Web development tools

A collection of web development tools for building better sites more easily.

A massive reduction in the number of spam comments

How to reduce the number of spam comments that make it into your WordPress database without annoying your visitors.

Four sources of basic SEO information for beginners

New to SEO? Here are four resources for getting started. Aimed at beginners, applying these basic best practices will give your site an advantage over your competitors.

How to speed up WordPress

How to speed up WordPress by reducing HTTP requests and database look ups, using a faster mod_rewrite code, and shrinking the size of the database.

Ardamis.com’s Google Page Speed score is 93/100

Ardamis.com has a Google PageSpeed score of 93/100, and that’s not too shabby.

Ardamis.com is HTML5

Ardamis.com is now being served as valid HTML5.

How to send the correct headers to leverage browser caching

How to use .htaccess to send the correct HTTP headers in order to leverage browser caching and reduce page load times for returning visitors.

One million inbound links

Google Webmaster Tools is reporting over one million inbound links to pages on ardamis.com.

How to compress .php, .css and .js files without mod_gzip or mod_deflate

How to speed up page load times by compressing .php, .css and .js files on Apache web hosts that do not have mod_gzip or mod_deflate enabled.

The Compete.com tracking code is not for traffic

How the Compete tracking code shares your visitor information with FOX / News Corp. and why it doesn’t do you any good when it comes to gathering analytic information.