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Joomla! 1.5 Stable Released
Two and a half years of development came to fruition today, when it was announced that Joomla! 1.5 Stable was made available for download.
Joomla! 1.5 is a major rewrite of the core Joomla! codebase, which was forked from Mambo on August 17, 2005. Joomla! 1.0.x retained a great measure of compatibility with Mambo, but Joomla! [...]
W3C Publishes First Public Working Draft Of HTML 5
Yesterday the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) published the first public working draft for the next revision of the HTML standard, HTML 5.
HTML 5 is backwards compatible with HTML 4 and XHTML 1, but will no longer support some of the SGML elements of HTML 4. In addition to HTML syntax, HTML 5 will support [...]
Move Over Alexa, Here Comes IZEARanks
The problem with web metrics provided by Alexa and Compete is that their numbers are totally dependent on what they gather from users who are using their Firefox and Internet Explorer toolbars. Mostly this consists of people who are trying to inflate their website’s Alexa and Compete ranking by running the toolbar. In other words, [...]
22Jan2008 | Michael Lankton | 16 comments | Continued
First Look At Wordpress 2.5
Wordpress is used by more readers of Connected Internet than any other blogging engine or content management system. Wordpress 2.4 developed into so many changes to the system that a Wordpress 2.4 release has been abandoned altogther. The new release will be Wordpress 2.5, and is scheduled for an April 1st release.
There is still a [...]
New Macbook Air, Power Mac From Apple
Two days into Apple’s annual week-long lovefest Macworld have seen two of the company’s flagship hardware products refreshed for 2008.
The Macbook Air is a very slender Macbook. So slender it will fit into a manilla envelope. The sexy profile adds about $700 to the price, and it still sports the too-small 13″ display.
What will get [...]
Joomla 1.0.14RC1 Released
Joomla 1.0.14 RC1 was released today, bringing the CMS’ mature branch a step away from what is supposed to be the final release in the 1.0.x tree.
Joomla is an open source CMS started by former core developers of the CMS Mambo. The 1.0.x tree of Joomla was forked directly from Mambo. Work has been underway [...]
ColorblindS Wordpress Theme
While content is king, most of us give quite a bit of thought to our presentation. After all, the look of our web site is a big part of establishing our brand, and we also want a design that is optimized for readers, crawlers and advertisement.
Early on when I was still using Wordpress it really [...]
5 Professional-looking Free Wordpress Themes
Great content can lose momentum if it’s wrapped in a brown paper bag. Your site design impacts content layout, advertising space and most importantly, it influences how your readers perceive what you have to offer.
There are no shortage of bad looking Wordpress themes. Many times I will pass by a site without really scratching the [...]
Are You Directing Traffic Or Just Watching It Go By?
Your web site’s home page is going to see more hits than any other section of your site. Even people surfing in from Google will make your homepage their second stop if they are going to stick around for multiple page views. If your home page is all you are concerned about people seeing, then [...]
7Jan2008 | Michael Lankton | 6 comments | Continued
The Shot That Ended The Format War
I wrote a three part series on the Format War when I first started writing for Connected Internet, describing what the two formats were about, and what I thought were hits and misses by both sides. My ending verdict was for HD DVD, and I still feel that it has more to offer than the [...]
5Jan2008 | Michael Lankton | 11 comments | ContinuedSubscribe Now!
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