CMS, for the uninitiated, means content management system. WordPress is a CMS. Joomla is a CMS. A static HTML site is not a CMS. Any web application that makes it easy to create, store, organize and publish media to the web is a content management system. But how do you know what CMS a website is using? Or, as you might be asking, why would you want to know what CMS a site is using? If you're asking "Why?" you can save yourself a bit of time and skip this post because if you don't know then you don't need to know. Please browse the rest of the JournalXtra to dig out something you do need … [Read more...]
Breaking News: 50% Off All Server Products From Hostgator
Posted on November 25, 2011 ·
Great News for anyone who missed the golden opportunity to grab a huge 50% off Hostgator server products. This offer has been rolled into Hostgator's Cyber Monday deal. You read that right! 50% off all server products until the end of today. Go grab yourself a cyber deal to be proud of! No coupon required. Deal ends midnight 11:59PM CST, 11/28/11. Click the link, follow the sale through, coupon code will automatically enter the sales page. One day only, Hostgator are giving away server space for 50% the regular price. This is Hostgator's Black Friday Thanksgiving gift to … [Read more...]
Regular Expressions – A Quick Guide
Posted on July 1, 2011 · 4 Comments
Read it out loud: "Regular Expressions." It chimes like the name of a horror movie Alfred Hitchcock would be proud to tag his name to. But it shouldn't. Don't be frightened by the name. It is, after all, only a name. Familiarize it. Shorten it to Regex or Regexp and give it a little hug as you tell it "We're going to be lifelong buddies..." What follows in this guide is an introduction to regular expressions and a reference table of regular expression metacharacters with examples for their usage. Unless you really need an introduction, jump straight ahead to the table because that is where … [Read more...]
Submit to the Top High Traffic Search Engines
Posted on May 29, 2011 · 2 Comments
The following list of search engines contains the URLs to each one's site submission form. Guide notes to the non English language search engines follow the list. Think yourself lucky you're not reading my first draft for this post. I planned to pen a good introduction to this short list of search engine submission URLs but it looked like a load of bollocks on re-reading it so I deleted the lot. Most of these are "foreign language" search engines. Except for the first 4 and the bottom 2, each one's main user base speaks a first language other than English. Quick Submission … [Read more...]
