ShooFlyBuzz Archives
This is the complete list of everything we’ve written here, with the most recent articles first.
- Building A Full Site With WordPress
Most of the time when I build a website and use a content management system, I use Drupal. I recently finished a site that had basic needs, and decided to give WordPress a go. As I was going through it,... - Support HTML Email Standards
I’ve generally not been a fan of HTML email. The main reason is how much easier it makes phishing, link obfuscation, and other evil email scams. That said, I realize that it has a lot of good uses when employed... - Drupal Development: Don't Give Modules and Themes The Same Name
That about says it, doesn’t it? I was building a module for a site I’m working on, and I gave a module the same name as the current theme. One of the modules purposes was to make some blocks for... - Embedding WordPress
(aka WordPress as a content editor for the really, really lazy) The best way to create websites that users can manage themselves is to use a proper content management system like Drupal (our current favorite). This is exactly the right... - Ze Frank on Web Developers
At ShooFlyDesign, we love Ze Frank. In today’s installment of the show, he talks about web developers. Beware.... - Color Management with Save For Web in Photoshop Elements
Update August 28, 2006 — I am again questioning the ability of Photoshop Elements 2 to produce remotely accurate colors using Save For Web. I’m following my own instructions, starting with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 documents, and getting the dull colors again.... - Tunecore
Tunecore looks like an interesting, and much-needed, service for people who are interested in digital music distribution through iTunes and other music services, but don’t have a CD. I’ve just read about it now, but I want to post now... - Force Apple Mail (Mail.app) Not To Use HTML Mail
We get a lot of email here at ShooFlyDesign HQ. A lot. We also write a lot of email. And we prefer our email without the HTML — which is what allows people to make text bold, colorful, add images... - PEAR installation on a shared host
A web host a client is using (who shall remain nameless) has been messing things up for us. Long story short, I needed to install my own copy of PEAR on the server, without SSH access, and without being able... - .NET Development and Gotchas
On a recent project, I had to learn and develop some code using .NET. This was my first experience using a Microsoft framework for anything. I wouldn’t call it an entirely pleasant experience, but it was also not entirely unpleasant.... - What Makes A Website?
Everyone knows what a website is. You type an address (like shooflydesign.org) in your web browser, and there it is. The pieces that actually are needed to make a website are not necessarily very clear, so this article will offer an explanation in (hopefully) plain language. Which of the bits are offered by ShooFlyDesign is also covered. - New Domain Transfer Rules
As of 11/12/2004, domain name transfers become a great deal easier. This is convenient on one hand, and troubling on another. The important part of the new rules is discussed, along with what to do about it. - Firefox - A Good, Safe Web Browser
Today, Firefox 1.0 was been released. We recommend it to our friends and colleagues running Windows and Linux on their PCs. - Email Scams
Email scams, in our inboxes at least, seem to be on the rise. We outline a few simple steps you can take to avoid being scammed by these devious email conmen. - How Do I Make Changes To My Website?
ShooFlyDesign makes every effort to help people edit their own websites. Here's what we tell people. - New Design and RSS Readers
ShooFlyDesign released its redesigned website, along with this new weblog. - Windows FTP Clients
Some FTP and SCP clients to check out for Windows. - FTP Clients
We recommend a couple of FTP clients for the Mac: Interarchy 7 and Transmit. - CSS Editor Bookmarklets
The Edit CSS bookmarklet from SquareFree is a really useful web design tool.