Dao By Design Blog http://www.daobydesign.com/blog Tips on blogging, design and the IT industry. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:07:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SEOSimple Joomla 1.5 Plugin v1.1 SEOSimple BoxJust a quick note to say that version 1.1 of the SEOSimple plugin has been released. This was just a quick release to add some additional front page title tag configurations.

You can now totally and independently control your Joomla 1.5 front…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/07/seosimple-joomla-15-plugin-v11/ Warning: Facebook ‘Virus’ Hey all - just wanted to let everyone know about what essentially amounts to a virus being spread via Facebook.
If you get a message on your wall reading:

“hi XXX, howdy?? lisen i got a new friend here..shex kinda new here..maybe…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/06/warning-facebook-virus/ Resetting Joomla admin password It is a testiment to my own foul forgetfulness that I am endlessly hunting the Joomla forums for the post that explains how to reset the admin password for Joomla.

Rather, it’s not that I can’t remember how to do it -…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/06/resetting-joomla-admin-password/ Using Conditional Comments to Catch IE A while back I whipped up a little script to detect and redirect visitors if they were using an old version of IE. In the comments I went on to say that a more effective/professional way of handling IE users…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/05/using-conditional-comments-to-catch-ie/ About Robots - Firefox 3 Beta 5 Easter Egg Bored? Fire-up your copy of Firefox 3 Beta 5 and type about:robots in the address bar.

about:robots

Funny stuff - but I think the FF3 devs could be using their time more productively, namely, to get the damn thing out the door already!…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/05/about-robots-firefox-3-beta-5-easter-egg/ Here Comes Another Bubble - Hilarious One of the least satisfying bits about my job is watching would-be Internetpreneurs come up and attempt to pitch the Next Big Thing, which is just like the Last Big Thing, just renamed and re-domained - with a bit of…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/05/here-comes-another-bubble-hilarious/ autoMetaDescSEO changed to SEOSimple - new name, new features! I’ve released a new version of autoMetaDescSEO, fixing many of the problems - including the stupid name - of the first release.

I’ve changed the name to SEOSimple to better reflect the fact that the Joomla 1.5 plugin project has expanded to…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/04/autometadescseo-changed-to-seosimple-new-name-new-features/ Abbott and Costello buy a computer If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT.

ABBOTT:Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/04/abbott-and-costello-buy-a-computer/ New site: Tip. Trick. Mod. When I initially began this blog as an extension of my design business, I wanted a place where I could write about various tips and tricks I come across due to spending an overly large portion of my day online.

Recently…

]]> http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2008/04/new-site-tip-trick-mod/ WordPress 2.5: The Next Generation Wordpress 2.5 DashboardThe latest release of WordPress has just hit the net, offering some significant design changes and a boatload of new features. As mentioned in my previous post on the site upgrade, I’ve been using WordPress 2.5 RC since its release…

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