Archive for July, 2011
WordPress TextMate bundle Updated for 3.2
WordPress TextMate bundle updated for WordPress 3.2 | The Gippy Pages. My favorite WordPress TextMate bundle has been updated for WordPress 3.2. Of note is the new function definition display. If you’re sticking with TextMate as I am, have a look at the latest update to the bundle, I think you’ll enjoy what’s been updated.
nginx Now an Established Company
This is great news! nginx is an alternative to Apache with a supreme focus on performance and scalability. I converted my production server to use nginx about 5 months ago and loved how it works. Config files that make sense and wicked performance benefits top my list of Reasons to Love nginx and it’s definitely [...]
WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization Book Review and Giveaway
WordPress does a great job at facilitating SEO, but you still need a strategy should it be an arena of focus. I’ve just finished reading WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization by Michael David and not only will it either refresh your memory or teach you a few things, it acts as a great guide for sharing knowledge with your clients.
Using a MacBook Air for Web Development
I’ve been meaning to write this article for the past eight months, but simply haven’t had the chance. With the imminent MacBook Air refresh I thought it timely to take a few minutes to document my MacBook Air experience thus far. My Mac history I’ve owned four Macs to date. The first was a Black [...]
An Ode to Sass: Where it Fits and How it Doesn’t (for Me)
I’ve spent the past three or four months neck deep in Sass and I’ve finally come to some conclusions worth speaking about. Sass can potentially save you tons of time, but it can also have an equally adverse affect if you don’t respect the workhorse that it is.
PressWork
PressWork. This is super interesting. I like that this is the third (maybe fourth) free WordPress theme framework I’ve seen crop up in the past half year or so. What stands out about PressWork at first glance for me is how polished the site is, and how well along the screenshots appear to be. This [...]
Microsoft Dropping Support for Conditional Comments
HTML5 Parsing in IE10 – IEBlog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs. There’s a bunch of information about how IE10 will be handling HTML5, but the bit that sticks out to me is that IE will no longer support Conditional Comments as of version 10. Conditional Comments have been a controversial issue since becoming widely [...]
