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When copyright runs amok

I’m preparing a talk I’ll be giving next month, and found a small image I think will be appropriate as part of my presentation to community groups. I copied the image and its URL to my collections folder and then checked copyright on the site. Here’s part of what it says — The Ulster Museum [...]

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WYSIWYG hides WordPress hacking

How I found hidden spam in a client’s blog and cleaned it up.

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The problems with website frames

Some websites still use “frames” as a way to keep navigation and branding in front of visitors’ eyes all the time while fresh content loads. Frames create problems for visitors though. Find out why. [First published August 2005.] I know! We’ll use frames! You’re designing a website. Whichever page a visitor is on, you want [...]

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Check your links

If your website links to outside sites then you have to watch out for ‘link rot’ — good links gone bad. It’s fine to use software for this, but you need a human eye too. Link rot degrades a site When visitors to your site click a link they expect to end up on some [...]

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