I was struck by this job advert technique… Win a MacBook Pro Win this 15″ MacBook Pro Refer a friend and it’s yours! A new MacBook Pro costs £1300 – possibly the same as a single job advert in traditional print. But this way, SitePoint use a viral campaign technique which is well-targetted. I would…
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Manage, management, managing…
Duke's homepage: content is not King?
CMS Watch points to a Duke University homepage redesign – see before (left) and after (right) snapshots: This is a change from content-focused design to search-focused design. As a user you might find the new search version quicker, but CMS Watch points out: only if the search engine works. The content that was there hasn’t…
How to get thumbnails of webpages automatically
This is a great little utility/tool/hack called SimpleAPI. It takes a snap of a webpage, creates a thumbnail and lets you embed it on your page. They provide all the html code so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your page/blog. Why is this important? Because a blog entry without…
How will (some of the) Web 2.0 make money?
Have you noticed? There’s quite a buzz about on the web at the moment. For me it started a while back with Gmail, went on to the things 37signals were doing, fell into Ajax, bounced into Web 2.0 and has now just exploded. New websites/webservices are launching every day. Here’s my list of personal discoveries…
What do you need to run an institution's website?
Three Tenths Of A Second . . . Originally uploaded by evilgreg3000. Some rights reserved. Well, a good team is a good start… My list of things involved in looking after an institution’s website. Feedback form – every page has a link which captures URL and user info and sends via a form. Issues tracker…
a workshop idea – make a better page
How about running a workshop for web authors to help them make a better page. Don’t try to teach them lots of rules, but instead get them to bring along a page they’ve already done, and then work on improving it. Start the workshop by providing a pile of Lorem Ipsum text and some stock…
Create a content drop box
For a large institutional website, the demands to get content onto the site come in thick and fast. A ‘content drop box’ would allow colleagues to post content to be added to the site. The fields are fairly obvious… it should: Record who the colleague is Ask who the owner of the content is –…
RSS in your email
To quote them…. What is Squeet? Squeet.com allows users to subscribe to RSS feeds which are delivered by the Squeet service via email to your existing email account. Does Squeet Cost Anything? No! Squeet is absolutely FREE for everyone. Whether you are a content provider or a Squeet user, Squeet is free. Will there be…