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Round Those Corners With CSS
Posted: October 30th, 2008, 7:45pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Angular, boxy designs are great for furniture and old Volvos, but not web pages. Keep your content hip by encasing it within a set of smooth, rounded corners. The easiest (and most proper) way to create rounded corners is using web standards — HTML, JavaScript and cascading style sheets.
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JavaScript Events Cheat Sheet
Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 2:20pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Your browser knows when the page loads, scrolls, is clicked on, all thanks to JavaScript events. JavaScript events is the magic that makes the web interactive. If you're interested in adding some events to your website, refer to our cheat sheet for a list of some of the most common JavaScript events.
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Pinpoint Users With Fire Eagle
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Let's get locational. Yahoo Fire Eagle lets users administer their location to the various apps around the web. This way, a user can update their location to all of their social apps at once. Want in? Use Webmonkey's tutorial and Fire Eagle's API to get and then set a user's location.
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How to Backup a Web Server
Posted: August 1st, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Your hard drive is backed up, your documents, family pictures, even your car keys. Now why isn’t your web server? Web servers aren’t infallible and you can lose your hard work in seconds. Have we struck the fear of apocalypse in you yet? We have a solution. We’ll help roll your HTML and CSS up with your database files and automatically generate backups.
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How to Use URL Patterns and Views in Django
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The last time Webmonkey looked at Django, we showed you how to install the web framework and set up a simple blog application. Easy enough, but your site didn't do much, and it wasn't very interesting to look at. In this tutorial for advanced web builders, we show you how to dress up a basic Django-powered website by building URL patterns and constructing views.
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How to Install and Customize a WordPress Blog
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The simple open-source publishing engine WordPress is flexible, powerful and remarkably easy to set up and customize. Webmonkey shows you how to get a basic WordPress blog up and running, then offers advice for tricking it out to your heart's content.
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Use Mapstraction and Avoid Embedded-Map Hassles
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 5:20pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Dealing with Google or Microsoft map APIs can be a pain. A JavaScript library called Mapstraction helps take the pain out of geocoding and allows you to tinker with maps in ways the other APIs won't. Our guide helps you get started embedding maps with Mapstraction in four easy steps.
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Get Started With Movable Type
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The Movable Type blogging engine is easy to set up and customize. This Webmonkey tutorial covers the basics of templates, plug-ins and everything you'll need to inject some personality into a vanilla MT installation.
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Get Started Building Websites With Django
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Django is sweet music to the ears of many a Webmonkey who want to build websites quickly and cleanly. The speedy web framework is responsible for such websites as Pownce.com and WashingtonPost.com. Making a website with Django is easy, and we'll show you how in this tutorial.
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First Look: Intrepid Ibex Alpha Points to Ubuntu's Mobile Future
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The newest alpha release of Ubuntu Linux -- codename Intrepid Ibex -- shows enhancements aimed at improving performance on low-power devices like mobiles and mini-notebooks. In Webmonkey.
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Tips For Keeping Your RSS Feeds Lean and Clean
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Are your feeds well-formed? If not, maybe it's time you gave them a good scrubbing. Webmonkey offers these simple suggestions for cleaner, faster-loading Atom and RSS content. Follow our tips and you'll be validated, compressed and optimized to rule in no time.
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Mash Your Pics Onto a Map: Get Started With Flickr's API
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 7:45pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Flickr's dedicated community and slick user interface aren't the only reasons the photo-sharing has earned major kudos from the Web 2.0 set. It's also because its flexible API makes it easy to build simple mashups in a variety of programming languages. Webmonkey shows you how to mash your favorite photos onto a map using a few lines of Python code.
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Rule the Blogosphere in 5 Easy Steps
Posted: June 25th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Maybe you're new to blogging. Or maybe you've been around a while and you just want to give your site a boost. Either way, there's no excuse for going unnoticed. Here are Webmonkey's tips for increasing your blog's visibility, professionalism and all-around awesomeness.
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Microsoft Delivers Long-Awaited Mac Open XML Converters
Posted: June 25th, 2008, 3:20pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Microsoft's Open XML format is now compatible with older Mac versions of its Office suite. The updates finally put the ISO-ratified file format in the hands of everyone.
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Get Started With REST
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT by Webmonkey
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REST is another of those tech-savvy acronyms that make you cringe in fear. But REST assured, using it is easy. In fact, if you’ve ever filled a form out online, you are already familiar with REST. Make a few GET and POST requests using our REST tutorial.
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Drupal's Creator Envisions Web Publishing's Plug-and-Play Future
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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When Dries Buytaert built a simple bulletin board system for his classmates, he wasn't setting out to create something that would eventually grow into one of the web's most beloved open source publishing systems. But that's exactly what happened.
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How Fast Is Your Browser? Find Out With Webmonkey's Stopwatch
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 3:30pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The latest releases of Firefox, Opera and Safari claim to be faster than ever, but which one is fastest? We whipped up an online stopwatch you can use to find out which browser gets to wear the crown.
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Extension Developers Race to Support Firefox 3
Posted: June 13th, 2008, 2:50pm EDT by Webmonkey
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The browser is prepped and ready to go, but are the add-ons? Find out which of your favorite extensions are going to be ready for Firefox Download Day Tuesday.
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Play Chickenfoot With the DOMinoes of the Web
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Webmonkey
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Chickenfoot, the scripting tool with the funny name, lets Firefox users build automated behaviors for their favorite sites. Some see it as an improvement over the more popular Greasemonkey, in that Chickenfoot code is simpler to understand. Find out for yourself with Webmonkey's getting-started guide.