Gabriel Harper's Blog

Flippa Time?

Gabriel Harper — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:18:03 +0000

Speaking of Flippa, something is going on. Release? Not sure, but Sitepoint Marketplace is down for an upgrade at the same time as Flippa.com. According to SP it’ll last about three hours, which in terms of a top 1,000 site is quite a while.

Flippa - Sitepoint’s New Marketplace is Flippa.com

Gabriel Harper — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:11:48 +0000

If you use the Sitepoint Marketplace to buy and sell online, prepare for a big change. Sitepoint is flipping things upside-down soon, and moving the marketplace to Flippa.com. Many people are saying WTF to Flippa, and with good reasons. Is this too much at once? Most of the responses to the announcement of Flippa attack the [...]

76 Script Directories - Mega List for Software Marketing

Gabriel Harper — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:09:50 +0000

This huge list of 76 script directories took several hours to compile, but it’s a goldmine for anyone selling online software. This is one mega list of script directories that let you submit your PHP scripts, turnkey scripts, and other website scripts. Most are free, some are paid or offer paid options. Some of these [...]

What is rel=nofollow, and Should I Use It?

Gabriel Harper — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:56:42 +0000

The nofollow tag (as it’s commonly referred to), is an HTML attribute proposed by Matt Cutts of Google and Jason Shellen of Blogger.com in 2005. It is a recommendation on behalf of search engines to add a special identifier to links that shouldn’t be counted towards search results. For instance, unmoderated blog comments might be [...]

Finding & Deleting Linux Core Dump Files Safely

Gabriel Harper — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:49:55 +0000

Linux sometimes dumps a huge file when a script crashes. These core files can build up and eat away valuable disk space. Some other methods of deleting core files will damage your server. Here are a few simple commands I use to find and delete these core dump files safely. Deleting files on Linux can be [...]

The Only Five Web Development Tools You Need

Gabriel Harper — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:28:20 +0000

I use a lot of different software in my job, but there are five software tools in particular that I can do nearly all of my Web development with. The best part is they are allcompletely free applications. You can download and install everything you need to be up and coding in under 30 minutes. We [...]

TinyMCE Themes

Gabriel Harper — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:28:13 +0000

TinyMCE is a free WYSIWYG editor with two visual components - themes and skins. TinyMCE themes are very complex to customize but you can make your own TinyMCE theme. If you just want to customize the look & feel a little bit, you’re better off creating a TinyMCE skin. Customizing TinyMCE themes is easy to do [...]

Creating Successful New Products

Gabriel Harper — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:37:47 +0000

Creating great products is easy if you identify a problem. Like many others I’m willing to pay for a good solution if the need is great enough. Identifying the deepest problem for your customers and developing a great solution is the recipe for a successful product. Great ideas often stem from a great need. Fulfilling a [...]

BuddyPress 1.0 - Social Networking w/ Wordpress

Gabriel Harper — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:18:08 +0000

I’ll admit this is one project I wasn’t even aware of. The Wordpress blog just mentioned the sister project BuddyPress, which takes the WP architecture to a new level with a complete social networking platform. Perhaps complete isn’t entirely correct, but BuddyPress 1.0 was just released with a nice set of features. So far BuddyPress supports [...]

Google’s Best Logo Ever Celebrates Morse’s Life

Gabriel Harper — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:32:40 +0000

Google has a history of commemorating holidays and historic events by showing a different logo for the day, and this is the best yet! Today is Samuel Morse’s birthday (you know, Morse code?), and they spelled out Google in the famous dash-dot character encoding. I thought they should add an option for the day that converts [...]