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Kevin – Wizbangblog.com

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Kevin Donahue- blog.kevindonahue.com

Mark Pilgrim's recent post (why we won't help you) about using HTML validation as a way to troubleshoot layout problems (among other things) got me wondering if I could validate my own HTML. So I did – here are some tips on how you can too: Validation means you're bringing your markup into compliance with [...]

If you're working with scripts, the time will come when you need to work with a Unix archive. Generally, these are .tar files or .tar.gz (zipped). These .tar files are commonly called "tarballs". These are no different than any other archive/backup/zipped files, they just take a little getting used to. How to decompress a .tar [...]

This is specific to MT, but the concent should be applicable to other blogging software. Back when Statia and I were first skinning her site, Robyn used the sandwich anology(*) to explain how you "piece" out index.php for skinning. 1) the code at the top, up to but not including MTEntries [bread] 2) the MTEntries [...]

This is not Jennifer's feed. This feed was put together by Brad, .NET Guy. This feed contains your 10 most recent posts as well as your 20 most recent comments. The difference between this and Jennifer's feed is that if someone comes by and comments on a post that's not one of your 10 most [...]

This is a variation of Girlie's Comment Leaderboard. I've seen other people who show the comment leaders for the last 30 days, but I decided I'd rather show the leaders for the current month. Here's the code. The items bolded and underlined need to be changed to reflect your blog settings. <? include ("/path/to/your/connection/file/connect.php"); $leaders [...]

I was going to post this here, but it seemed less appropriate the more I wrote. You can read the whole post on my site. Here's a summary of what I wrote on my blog: Now that you've gotten your RSS feed(s) set up, it's a good time to check out your site from the [...]

I've had to look this up more times than I can count. I think I've made a post to link to it, but it'd be easier for me if this was just here. I got this code from Christine who posted it on the Blogomania support forums ages ago. (side note: Those forums are mostly [...]

(Written by the Guest Goddess, Photo Matt. Please note: You need to have PHP on your server to do this. No PHP? Won't work.) So your page is now totally pimped out. You have gads of content on your sidebar, you've used ScriptyGoddess know-how to have comments and extended entries pop out like magic, and [...]