Mike Irving's Blog
A Blog from Mike Irving, Software Developer
Welcome to my Web and Mobile Developer Blog. Here you will find the latest News and Rants about mobile apps, websites and the internet.
I also, occasionally, write blog posts on non-techie stuff too!
To begin, simply select an article from the list below.
Alternatively, choose a Blog Page to view a list of previous blogs.
25/11/2008 -
I had an interesting problem to solve the other week when looking over a website page that had been translated to Russian, and was delivered from a machine hosted in Russia.
The translation was fin...
19/10/2008 -
This week I have delivered a completely redesigned website for Andy Till.
Andy is a Personal Friend, Professional Bass Player, and star of the new 2008 Hovis Adverts!
The old site had been onlin...
15/10/2008 -
I seem to have been increasingly using the Lightbox Photo Viewer on websites in recent times.
Lightbox is a light-weight, and cross-platform, solution for opening up full-size images within the cur...
14/9/2008 -
The recent launch of both Firefox 3 and Google's browser Chrome, will have caused headache's for many website developers.
Different web browsers will render websites slightly differently to one ano...
5/8/2008 -
Captcha / Image Verification is a great way to combat website form spam, such as bot-generated enquiries that ultimately end up in your inbox.
You can see an example of a Captcha / ASP Image Verifi...
22/7/2008 -
Many web developers setup Custom 404 Files on their Websites to present a user-friendly alternative to the browser's own "File Not Found" page, however we can do a whole lot more when we start scripti...
1/7/2008 -
For a while now I've been writing AJAX-Enabled ASP.Net 2.0 Web Applications in Visual Studio 2005, but last week I got the opportunity to add some new functionality to a website that used AJAX in ASP....
8/6/2008 -
In today's increasingly networked world, the internet provides many ways of working both remotely and virtually.
When at a remote location, we can take advantage of VPN technologies, Remote Desktop...
5/6/2008 -
Earlier this week I tried importing a Local IIS website in Visual Studio 2005 on my new Windows Vista PC.
Interestingly, if I clicked "Open Website" then clicked the "Local IIS" option, I received ...
27/5/2008 -
When typing your Business names into Google, it is likely that your website will show up first. This will be acheived with only basic SEO implementation, especially if your company name is unique, and...
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