Shopp Alternative Google Base Feed
So you're running a Shopp, you're going to need a Google Base Feed to stand a chance of attracting traffic.
I got upset at the amount of hacking required to make the Google Base feed (/shop/feed) work correctly.
Google constantly change the requirements for the products feed and it doesn't seem possible to nicely modify the built in RSS feed for Google.
Preventing MSN Messenger Spam in Pidgin
I use Pidgin as my instant messenger application. Mainly because it allows me to chat to clients and sub-contractors across Yahoo, Google, MSN etc all in one application, with the added bonus of not being full of spam and adverts to hurt my eyes.
Composers
Composers.net - an i9000 Networks project that hosts a fantastic selection of community submitted content on musical composers has risen from Page Rank 4 to Page Rank 5. Also, Google is returning it as the 5th result when searching for composers. Nice!
3 Favourite SEO Related Firefox Extensions
Every once in a while you stumble upon some really useful Firefox extensions that make you wonder what you did before!
Page Rank Updates
Looks like Google have updated their Page Rank recently. My index page has increased from PR0 to PR3!
Its been a mixed bag,my ADODB Documentation Library has increased to PR4 from nothing and my company's site i9000 Networks has increased from PR2 to PR4. Yet a few sites in the network have reduced, several PR5s have dropped to PR2.
Anyway, I'm happy, I'm PR3, which is the same as John Chow now.
Retro Fitting Record Pagination with ADOdb
For my first project of the New Year I had to retro-fit pagination controls to an existing ADOdb powered web application for a client of mine. Looking back at my previous post on this topic, it was relatively simple to add the required features. Hers's how I did it.
Google reports nearly 1.5 million CubeCart sites
Google reports there is "about 1,470,000" CubeCart stores on the web. There will be more.
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