http://www.killersites.com/blog Real world talk about web design, programming and the business of web design. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:48:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi, Once and a while I mention things that fall outside the realms of web design and web programming; I only do so when I feel it is something important to point out. The Giant Housing Scam This time around, it is the giant fraud put forth by the US financial players ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/the-next-giant-fraud/ I recently had this question put to me: Hi Stefan, I found your article while doing a search about sitemaps, so I figured I'd see what your take on it is. I work at an agency that does small business websites, some as small as 5 or 6 pages, like an online brochure. ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/when-to-use-sitemaps/ Hi, In the following video I answer this question and more importantly, I go into the broader issue of the importance of learning the code behind the web pages - HTML and CSS: Trying to build websites without a good understanding of HTML and CSS is like petting your cat's fur the ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/can-dreamweaver-edit-golive-files/ Hi, This is part 2 of my video tutorial on how to use Youtube to deploy videos in web pages. You can may want to also watch part 1 of my Youtube video embed tutorial. Some final notes: Video Processing Notes: Dimensions: 1280 x 720 h.264 (MP4) 5000 kbits/sec Dimensions: 640 x 480 / 640 x ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/how-to-use-youtube-to-embed-videos-part-2/ Hi Guys, This is interesting news for web designers as it seems Safari is even getting traction in the Windows world: Apple said Friday that more than 11 million copies of its new Safari 4 web browser have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/apple-sees-11-million-downloads-of-safari-4-in-three-days/ Hi, I just released a video where I go into step-by-step detail on how to use Youtube to embed videos in your web pages. This is part one of two. The video: Notes from the Video I assume you have a Youtube account. There are pro’s and con’s to using Youtube as your means of ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/how-to-use-youtube-to-embed-videos-part-1/ In the following video, I go over the two basic ways to insert video into your web pages: 1. Using a site like Youtube. 2. Embedding the videos directly using a Flash video player. I also get into the video formats you can use to embed video in a website: 1. Flash FLV 2. H.264 3. ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/embedding-a-video-into-your-web-pages/ Hi, This is just a quick warning that the trial download of Premiere CS4 is buggy .. at best. Install Process Craps Out I tried to install it on my Mac several times and I kept getting an error message that did not help. In the end, after rebooting several times and ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/adobe-premiere-professional-cs4-trial-install-does-not-work/ Hi, I recently put out a few new videos on Javascript event handlers: Javascript Event Handlers Part 1 Javascript Event Handlers Part 2 Javascript Event Handlers Part 3 These are part of my new growing collection of Javascript video tutorials that aim to teach total beginners how to read and write practical Javascript. I would ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/javascript-videos-on-javascript-event-handlers/ Before MySpace, Facebook and Twitter there was once GeoCities. Yes back in the 90's, GeoCities was going to take over the world and change the face of the Web. So Yahoo spent a bunch of cash ($3 billion) and bought up that very 'valuable' piece of Web real estate. .... Hmmm ... http://www.killersites.com/blog/2009/what-can-social-networking-investors-learn-from-geocities/