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

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.

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

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.

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.

Simple Auction Wizard is an online HTML template generator for auction websites like eBay. It’s fast, free, and easy to use.

Minifi.de is a URL shortening service like tinyurl.com, bit.ly, and is.gd. You enter a long URL and it returns a shorter one.

A client wanted me to implement a drop down contact form that was triggered when the cursor hovered over a button in the site’s navigation. This was no problem, and I delivered some code using script.aculo.us‘s blind effect. A few hours later, the client contacted me and said that as he moved his cursor around [...]

How to reduce WordPress comment spam by implementing a challenge-response system that uses JavaScript to hide the path to the form processing script.

How to defeat contact form spam bots through the use of a challenge-response system.