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• AdSense - Thread calling into quesiton whether Google, Inc. implements in good faith its 'AdSense for content' and 'Editorial Review' policies, or whether in fact it deploys page-inappropriate AdSense advertising for a sufficient amount of money. Disturbing. Suggestion: www.linkshare.com
• Animated GIF Killing - How to kill animated GIFs in Web browsers (even where that isn't a browser feature)
• Apache Lecture - Lecture notes for a lecture about the Apache httpd
• Apache SSL - Tips on setting up Apache httpd with OpenSSL
• Apache Subversion Options - Disabling insecure Apache HTTP methods
• ASP - Options for doing ASP on Linux
• Autoproxy - Web browser autoproxy technique, effectively disabling the browser's internal cache
• AWstats Setup - How to set up AWstats on Debian in the relatively safe optional static-HTML mode, rather than CGI mode
• Blog Engine - Recommended blog software for technical users, 'rig3' by Raphael Mol: uses Python (only) to generate static HTMLfrom Izumi-markedup text
• CMS / Knowledgebase - Content Management Systems and knowledgebase software
• Console Browser w/JavaScript - Information on a fork of the Links Web browser that supports JavaScript
• Cross-Browser - Good, concise article for Web/HTML people on how to avoid/fix browser compatibility issues.
• CSS - Information on cascading stylesheets
• CSS elephant - Thread ribbing CSS expert Eric Mayer about his gaffe of saying elephant rather than element, regarding repositioning thereof
• Firefox Plugins - Recommended plug-ins for Mozilla Firefox
• Firefox polices.json - Specs for a portable config file of Firefox browser customisations
• Firefox3 Phishing - Rather paranoid article about Firefox corporate entanglements, but with the advantage of pointing out why retrofitting Adblock or Adblock Plus, CustomizeGoogle, and NoScript should be essential for all Firefox users, and why Firefox users should always disable the two anti-phishing settings on Edit, Preferences, Security that say Tell me if the site I'm visiting, etc.
• Firefox3 Tips - Tips for improving security, performance, behaviour, clutteredness of Firefox 3.x and above
• Firefox3 SSL - Tips for improving SSL cert-handling of Firefox 3.x and above
• Firefox3 Focus - Config fix to annoy annoying mouse-focus default in Firefox 3.x and above
• htDig Tips - Tips on effective use of the htDig search engine
• HTML Terrorist's Handbook - The HTML Terrorist's Handbook, aka Composing Evil HTML. A classic, written by Andrew C. Bulhak as a jovial rejoinder to Eric Tilton's classic reference Composing Good HTML
• Java for Mozilla - Tips on adding JRE plugins to Mozilla
• Malware Check - Sites that check and report on whether sites/IPs are believed malicious. Can see what the security outsourcing sites think of your site/IP reputation
• Manifest V3 - Why Google's Manifest V3 browser-extension spec for Chrome, also to be adopted by Firefox and many derived browsers, will be a huge loss for user privacy
• Mapping - Open source GIS (geographical information services) software, including Web-based engines such as MapServer Enterprise
• Mozilla Image Blocking - Re-enabling Mozilla's selective blocking of images
• Mozilla Settings - Tweaking Mozilla via user.js
• Netscape Tips - Details on why malloc changes sabotaged Netscape 3.0 browsers on Linux, and remedies (historical)
• Optimized for... - Essay: 'This site optimized for...' arguing with customers
• Perl CGI - The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems, by Tom Christiansen
• PHP4 Lecture - Lecture notes from a technical overview lecture on PHP v. 4, by Rick Moen.
• PHP Mistakes I - Top PHP Programming Mistakes, Part I, by Sterling Hughes
• PHP Mistakes II - Top PHP Programming Mistakes, Part II, by Sterling Hughes
• PHP Mistakes III - Top PHP Programming Mistakes, Part III, by Sterling Hughes
• PHP Security - Information on security issues and remedies for PHP applications
• Rewrite - Apache's guide to use of mod_rewrite to redirect URLs
• SSL Cert Self-signing - Creating and self-signing SSL site certificates
• StackExchange Clones - List of crowdsourced knowledgebase sites like StackExchange
• User Agent - Karsten Self's suggestion to set User-Agent to 'W3C standards are important. Stop f---ing obsessing over user-agent already.'
• Web 2.0 APIs - Reference texts for common Web 2.0 programming interface specifications
• YouTube Downloading - How to improve your experience with YouTube and similar sites using open-source downloading software
• Zen Cart - An open-source 'shopping cart' e-commerce system coded in PHP