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Difference between Apache and Nginx setup on front-end performance
Posted on Tue, 2009-03-24 by Jeff Jerome

The first article I wrote for Swipht had to do with front-end performance and I outlined the YSlow rules and how I implemented them on this site.

This blog, as of late March 2009, is powered by Mephisto, a Ruby on Rails-based blog engine. To serve the application, either you pair a front-end web server with an application server, or use Phusion Passenger. I'll explain.

Optimization, System Administration

Top factors affecting organic ranking
Posted on Thu, 2009-03-26 by Jeff Jerome

According to SEOMoz.org Search Engine Ranking Factors Survey, here are the top 10 factors that will affect your organic ranking.

SEO-SEM

Happy April Fools Day!
Posted on Wed, 2009-04-01 by Jesse Cooke

No joke here... though there have been a few good ones this year.

@import and why I don't use it
Posted on Mon, 2009-04-13 by Jeff Jerome

There are 4 ways to add styles to a page:

  1. Inline style attribute on an element
  2. <style> block
  3. <link> tag
  4. <style> with @import

We all know why you shouldn't use inline, and unless there's a really good reason, you probably shouldn't use the <style> block either. But to be honest, I knew nothing about using @import until recently. So what exactly does the following code to?

Browsers, Development

IE8 to be available via Automatic Updates
Posted on Tue, 2009-04-14 by Jeff Jerome

A recent MSDN article explains how Microsoft will make IE8 available as a Windows/Automatic Update. MS will force those with IE8 beta to upgrade to the final release, and that's to be expected. They will not, however, be forcing IE6/7 users to upgrade.

Browsers

Why IE6Update is Right
Posted on Tue, 2009-04-21 by Jeff Jerome

It's 2009 and we're still debating IE6. To bear in mind how ridiculous this is, IE7 (many times better than IE6) was released in October 2006, almost 2.5 years ago. There have been many sites that provide tips or scripts on how to notify IE6 users to upgrade.

Browsers