10 Easy SEO Wins
Optimising your site for search engines is an important part of the development process and there are dozens of ways of making sure your content stands out in the rankings. Here are my top tips that take very little implementation and will imminently improve your visibility in search. If you’re interested in getting a more […]
YouTube Data Class
This is a class I’ve used several times and it demonstrates some of the useful data endpoints offered by YouTube. Often I will have to ask users or a web service for YouTube videos, and these may come in the form of share URLs, embed code or video URLs. This class allows you to extract […]
Captionator using JQuery
A nice effect is to have the caption for a text field within the field instead of having a separate label. However it can be frustrating for a user if they have to delete the text before they can type into it. This JavaScript class looks for texfields with a class of captionate and adds […]
Are sitemaps still necessary?
Back in the old days all sites would have a sitemap which would show a nice family tree pointing out all the pages included on the site. But is that still necessary in the current age of dynamic content? This is a discussion I have had with other developers and SEO consultants, and my opinion […]
Thumbnails for sharing with Facebook
Facebook’s integration which allows you to post a page to Facebook is really clever. A bit too clever in fact. The integration allows you to pass the url and title though to the sharing window. The sharing window then goes and take s a look at the page and selects the first few images it […]
Google dips its toe into font libraries
Google releases a beta version of its font directory and API
Javascript variable names in Internet Explorer
The more I work with JavaScript the more I enjoy it. One of the things I like best is that it is a front-end language where you generally don’t have to worry about cross-browser compatibility. It usually just works… Usually… This one tripped me up and it took me a while to pin down what […]
RunPeter
I think Runkeeper is an amazing tool – I use it when cycling and I think it’s really interesting to plot your route and analyse your stats. One of the biggest problems I have with it is that an IPhone battery will last maybe 3-4 hours while constantly logging GPS. This is fine when running, […]
Runkeeper WordPress Plugin
The Runkeeper plugin for WordPress lets you embed a preview of your activities in to posts using a custom field or shortcode. Take a look at an Example of the plugin in action. Version 2.0 The new version offers two options for adding maps in to posts: Create a custom field called “runkeeper” and paste […]