http://www.sitecheck.be Get healthy advice on how to improve your web site and make money with it Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:30:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/analog-to-detect-mobile-platforms-new-windows-versions/ http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/analog-to-detect-mobile-platforms-new-windows-versions/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:09 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/?p=145 If you are using Analog as your log file analyzer, then you are probably aware that it hasn’t been updated in some time. I’ve modified the tree.c source file to enable Analog to detect new platforms: iPhone/iPod Windows Vista Windows 7 Android BlackBerry Download the new tree.c here and compile Analog again. On MacOS X [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/analog-to-detect-mobile-platforms-new-windows-versions/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/speed-up-your-site-using-a-cdn/ http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/speed-up-your-site-using-a-cdn/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:05:51 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/?p=80 When you run a popular web site, you should think about how to increase the speed to deliver the content to your readers. This is where Content Delivery Networks (CDN) come in. These systems deliver the content from the nearest server, thus reducing the latency to retrieve additional HTTP objects. 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First, you should run a few analysis on your web page to make sure [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/optimizing-web-page-loading-times/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/general/adsl-speedtest/ http://www.sitecheck.be/general/adsl-speedtest/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:57:58 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/?p=57 Run this speed test to find out how fast your Internet connection is...]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/general/adsl-speedtest/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/php-debugging/ http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/php-debugging/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:33 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/?p=47 Sometimes there are little errors in your PHP scripts and you need to debug them. If you don’t have access to the global PHP error log, then it’ll be difficult to see what goes wrong and where. However if you’re able to put a .htaccess file on your web host, then you can add some [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/php-debugging/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/modifying-analog-to-recognize-ipodiphone/ http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/modifying-analog-to-recognize-ipodiphone/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:03:48 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/modifying-analog-to-recognize-ipodiphone/ In a previous article I explained how to change the free Analog log analyzer to recognize Windows Vista. Now as I start to develop websites for the iPod Touch and the iPhone, I also wanted to see those user agents in my Analog reports. Therefore I modified the tree.c source file of the Analog Source [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/modifying-analog-to-recognize-ipodiphone/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/free-captcha-for-your-site/ http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/free-captcha-for-your-site/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:17:16 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/free-captcha-for-your-site/ Comment spam, guestbook spam, e-mail spam is getting on my nerves. I’m always looking out for the next best thing to protect my web sites from any spam messages. Usually, I protect my web forms using a Captcha (a graphical security code) which needs to be resolved by a real user in order to use [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/tips/free-captcha-for-your-site/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/best-wordpress-plugins/ http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/best-wordpress-plugins/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:19:07 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/best-wordpress-plugins/ If you write your blog on the WordPress platform, then you might want to enhance your site with some additional features. There are many plugins available for WordPress but sometimes it’s hard to find the best plugins for your needs. Below, you’ll find the list of plugins that I prefer to use when blogging on [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/technical/best-wordpress-plugins/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/browser-war-useragents-on-the-web/ http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/browser-war-useragents-on-the-web/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:15:47 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/browser-war-useragents-on-the-web/ Making sure your web site displays correctly in all browsers is very important. While Internet Explorer is still the most popular web browser, you should also test the site for other systems to accommodate all users. While business users are slower to upgrade their operating system, they seem to like using alternative web browsers. This [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/browser-war-useragents-on-the-web/feed/ 0 http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/os-war-operating-systems-on-the-web/ http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/os-war-operating-systems-on-the-web/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:03:04 +0000 Joe Savelberg http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/os-war-operating-systems-on-the-web/ When designing your web site you should take into account the operating systems of the visitors to your web site. The OS war still exists and is heating up again. There is a difference if your site is visited by home users or corporate users. Also the location of your visitors is important. Users in [...]]]> http://www.sitecheck.be/optimization/os-war-operating-systems-on-the-web/feed/ 0