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Configuring TortoiseSVN to Manage Updates on Pligg Sites

November 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
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I am extremely fond of the new social news script Pligg CMS. I have been following it since early release, and updating Pligg sites used to be very difficult. However from instructions from this wiki, you can use TortoiseSVN to control the version and upgrades of your Pligg site with ease. Below I've also added a small video. This was created by Pligg user Yankidank to help out those who are unfamiliar with TortoiseSVN. It's a quick and easy tutorial to follow, and it's really useful for … [Read more...]

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The Web’s Cutest URL Shortening Service Moourl.com

November 8, 2009 By 6 Comments
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I know I know, I'm a guy and the word "cute" shouldn't be in my vocabulary. Well if I ever needed to use the word cute to describe anything, it would have to be moourl.com. It's a URL shortening service with an actually bearable design to it. Beautiful vectors and color scheme, I love the site! It offers some of the most basic features you would expect - forwarding to a new page, creating custom URL's, etc. It doesn't seem to have any tracking stats or clicks from what I can tell, which is … [Read more...]

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Interview with a Digg.com Software Engineer Kurt Wilms

November 2, 2009 By 28 Comments
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As a web designer myself, I have found that other web designers I talk to always have favorite websites they go to for inspiration. Not saying they want to copy a specific website, but there are just some site's that "stick" and really inspire you to create web designs. For me, this was Digg.com when I first found the site in 2007. It has gone through many design changes since then, but it's still one of the most successful startups for websites in the CA area, and it's fame is very … [Read more...]

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