October 10, 2008 – 2:01 pm
Almost everything you need to know about WordPress is documented at http://codex.wordpress.org – but it’s not well organised and it can be practically impossible to find what you need, unless you stumble across it by chance – even if you know what you’re looking for!
Of course, if you’re just starting out trying to work out how to create your own web design using wordpress, you won’t know what what you need to read, so you’ve got no hope of finding anything useful! Here’s a bit of a rundown on the basics of how wordpress design works – to get you started. This article is based on a few emails i wrote to help someone out – so it may be a bit more rough and ready than it would have been if i’d originally written it in one piece as a blog post. … Read more »
October 9, 2008 – 9:06 pm
Checking Google webmaster tools data for one of the web sites i finished recently i found that all the URLs in Google’s site listing had PHPSESSID=ae334597413160fd8e2a3979a84840ef
tacked onto the end of the query string. I set up the site to use php sessions, to keep track of shopping basket items, and it seems that when the browser doesn’t accept cookies, php adds the session ID onto the end of the URL, in a query string.
This is a problem as you really don’t want everyone who comes via a google link to pick up the same session the googlebot got when it indexed the site. Also, it doesn’t look good in the google listing. … Read more »
October 7, 2008 – 7:19 am
I’ve just finished writing my first proper php and mysql based online shop site – complete with shopping basket and checkout. It was an interesting process and i learnt a lot from it. I’m very pleased with the result – as is my client – and it will be a nice addition to my portfolio.
One of the main things i learnt was that i need to be more organised for the planning stage. I need to sit down with a pen and some paper and map out a page flow and what exactly happens on each page. I did do a little of that for this job, but not in nearly as much depth as i should have done. But, of course, until you’ve done a job like this and started to play with what you’ve done so far, it can be hard to visualise exactly what you’re going to need. … Read more »
October 1, 2008 – 12:47 pm
This is an exceptionally good product. When i ordered it i wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, as i’d never heard of Samson before (despite a lot of broadcast radio technical experience). And i wasn’t sure how good a USB mic would be.
However, this mic certainly exceeds my expectations. The sound quality is very good and it worked immediately on my Linux system. It’s very well made and nice and heavy and solid feeling. It feels like a professional piece of equipment. I was very impressed. The included desk stand is a useless piece of junk though!
I had a bit of difficulty working out how to orient the mic to eliminate “P-pops”, as the usual technique of speaking over the top of it didn’t work. But i eventually worked out that holding it by the side of my mouth and speaking past it in that way works fine and i don’t have any problems with popping ‘p’s. … Read more »