I randomly created a little “featured” bar for the bottom of this blog, and have received a surprisingly large number of emails inquiring about how to mimic its functionality. So, I decided to wrap it up into a neat little package, and sell it for $3 on CodeCanyon.
I’m getting lazy about updating the vault with new tutorials. I really need to find more of an automated way to do this; but it’s a bit difficult when they’re posted across multiple sites. Anyhow, here’s what I’ve been up to for the last few weeks.
I was asked a few days ago about how much attention I pay to speed and performance when launching a new blog, like this one. The answer, of course, is that it really depends on the site. Obviously a site like TUTSPLUS (which I didn’t design or code) will require much more attention than a smaller personal blog like this. With that said, it’s always a best practice to follow a few guidelines. Here are a handful of things that I did.
I woke up this morning to a rude email from a reader today. “Jeff,” he said, “I’m sorry, but I have no desire to read your articles when your own site’s CSS doesn’t validate. This only exemplifies the fact that you don’t know the correct way to create a website.”
