Nick Yeoman's Blog Nick Yeoman - Web Developer, who specializes in PHP, CMS, Intranet and Linux server technologies. http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog Fri, 18 May 2012 09:45:13 -0700 Joomla! 1.7 - Open Source Content Management en-gb Develop a Website In Windows http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/desktop-development/174-xampp http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/desktop-development/174-xampp

This article explains how to setup a Microsoft Windows machine to develop a website. This is for the times you don't have access to a Mac or Linux machine. This strategy will use what I call a WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP) server to install a open source PHP CMS.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800 Redirect index.php to root (/) http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/apache/172-redirect-single-page http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/apache/172-redirect-single-page One page sites are really popular. If you have a one page static html (or php) site, this article explains how to redirect your index.php or index.html to just yourDomain.com/

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0800 Intro To HTML http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/html/96-intro-to-html http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/html/96-intro-to-html It is common for a modern day office worker to be required to update a company website. This article quickly outlines basic HTML with the intent of teaching someone enough to edit a page of a corporate website which uses a Content Management System(CMS).

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Don't Hide Your Text http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/92-dont-hide-text http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/92-dont-hide-text There was a time when a spammer would hide text from either the user or a search engine. This technique doesn't work because Google is really good at catching spam. This article discusses some common spam tatics that should not be used.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Add A Search To Any Website http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/html/53-add-a-search-to-any-website http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/html/53-add-a-search-to-any-website Everyone knows you can add a custom google search to your site. But what if you need something more robust? In this article I'm going to talk about an open source search engine you can install onto any site.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Remove A Page From Search Engines http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/40-remove-a-page-from-search-engines http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/40-remove-a-page-from-search-engines A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to get their pages indexed on Search Engines; however, there are circumstances where you may wish to remove content from Search Engines. This article explains how you can remove you pages from Search Engines.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:00:00 -0700 No Follow or rel "nofollow" http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/38-no-follow http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/38-no-follow Nofollow is a great way to reduce comment spam and keep your site a reputable source for search engines.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Everything you need to know about robots.txt http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/37-robotstxt http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/37-robotstxt Robots.txt doesn't quite work as most people assume, so I am writing this article to clear things up.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Canonical link tag http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/36-canonical-link-tag http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/google/36-canonical-link-tag I find there is still some confusion with canonical link tag. I'd like to explain and provide resources to everything canonical tag realted in this article.

]]> webmaster@nickyeoman.com (Nick Yeoman) Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0700 Joomla 1.6 Geshi http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/joomla/156-joomla-16-geshi http://www.nickyeoman.com/blog/joomla/156-joomla-16-geshi GeSHi is a "generic syntax highlighter", originally designed for the phpBB forum system. It is licensed under the GNU general public license (open source). This article describes gotchas, fixes and improvements related to the stock install of GeSHi in Joomla 1.6.

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