Tag Archives: web

Blocking Semalt Web Crawler

Blocking Semalt Web Crawler

The Semalt.com web crawler is useless. The services they claim to provide (if you pay) offer no better analysis on your website than the free ones you’re already using. Semalt also uses a persistent web crawler, which inflates your web statistics, ignores Robots.txt protocols, and even ignores their own Website […]

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Disable Automatic Paragraphs & Line-breaks In WordPress Posts

Disable Automatic Paragraphs & Line-breaks In WordPress Posts

I’ve mentioned previously that I prefer handwriting code instead of having it done automatically. When I code manually, I get the functionality and presentation exactly the way I want. One such feature in WordPress (I’ve disabled so many) counters my preference by doing something automatically. What I’m referring to is […]

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Toggle Firefox 23 JavaScript Option

Toggle Firefox 23 JavaScript Option

Firefox 23 was released earlier this week, and one thing some people will notice missing is the option to enable and disable JavaScript within the Options > Content menu. (“Load images automatically” was also removed.) Even though it’s gone from the user interface, it’s still there on the Firefox Configuration […]

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Updating From xHTML To HTML 5

Updating From xHTML To HTML 5

If you haven’t already, now is a great time to update your website code to HTML 5 web standards. Here are a handful of things you can do to really get the ball rolling. Table Of Contents Document Type Self-closing tags Language & Character Set Default MIME Types Attribute Minimization […]

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Quick Q & A: 3

Quick Q & A: 3

Here are some quick answers to questions I’ve received from comments, emails, and search queries. You can find Parts 1 & 2 of this segment in the Quick Q & A category. What is “encrypted_search_terms” in WordPress.com Stats plugin? Encrypted_search_terms is reported within the WordPress.com Stats plugin when the search […]

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Disable Firefox Missing Plugin Notification

Disable Firefox Missing Plugin Notification

Whenever you visit a media rich website (it’s hard to avoid them these days), you’ll likely be asked to install Adobe’s Flash player or Shockwave player, Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin, Apple’s Quick-time plugin, Oracle’s Java runtime environment, or any number of other web browser plugins.. The fact is that you likely […]

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