How to prevent duplicative content
by Ryan Doom

Search engines do not care for duplicative content, if you make multiple pages that have the exact same content on your website it can negatively effect your search engine position. It probably...
Continue... How to prevent duplicative contentSunday, March 15, 2009
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Making a better 404 page
by Ryan Doom

I just ran into a 404 page on a website, and realized that it should be a standard practice to customize your websites 404 page to make it more useful to users. The standard...
Continue... Making a better 404 pageSunday, March 15, 2009
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Getting rid of the admin area of your application
by Ryan Doom

One difference that I have always liked about DotNetNuke versus Drupal and Joomla is that the admin interface is built into the website not a separate area. When Kevin and I researched all of the top Content Management Systems three years ago we decided ...
Continue... Getting rid of the admin area of your applicationThursday, January 08, 2009
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Don't forget about the empty screen
by Ryan Doom

When creating web applications designers usually consider what the screen will look like when it is full of data, not empty. The first impression a user has with your application should not be a blank screen.
Continue... Don't forget about the empty screenTuesday, January 06, 2009
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Increasing your business by speaking
by Ryan Doom

2009 will most likely be as slow for many businesses as 2008. But you don’t have to participate, a good tip for 2009 is to work on a presentation that you can start giving to local associations and businesses. All you need to get started…
Continue... Increasing your business by speakingMonday, January 05, 2009
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OS X Snow Leopard Features
by Ryan Doom

I think it is brilliant that Apple is not advertising any new features in their next operating system installment for late 2009. It’s something other companies could not get away with, but it’s acceptable for them to do so. They will be focusing on performance, just increasing the speed and experience.
Of course there will be some new benefits....
Continue... OS X Snow Leopard FeaturesMonday, January 05, 2009
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My First week with a Macbook
by Ryan Doom

Picked up a Macbook on Craigslist to start to get in touch with this hipster coffee shop, "I use a Mac I'm so cool" lifestyle. Well, and to rock out some Ruby on Rails development and have a good excuse to do so.
I have outlined 3 days of things I have loved and hated about the Macbook. I did this entire post, and photo editing on it, so I'm coming along.
Continue... My First week with a MacbookWednesday, December 31, 2008
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Error indicates that IIS is not installed on this machine
by Ryan Doom

“error indicates that IIS is not installed on this machine” when running “aspnet_regiis -i” but you do have IIS installed? This happened to me recently on my new laptop that is running Vista 64bit and IIS 7. The issue
Continue... Error indicates that IIS is not installed on this machineMonday, December 01, 2008
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Making Custom themes for Gmail
by Ryan Doom

I wonder if Gmail will be allowing us to make custom themes for their web based email client? This week they launched a feature under the settings area to change the look and feel of your Gmail...
Continue... Making Custom themes for GmailThursday, November 20, 2008
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Presenting at ASTD
by Ryan Doom

I presented at GreenStone Farm Credit Services today from 5:30 to 7:30 about Social Media.
Continue... Presenting at ASTDTuesday, October 28, 2008
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