Category: Web Development

  • Maps Online

      Esri is putting out some open source API’s. Because of this there are new opportunities with creating plug-ins for WordPress. I was about to link to the ESRI Javascript API and create my own embedded map from ArcOnline. Someone beat me to it, namely Gavin Rehkemper,  With the help of his brand new Plug-in…

  • Days Of My Life I Can’t Get Back

    I decided to update to a new computer and do a fresh install of Windows 10. The old system I was using has Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop. I say has since it is still acting as my document server. One week later and I’ve got most things working. It was so much more than…

  • 15 Years of Website Development by Yours Truly

    Prove it! It’s actually 17 years, but I can only prove I’ve been making websites since 2001.  That’s when The Wayback Machine took it’s first snapshot of my personal website.  Here is the link to snapshot of my page back then: http://web.archive.org/web/20010620104307/http://www.telusplanet.net/public/tomgh/ And here is the directory of all 32 archive shots: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.telusplanet.net/public/tomgh/ The Wayback…

  • Billions of People Do Not Have Internet

    4.3 Billion is the best guess. It’s often forgotten by us “First World” people that there are many – the majority of the worlds population in fact – That have never “gone online”. I’ve wanted to repost a map I saw in National Geographic showing a world map done in black with every IP address…

  • Choosing Your Domain Name

    Info-graphics are neat.  I have been searching around for a good info-graphic that explains the open source initiative, but I haven’t found one I can post here. What I did find was a couple of good ones at http://www.whoishostingthis.com.  They allow other websites to hotlink to their images and even give the code snippit.  That’s…

  • WordPress Maintenance and the CMS Calendar

    Websites today are a lot more like software than static pages of text and pictures. Web developers use CMS (Content Management Systems) for building websites (e.g. this site uses WordPress).   There are dozens of website CMS applications Like any software, you must continuously update it.  The site that’s visible to the public might not change…