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John Pozadzides is a founder of the Web Design Group. He maintains a daily personal blog at OneMansBlog.com.

Top 10 Linux commands for Absolute Newbies

So you’ve installed a flavor of Linux such as Ubuntu or you have shell access to a Linux system and you want to start doing some damage. The admins at LXPages.com compiled 10 commands that every Newbie Linux user should definitely know to start being effective.
Here is the list along with truncated descriptions. Be […]

Web Marketing Awards Call For Judges

Bill Rice, President of the WMA, asked me to pass along the following information:
The Web Marketing Association announces the call for judges for its 11th annual international WebAward competition. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. Judges will consist of a select […]

Web Marketing Awards Call For Entries

Bill Rice, President of the WMA, asked me to pass along the following information:
The Web Marketing Association is now accepting entries into its 11th annual international WebAward Competition. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks and recognized the best web sites in 96 industries. The deadline for entry is May 31, 2007 […]

Performancing.com Re-Launches pMetrics Site Analytics

Some of you may be aware that Performancing.com formerly ran a free statistics service for Bloggers which had become fairly popular. Then without notice they shut it off one day. This angered quite a few people who were vocal about their opinions, many of which stated that they would not be returning to […]

CSS Zen Garden Demonstrates Style Flexibility

I’m not aware of any site that demonstrates the potential of CSS more than the CSS Zen Garden.
There are currently nearly 1,000 different style sheets for the exact same page of HTML to demonstrate just how dramatically the layout can be affected by a really great designer.
I find that searching through the various layouts can […]

50+ Free Downloadable AJAX Add-ons

MiniAjax.com has cataloged a number of freely available DHTML and Java based AJAX applets.
You’ll find a variety of applications ranging from contact forms to slideshows and tools from heatmaps to directory managers, so check it out.

10 Quick Tips for an Easier CSS Life

Search-this.com has an interesting article on practices to improve your CSS. Visit the site for all the details, but here are the cliff notes:

Keep it Simple
Don’t use hacks unless its a known and documented bug
Take care of margins and padding on all elements that you use
Avoid using too much absolute positioning
Avoid “divitus”
Avoid “Classitus”
Validate your […]

Make Money Online With Contextual Advertising

Jeremy Schoemaker recently gave a speech at Search Engine Strategies in New York and was allowed to record and post the presentation. Unfortunately he was not allowed to post the slides, but he said that they were mainly just photos and wouldn’t add that much value.
Interestingly Jeremy’s experience with Google AdSense seems to have […]

CSS Optimization: Make Your Sites Load Faster for Free

This article excerpted from Blogging Pro and originally posted by David Peralty.
While a lot of people are out to optimize their sites/blogs, most everyone seems to skip over CSS.
I have been spending some time looking at CSS Optimization tools today. I wanted something free, online, and easy to use. And of course, something that […]

The HTMLHelp.blog Theme and Plugin Page

The WDG wishes to thank all of the developers that contributed their time and energy toward building the tools used to run HTMLHelp.com’s Weblog. The following is a complete list of themes and plugins used within the site.