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Handbrake and Youtube

I ran into some issues recently while converting a dvd to mp4 video for Youtube.com use.  I used the default settings in handbrake for an mp4, which uses the h.264 encoder, and names the files as m4v’s.  Once uploaded, Youtube failed to convert all he videos for use.
I’ve since messed around with Handbrake and found [...]

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New weekly webinar series

Tune in to our new weekly webinar and learn about the practical, everyday realities of creating, managing, and progressively enhancing a web site for your business. Every Wednesday morning at 10am.

Replacing a <hr> with an image

This was actually quite a bit more difficult than I had hoped.  Internet Explorer seems to put a mysterious border around the image used to replace the hr tag, when simply using a definition for background: url(/path/to/hr.png);.  This can be very frustrating.  You can see an example, with some css code, ignore the highlights below:
The [...]

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Simple Wordpress Contact Form

I wanted to explore the simplest way to add a contact form to a Wordpress site.  My criteria for this is that it must be accessible to someone who has never written any html, or other code, and doesn’t want to learn simply to add a contact form.  I searched around, and found some really [...]

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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus…

But, Google is from Jupiter. Read this wired article by Steven Levey to gain a better understanding of the engine and help focus your work on principles that help improve your relationship with Google.

The Fresh Web – Web Report from Feb 12th

The Fresh Web presentation from our locals only class this week. Condensed coverage of happenings on the web the week of Feb 12th, 2010.

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Copy, Paste Secrets Revealed

Sometimes cut and paste just doesn’t cut it.

Every once in a while we get a call from a client that wants to put a spreadsheet or a formatted Word document straight into their web site. Of course, one first turns to copy and paste to make that happen.

Should be straightforward? Of course.

But… unfortunately, that’s not the full story. Sometimes, cutting and pasting Excel spreadsheets or Word documents into CenterStage, Wordpress, or other web-based software can produce unpredictable results.

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SpamAssassin Date Problems

It appears the default configuration for SpamAssassin considers any date on an email far in the future to be suspicious.  Unfortunately for SpamAssassin users, any date after 2009 is considered to be far in the future, leading to many deliverability issues.
This means that until the SpamAssasin team release a fix, and that fix is rolled [...]

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Improve “Newsworthiness” with Segments: A Quick Zombie Analysis

Learn why the more targeted (or more finely segmented) the audience, the easier it is to create a newsworthy message.

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Wordpress Plugin: NextGEN Gallery 2 | Add a Slideshow

Adding the NextGen gallery to your Wordpress site was a breeze! Now let’s take a few minutes to add in the slideshow feature using Longtail’s JW Flash player.

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