2008 February | CyberCoder

Alternate Background Color of Blog Posts

As my tag pages grow I have been contemplating how I wanted to handle their appearance. The goal is to have as many post excerpts as possible on each tag page while creating a page that is easy to read. I decided to try something a little different that I have not seen on too many blogs, actually, I am not sure I have seen it at all except on some comments, which is alternating the background color of each post.
So, how hard would this be?
It took about an hour to get it the way I wanted it. I am [...]

February 28th, 2008 - By David

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Google Grandcentral

Google GrandCentral is now in Beta and allowing non invite registrations. There are several features of Google GrandCentral that make it stand out. You can now have a phone number that allows people to call you without them knowing your actual phone number, lets see, did that make sense?
Let’s try it this way, One Number, Multiple phones!
For Bloggers it is a great tool to allow your readers to contact you without posting your home, office or cell phone number. You can add a web button, like the one in my right sidebar that allows a reader to enter their name [...]

February 27th, 2008 - By David

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Google Talk Chatback

Now this is pretty cool. Since I have a Google Talk account, you can chat with me when I am online and you do not even need a Google Talk account since it is using the web-based Google Talk Widget.
With the badge below you should be able to tell if I am available, if so stop and say hello !

For more information check out the official Google Talkabout blog release.

February 25th, 2008 - By David

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Wordpress Template Hierarchy

The Wordpress Template Hierarchy is a critical part of truly understanding how your Wordpress blog works.
Have you ever wondered why some Wordpress themes have certain files while others do not?
A Wordpress theme requires only two files as I have discussed before, the index.php and style.css. If you took a basic Wordpress Theme and deleted all the files except those two in the theme folder, it would still work. However, the pages would basically look the same.
Now the question is, where do these other files come from? And how does Wordpress know which ones to look for? This is actually a [...]

February 23rd, 2008 - By David

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New Wordpress Theme from CyberCoder

As usual I have to do things a little different. I have been wanting to create some Wordpress themes but I just keep putting it off. The more I read about SEO and Wordpress the more frustrated I get. What I believe about SEO is very similar to what Shoemoney posted here.
To me SEO has always seemed to follow the FUD Marketing strategy. If you are not familiar with FUDs, it means Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt. As long as there has been Search Engines there have been SEO experts that pretty much use FUD to sell their services.
Optimizing your [...]