Patrick Burt - A Blog for Web People

Newest Project — Traffghetti

July 17th, 2009
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In the event you’re interested, I’ve created a website called Traffghetti dedicated to linking the latest, greatest content and hooked it up through Twitter and RSS. There won’t be ads or any kind of promoting on the website because it’s mainly for people that I know. It saves me from sending emails or MSN messages with funny links. Later on I might add a text link or something like that if someone displays interest.

Check it out if you’re interested and leave me comments with suggestions. They’d be much appreciated.

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Auto-Generating ALT Tags with Dreamweaver

December 24th, 2008
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What I had on my hands were a bunch of HTML files. Each of these HTML files had pictures, and I’m damn sure a lot of them didn’t have ALT tags, something essential for accessibility (and also helps with SEO). Using Adobe Dreamweaver (and possibly Macromedia versions of Dreamweaver), you can do searches and find [...]

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Graphic Design and the Economy – An Interview

November 26th, 2008
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Rob Brown recently threw me a few questions on Graphic Design and how it’s being affected by the downturn in the economy. Here’s what i had to say.

RB  What is your job in the industry?
I work as a Web Developer/Designer for an ad agency in Canada’s capital. I also do freelance.
RB  How long [...]

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Interviewed By An Upcoming Graphic Designer

August 18th, 2008
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I was contacted by an up and coming Graphic Designer, Luke Cosgrove, to get interviewed about what it is that I do. I thought he asked particularly good questions and it does share quite a bit of background information about me. What a great fit for this blog.

LC Is this what you wanted to [...]

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Some Suggestions for Writer’s Block

June 24th, 2008
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It happens, it happens to everyone. If it hasn’t happened to you, you’re lucky and it may happen soon. And when it does, here are a few tips:

Step Away From the Computer
Do something, anything, just make sure it’s stimulating. If your solution is to watch TV, what if you watched shows that dealt with [...]

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SWFObject 2.0 and New Website

June 19th, 2008
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Although I’ve been using SWFObject almost daily, I’ve always recycled the version I used on a previous project. Little did I know that a new version was released by Geoff Sterns (who know works for Google in the YouTube division) and is posted on Google’s codebase.
A new version means a new syntax, new file and [...]

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Would You Rather Be Right or Happy?

June 10th, 2008
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A question you should often ask yourself over the course of your life is, believe it or not, entirely relevant to web design, web development, dealing with clients, etc.

Let’s take for example the following situation. The client supplied a photograph for a web design that needs to be enlarged to abnormally large proportions. The upsampled [...]

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The Sarcastic Guide To Web Design and Development – Part 1

June 4th, 2008
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***This article is sarcastic***
There are a handful of rules that will automatically place in the rungs of “All-Star Web Designer and Developer”. It is my objective to share these with you.

1 – You Are Always Right
The client never knows what the client wants. It’s up to you to tell them. If they disagree with you, [...]

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What You Need To Know About SQL Injection

June 2nd, 2008
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Having seeing the effects of an SQL Injection attack, I thought I’d be able to tackle some tips on preventing SQL Injections in the first place.

All it takes is one vulnerability to affect your entire software application. If the vulnerability is general enough, you could be the target of scripts that scour the web [...]

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Busy Person’s Guide To Getting Work Done

May 29th, 2008
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I apologize for not posting in a while, life has been hectic. That being said, how about a post on getting work done.

We’ve all been in the position, whether it’s at work, in school, where there was just so much work to do, that you had a hard time getting around all of [...]

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