

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Does my website really need a feed?

Whenever a new technology comes out, there is always a lag for adoption and implementation. In my case, when RSS/Atom feeds came out, I too did not adopt them immediately. Before Google Reader came along, I didn’t use feeds, let alone implement them into my

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5 Best Christian Webmaster Resources

Here is my “Best of” list. I know there are tons of “Best of” lists floating around on blogs, but I have never read one that was for Christian webmasters looking to improve everywhere they can. This list is as much for me as anyone

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Facebook Wins…

I have finally given in and registered for Facebook (thanks Nate). I have stood strong (and alone) in my stance against having a Facebook account. I am a nerd and nerds spend entirely too much time on computers as it is, so I only viewed

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Apache mod_rewrite Basics

Apache mod_rewrite is a tool that I wish I had tried to understand a lot early than I did. It makes URLs look so much cleaner not to mention the positive SEO results. This capability can take a URL that is common in PHP that

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Commonly Used Regular Expressions

Here is a function that I have developed in PHP for checking to see if data is in a valid format. These are some of the common validations I have needed while programming various projects and websites. Regular expressions are some of the most powerful