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Vista/WinXP networking problems
2007-03-01 04:17:01
Just bought a new laptop with vista preloaded, and guess what – it didn’t network with my work pc with win xp. It worked fine with 2003 server, but absolutely refused to say hi or hey or hello with my winxp. As is usual with Microsoft, I had 2 days of complete non-advance in this ...
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Vista/WinXP networking problems
2007-02-28 21:31:00
Just bought a new laptop with vista preloaded, and guess what – it didn’t network with my work pc with win xp. It worked fine with 2003 server, but absolutely refused to say hi or hey or hello with my winxp. As is usual with Microsoft, I had 2 days of complete non-advance in this ...
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Happy New Year
2007-01-24 22:08:03
Happy New Year all of you. So my posting is a tad unreliable – OK, so very unreliable. If I remember correctly, my last post was in August 2006, about this site winning an award. Well, after that, I completed some projects, small ones, and right now, I am after completing my other sites. I ...
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Happy New Year
2007-01-08 21:32:00
Happy New Year all of you. So my posting is a tad unreliable – OK, so very unreliable. If I remember correctly, my last post was in August 2006, about this site winning an award. Well, after that, I completed some projects, small ones, and right now, I am after completing my other sites. I ...
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Calendar and Date Picker Design Showcase
2006-12-02 15:46:03
For a recent project I needed to create a month-at-a-glance date picker / calendar. Seeking some design inspiration, I took a look around the web to see how others had tackled this challenge.As a result of this search I put together a gallery of calendar and date picker designs that I liked. In Search of Inspiration I had hoped to find some good examples from blogs, but it seems that this feature (providing a calendar view of entry dates for the current or previous months) has largely been discontinued. And for good reason — did anyone ever use it as a way to browse someone's blog? I never did. Another source I had expected to provide some useful ideas were the date pickers used by travel sites. However, in the main I was disappointed by how poorly these tools were designed from a presentational standpoint. Yes, they functioned correctly, but did they have to look so ugly? In fact, not all of the date pickers even worked properly. For example, try using Jet Blue's in Fir...
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5 Free Web Directories You Should Submit Your Site To
2006-12-02 15:46:03
From a search engine optimization standpoint, most link directories aren't worth the time, effort (and often money) spent in getting your site added. However, there are exceptions.SEO Company has a useful list of the top 40 or so web directories rated by inbound link quality. This is worth bookmarking should you ever need to quickly get some quality inbound links to a site. If you're not sure about the value of link directories in this day-and-age, SEO Book has a good article about whether they are still relevant for SEO purposes. In short, yes, if they are quality directories. Most of the top directories listed require a fee to get your site listed. However, if you're not willing to pay for a listing there are five that will list your site for free: Open Direct ory Project Librarian's Internet Index Starting Point Directory Jayde MavicaNET So, if you're looking for an SEO boost, it would very likely be worth your time to get your site added to these five. And, good lu...
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5 Free Web Directories You Should Submit Your Site To
2006-08-09 01:51:00
From a search engine optimization standpoint, most link directories aren't worth the time, effort (and often money) spent in getting your site added. However, there are exceptions.SEO Company has a useful list of the top 40 or so web directories rated by inbound link quality. This is worth bookmarking should you ever need to quickly get some quality inbound links to a site. If you're not sure about the value of link directories in this day-and-age, SEO Book has a good article about whether they are still relevant for SEO purposes. In short, yes, if they are quality directories. Most of the top directories listed require a fee to get your site listed. However, if you're not willing to pay for a listing there are five that will list your site for free: Open Directory Project Librarian's Internet Index Starting Point Directory Jayde MavicaNET So, if you're looking for an SEO boost, it would very likely be worth your time to get your site added to these five. And, good lu...
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Work on new project has started
2006-08-07 01:18:02
Have just started work on my new project at corporatewiz.com This site is a sister site to midtownofficesupplies.com, sharing the same product database. But this will have a completely new set of customers. This will also be an asp based e-commerce site, backend in Ms access. With lots of admin functions for both webmaster and [...]
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Dzignerweb is ready to GO
2006-08-07 01:18:02
At last the redesign of Dzignerwebs is complete. See the new site here. Used some nice pieces of CSS for formatting and other stuff. Check out the slant for the top menu – it is css. This may not be very revolutionary, in the sense that it has been done waaaaaay before on lots of sites. But [...]
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D.zigns Wins Award for Excellence in Web design
2006-08-07 01:18:02
Just received confirmation of winning the Silver Award for excellence in Webdesign. This is too great and happy moment for all of us.
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