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CSS: How to vertically center content on a page

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 28, 2009
Do you have a  page where you want to simply center it both vertically and horizontally? Looking for a pure CSS solution?
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Do-it-yourself website options

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 22, 2009
I am often asked how to make a website on low/no budget… Tim Peter’s”Thinks” Blog: Here’s a great overview of current blog/cms options. it compares these 5 services: Weebly, SiteKreator, SynthaSite, WordPress & Webnode Most of these sites offer free versions with paid upgrades for ad-free, custom domain names and other add-ons.
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WordPress event plug-ins

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 16, 2009
The best WordPress event plug-in is: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/event-calendar/ It allows you to add ‘events’ to any blog post. So the blog post becomes the ‘more info’ listing and then can be viewed in various calendar formats. It’s powerful.
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Web designers toolkit: server monitoring

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 5, 2009
MONITOR SERVER UPTIME/DOWNTIME http://www.visistat.com server uptime is only one small feature of their analytics package. http://watchmouse.com features a nice mac dashboard widget http://site24×7.com Can pay for just a limited number of sms messages on an otherwise free account. http://aremysitesup.com They have an iPhone app with push notification that can alert you to your site’s status. http://www.SiteUpAlert.com Allows for searching for a particular string of [...]
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Web designers toolkit: QA browser and email client testing

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 5, 2009
BROWSER TESTING litmusapp.com Although they seem to be having growing pains now this is one of the best services for my needs. They cover both email clients and browsers. They offer unlimited tests paid by the day or month. One advanced feature they have is being able to share a set of tests by publishing it live. [...]
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Web 2.0 expo 2009 notes

By Ari Salomon | Published: April 5, 2009
1) For screen sharing http://www.oneeko.com/ Free for one-to-one. Allows sharing of only part of a screen – interesting interface. Guests don’t have to download anything – it runs in flash. Paid version has support for 8 guests, whiteboard But users can’t control each others cursor.  So skype screen sharing is tough competition for them since it’s already ‘right there’ [...]
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Ari’s blog: intro

By Ari Salomon | Published: January 1, 2009
Ari Salomon is a graphic designer and a fine art photographer working in San Francisco. This blog will covers a wide range of topics including: San francisco Bay Area fine art with a focus on photography Web Design – for the designer and for the small business with a focus on WordPress (the tool that powers this blog) Sign [...]
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