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Site Update   03/23/2006

Regular readers will note that I have not been updating this site that regularly. Rest assured that this site is not dead. I have been busy with other things, and in addition, this site (along with other sites of mine) has been under the constant as ...

Testing New Design and Functionality - Feedback Requested   02/01/2005

I am testing a new design and new functionality on the front page of MozTips. Both are designed to speed up the site significantly. The new design was also intended to improve the page's display on smaller monitors.If you have any feedback on t ...

Happy Holidays to All ; Looking at the past and future of MozTips   12/25/2004

I wish all of the visitors to MozTips Happy Holidays and a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.I launched the new "2.0" version of MozTips at this domain two years ago! In fact, you can go back in time and read the first welcome post.I fee ...

New Wiki patch (preview functionality works again)   06/15/2004

I was notified today by WikkiTikkiTavi's author that my anti-spam patch broke its previewing feature. (I use WikkiTikkiTavi for the MozTips Wiki.)I have now applied an updated patch to the MozTips Wiki, and previewing should work again.I have made th ...

Anti-Spam patch for Wikki-Tikki-Tavi (and other Wikis)   04/30/2004

I have quickly put together a mini-CAPTCHA system that tries to thwart the SPAMbots that have been going around defacing thousands of Wikis.You can see how it works by trying to edit the SandBox page in the MozTips Wiki. (Please do ...

New Search Feature at MozTips   03/22/2004

Well, I have some good news for all those of you who were searching (in vain) using our old search tool (Atomz): MozTips has its own search tool now!I was having several problems with the old search tool:It (that is the free version) would only index up t ...

New Sub-blogs at moztips.com ?   12/13/2003

I have been thinking of setting up sub-blogs at sub-domains at moztips.com.One would be for PHP related stuff (tentatively titled PHPTips) and another would be a blog for personal observations on everything, not just tech.Does it sound like a good idea? ...

New MozTips Design   12/06/2003

Well, I just launched a new design and a new set of features for moztips.com. I hope it all works.More soon. ...

What kind of content would you like to see at MozTips?   11/05/2003

Well, I have a question for all of you MozTips readers: what kind of articles would you like to see here?Lately I have been branching out, and mentioning related issues such as open source technology. In a comment on the recent SuSe / Novell article ...

What people have been searching for   10/29/2003

Here are some things that people have been searching for at MozTips. As you will notice, the most common thing searched for is a blank query. I guess that means that a lot of people are pressing the enter key by mistake. Anyway, here it is: ...

Okay, I did it   10/29/2003

Okay, I did it - I added the Google text-ads. I tried to blacklist the guys offering "opt-in targetted email" - lets see how long it takes for Google's servers to accept the change. They said it would take several hours.I hope it looks okay and ...

Question to MozTips readers - text ads okay?   10/28/2003

Okay MozTips regulars, I have a question for you:would you permit me to add a small Google text-ads box at the top of the page? It will not be obnoxious, and will hold two text-ads.I know, it sounds lame, but it would help me finance this site. I do ...

What people are searching for at MozTips   10/12/2003

I installed a search feature yesterday through Atomz's excellent search services.Atomz provides a report of what people have been searching for here, and I thought I'd share it with you. It's interesting to see what people are looking for w ...

New MozTips donation button (in case you hadn't noticed)   10/02/2003

Many of you may have noticed that I put up a new donation button here a couple of days ago.If you like MozTips and have found its tips, resources and news valuable over the last couple years, please consider a small donation.In this case ...

SiteMap (old navigation remapped)   08/03/2003

Instead of bringing the old navigation bar immediately back, here's the same information in the form of a SiteMap. Hopefully this is good enough for now, while I slowly remake the site. Quick Tips Tips Profile Help ...

MozTips Reloaded!   08/03/2003

Okay - so I decided to just do it. The software that powers this site was about 7 months old. I have been busy working on a new version, and after an email today from Brant Langer Gurganus, I decided it was time to upgrade the site ...

MozTips downtime announcement   01/24/2003

MozTips will be going offline for about five hours, beginning aorund midnight / 1:00 am [American Eastern Standard Time] tomorrow (Saturday, January 25, 2003), due to a planned outage by my webhost. The old version of MozTips will remain online ...