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Tips for beginner web developers

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on August 14, 2011 - 6:18pm

I feel starting out as a person who makes websites today is different than it was 12 years ago when I started.  Back then I had literally no guide and I was a middle school student.  Somehow, I pulled through and that experience is an interesting thing to look at now that I'm a little older.  Compared to some I am still a beginning web developer, but I now do it professionally and make a living with it.

Here is a list of things I'd recommend to anyone starting out on the path of web development.

Don't get burned by PayPal disputes and digital goods (especially with Drupal + Ubercart)

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on July 16, 2011 - 9:09pm

Recently, a user filed a dispute against one of my digital subscription-based websites.  Having never dealt with a PayPal dispute before, I went in not knowing what to expect.  I examined the user's account in Ubercart and they had definitely paid via PayPal and the IPN information was sent back to the site that the order had been successful.  The user had also received the digital subscriber role.  PayPal contacted me noting the user had filed a dispute against me that they did not receive the product.  However, I could see that they very clearly had.

Stewardship and Information Technology

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on July 14, 2011 - 7:34am

I wrote a blog post about Stewardship and Information Technolgy on the Acton PowerBlog.  Be sure to check it out!

WordPress is dropping Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support, a step in the right direction

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on July 4, 2011 - 11:26am

The upcoming WordPress 3.2 release will be thankfully dropping IE6 support.  This is a welcome change and means themers and developers no longer have to take a step back 10 years when doing their job.  I believe this change will hasten the removal of the browser since WordPress is a large chunk of the web.  

The Wikipedia "love" button should implement a downrate option as well

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 25, 2011 - 1:26am

Readwriteweb made a post about Wikipedia launching the "Wikilove" button that lets users show appreciation for each other.  Apparently Wikipedia is trying to ride the wave of button popularity, what with Google launching their +1 button recently and the Facebook/Twitter buttons being featured on most websites around the Internet.  

Wikipedia is not legitimate and never will be

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on June 6, 2011 - 10:55pm

All through high school and college I was frustrated at the thought that Wikipedia was not a legitimate source of research information.  Now that it's been a few years I finally see why that is.  Wikipedia has strengths including a self-policing community.  However, this community has taken their process to the extreme.

Analysis of the 10 myths about introverts from an introvert

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on May 27, 2011 - 10:09am

Carl King has a great post titled "10 Myths About Introverts".  If you haven't read it, do so.  I'd like to reflect on his points since I find they ring true, being an introvert myself.

Migrating your Wordpress comments to Disqus

Submitted by David Lohmeyer on May 7, 2011 - 1:23pm

Disqus is likely the most widely used commenting system on the web today.  It has many advantages.  The one I find most convenient is that all of your Disqus comments are linked into one account and you don't have to enter credentials on 50 different sites when you want to comment.  I even use it for the comments here.

If you have an older Wordpress blog you probably have thousands of comments with the built in comment system.  The steps to migrating over to Disqus are as follows:

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