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Prologue: the company twitter

Vdot Media » Blog -- The folks over at Automattic (the same brilliant minds that brought us WordPress, Gravatar, and a number of other web apps) have unveiled their latest creation: Prologue. Its not exactly a new project, but a highly customized WordPress theme that takes the concept of Twitter and mashes it into an innovative new way to stay connected with members of a group/company. And all within the friendly real...     01-23
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Farewell, IE6

Vdot Media » Blog -- It is with great sadness but greater joy that I share the news that IE6 will finally be put to rest come this February. According to InfoWorld, Microsoft has finally given the thumbs up to an autoupdate of IE6 to IE7 which is set to occur on February 12. As web designers, were constantly kept awake at night fighting crime in the war of browser compatibility issues, hoping only to build websites th...     01-23
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Fake PR

Vdot Media » Blog -- The other day, I came across a black hat SEO technique that lets webmasters increase their page rank almost instantaneously. A good chunk of the webmasters know about this, but theres a big group of those who dont know anything. Let me explain. One driving factor of SEO is link building, and we all know that getting links from high PR websites is key. The way fake PR works is simple: If you visit ...     01-23
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Site of the Day

Vdot Media » Blog -- I woke up this morning with a pleasant surprise - our site (www.vdotmedia.com) was chosen to be Site of the Day over at The Daily Slurp! In addition, our new has also been featured over at CSS Mania, Most Inspired, and CSS Creme - all popular website galleries that celebrate and showcase modern websites designed and developed in valid CSS/XHTML.Aside from the great exposure from being featured on ...     01-23
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We’ve been busy, not dead

Vdot Media -- Somebody called me yesterday and asked me whether we were still in business as they had noticed that the last time we updated this blog was back in March. Well rest assured were alive and well! In fact, its been one of our busiest Summers to date. And fortunately, weve got a few things to show for it! Here are a few pieces of work weve released recently: WooThemes Back in June, we had the pleasure...     2008
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Vertically center content with CSS

Vdot Media -- A convenient benefit of using tables is the ability to vertically center content within a cell using the valign attribute. Unfortunately, acheiving the same effect with CSS isnt so convenient. So, as we continue to move towards tableless structures, there comes a need for a simple and valid CSS alternative. There have been a number of ways to approach this feat, but in this tutorial, I will lay ou...     2008
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3 ways to clean up your Google search results

Vdot Media -- Its not quite Spring yet, but weve been spending time doing some cleaning. If youve owned a server for several years, youll know that over time things can get messy. In fact, if you do a quick Google site search (site:www.yourdomain.com), what you end up seeing is a long, and sometimes ugly, history of every page and file youve ever publically offered. A big part of our recent new site launch was ...     2008
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Make your website printer-friendly

Vdot Media -- The accessibility of your website is an important consideration to make. It could be as simple as determining what screen resolution your website is compatible with. The ongoing cross-browser compatibility struggle can also be seen as an accessibility issue, as can the extent that your website complies with screen reader standards for the blind. Essentially, the accessibility of your website is me...     2008
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8 Essential WordPress Plugins

Vdot Media -- The great thing about working with an open-source platform like WordPress is that it is well-supported by an enthusiastic, passionate, and forward-thinking community of developers, designers, and users. From this community spawns, among many things, a truck load of plugins that everyday users can download and install without breaking a sweat. These plugins help publishers make the most out of Word...     2008
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9 best practices for email design

Vdot Media -- Designing for an email is still quite far off from designing for a browser. In fact, email reader standards are pretty historic in the sense that (a) it requires designers to degrade their modern coding practices and (b) there really are no true standards. Fortunately, there are bodies in place that are working on standardizing the way emails are being rendered. But something tells me that we shou...     2008
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