Okay, so here we move on to Part 4 of my “taking too long to add to this” series I had a client this week who is an author. He does some work on practice lists, and wanted a spot to gather his writing together. The thing that he wanted was something that would count the words within his posts – since many of his lists require practice pieces to be under...
read more ›The Content Scraper (for sites that have no feed). ::now holding my ears to shut out the yelps:: Okay, okay – calm down. Here’s the thing. I debated long and hard about putting this here. I truly did. People hate content scrapers, and yes – for the most part – the ones that use it for horrid purposes are evil bastards. But being in the Christmas spirit that I always get in...
read more ›Ahhhhh…. ye olde “Send to a Friend”. One of my recent clients really wanted this sucker for every single post on their site – all you needed to do was put in your email address, your friend’s email address, maybe write a little personal note and send it on it’s merry way. The problem with “Send to a Friend” scripts is the abuse factor. Basically, you’re leaving your server wide open for some POS...
read more ›So, as an introduction, I’m going to tell you that there will be no real rhyme or reason to this series. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several paying clients (and one pro-bono, who really pushed my limits) who have forced me to learn new things, and pull out some creative thinking. As I said before, I’m not a programmer, I just know enough to get around. So I’m absolutely positive...
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