Webmaster Tips's blog

Here are 10 examples of top-notch, high profile Drupal Web sites. This post is intended to give a quick example of what is possible with Drupal.

When overriding your php.ini file, it helps to know where your server's current php.ini file is. Just run the following command in the terminal to locate your php.ini file:

I found an interesting ascii aquarium screensaver for Linux terminals called Asciiquarium.

Web sites are embedding bugs into your computer that track you even after you have cleared your browser's privacy settings.

These bugs are called Flash Cookies, or Local Shared Objects. Web sites use them to track you because they know that most people don't know about them and that they can track you even after you have cleared your privacy settings.

Web sites that use Flash cookies to bypass users' cookie privacy settings should be publicly flogged.

I went to buy some business cards on Visatprint.com and noticed very weird behavior from the site.

Even though I had logged out, cleared cookies since my last visit to Vistaprint, my name would appear on the home page of the site whenever I visited it.

Here is a screenshot of the home page, with a key to the numbers:

Clicky is a great free Web stats program that you can use to get detailed information about your Web site's visitors.

I have a so-called "1&1 Premier Professional Package" hosting package on 1and1.com hosting. It's supposed to be equivalent to their so-called "Developer" hosting package.

Tonight's experience was the last straw and I'm going to give you a few reasons why you should never use 1and1.com for hosting.

Sick of MSN Messenger and Yahoo Chat? There is a free chat alternative called Jabber, and it works with all of your friends that are on Gmail!

Here is a tutorial on how to chat for free with Jabber:

This page contains resources about MySpace layouts, backgrounds, HTML codes, travel maps, graphics, slideshows, flash, and profile editors...

Many Web designers begin with WYSIWYG HTML editors like Dreamweaver or Frontpage, not realizing that there are easier ways to get things done — like using a free content management system!

Here are 10 top-notch open source content management systems that are powered by PHP/MySQL — in no particular order, except that I am biased towards Drupal ;)