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I thought I would take a minute today, take a little detour, and share a resource I've discovered recently that is an absolute MUST for anyone who wants to learn and master Drupal.  NodeOne is a Scandinavian Drupal shop and they have the most amazing collection of free video and written Drupal tutorials prepared by Johan Falk.  Johan is a…

If you've been following my MODx Revolution for Complete Beginners series you know that I'm using a premium template from Themeforest (affiliate link).  Every month Envato gives away free files from their various market places to their members.  In this month's package is the beautiful Xero Portfolio & Business HTML/CSS Site Template.  You have to be a member to get…

I recently acquired a used macbook and have been trying to acclimate myself to it. So far so good, but it's taking some getting used to, especially on the software side of things. I guess I have been spoiled by the seemingly limitless availability of programs for PCs, and especially free/open source programs. I was digging through one of my…

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am currently writing a column for the HostColor web hosting blog called Mary's Corner.  HostColor a Web Hosting company that sponsors the MODx CMS project and they offer a variety of hosting plans including a specific MODx Hosting plan.  Below is a roundup of the posts you can find there for November.…

I've been spending some time in the recent past revisiting my knowledge of (X)HTML/CSS, and one of the big things I've discovered is that I have more I need to unlearn than to learn.  I learned everything I know about building websites on the internet, by experimenting, searching w3c schools for syntax rules and tags, and learning by looking at other people's source code. This is the first time I've actually bought and gone through a book on this stuff, and I am so glad I did - wish I has done so earlier!  If you're just starting out, or like me feel like you need to learn the right way, or just want a nice (X)HTML/CSS book for your collection, I have just the book for you, it's HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions - A Web Standardistas' Approach by Christopher Murphy and Niklas Person.  This post is a review of the book.

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