I love working with PNG’s because they offer true alpha transparency, with the downsides being that IE6 doesnt support alpha transparency and their file size can be not so great compared to a .jpg image. Sometimes you will see a difference of up to 100k between a .jpg and a .png. I have seen websites that use optimized .png images and have always wondered how they keep them so small.

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For about the past 3 years, I have been all about WordPress not only for blogs, but also to be used as a content management system. The core of WordPress is for blogging, but many people have started to adapt WP for their CMS needs. WP is a great platform, very small footprint, incredibly easy to theme and extend with a plethora of plugins available.

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If you are looking for an easy way to create a jQuery Accordion and don’t wish to use the jQuery UI Accordion, I have created something much simpler that you can use.
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Last week I was contacted by Packt Publishing with the opportunity to read and then review one of their latest books, titled Magento 1.3 PHP Developers Guide. I have accepted the opportunity, as I have a huge love for books – especially those relevant to the software which I frequently use. I will be reading through the book, and will post a detailed review once complete in a few weeks. So please look out for it!

If you have ever used Google Analytics, you will notice that it tracks how users behave on your site – from which pages they click, which products they purchase, which terms they search, to which browsers they use. It is all done by way of setting/getting different cookies on your customer’s computers, and using those to track them.
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A great feature within Google Analytics which is really easy to setup, is Site Search. It’s hidden within the content tab and once setup, you can find out how people are using your search on your site, and how it leads to conversion.
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Today I read an article on Mashable called 11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers. #4 on the list being devshed.com, which I have to agree is a pretty useful website resource. But one thing that strikes me as odd is how ugly this site is, it feels like a site stuck in 2001.

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I have recently become more interested in Google Analytics over the past few years. I think its a combination of the improvements/availability of better features within Google Analytics coupled with my curiosity of trying to figure out how to drive more conversions/goals on a website. Specially where I work, we manage 3 ecommerce websites – so the data that we receive through Analytics is really interesting.

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