Using the Bing API to Send Pings to Ping-O-Matic

bing basic search before

Those who use WordPress may be familiar with Ping-O-Matic for keeping blog search engines updated whenever a new post is written. I discovered that Bing had more of my posts indexed than any other search engine. I could manually submit the link for each post to Ping-O-Matic, but that would be no fun. Instead, I … Read more

Using PHP to Search for Text in Website Source Code

HTML5 validation error on Thesis 2.2.1

As I’ve mentioned before, I use the Thesis premium theme on my WordPress site, and I generally have no problems at all. However, the newest Thesis update came out, and I am getting an HTML5 validation error. Usually when this sort of thing happens, whether it be with a theme or with a plugin, I’ll … Read more

Which is More Important: Newest Data, or Fastest Load Time?

YSlow Chrome Extension

Happy New Year! As we developers often do, I have recently looked at some code that had aged a bit – more like vinegar and less like wine – and thought, “Did I write that? What was I thinking?” Constantly becoming aware of and implementing best practices, avoiding bad practices, and recovering from failures are … Read more