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Sep
3

Testing adf.ly on MyPraize

Looking to make money on URL shorteners? Look no further, read on to get the skinny!

Sep
1

Out with (JSON Serializer) and In With GSON

Using JSON in a RESTful API? Having trouble finding a good JSON serializer? Stop using what ever it is you’re using and check out this article!

Aug
31

Upgrading dotCMS

Need to upgrade dotCMS from an older version? The process is pretty simple, here is a short snippet from dotCMS’s documentation WIKI.

Aug
26

MS SQL Server JDBC 4.0 Driver

Need to connect to SQL Server using a Java 1.6 stack? Well your in luck, Microsoft has released it’s latest revisions of drivers, and specifically a jar driver compatible with 4.0 driver sets and Java 1.6

Jul
14

4 Web Design and Development Resources You Can’t Live Without

In the pursuit of trying to make my life easier, I have stumbled upon online resources that really help make my life easier. More importantly, they allow me not to re-invent the wheel every time I start a new site.

Jul
9

LeBron James Special

That’s right you heard it here first, ETHODE Web Development is going a ‘Turn-up the Heat’ Web Development special in congrats to ‘The King’.

Jun
29

Installing dotCMS 1.9 In the Cloud

As some of you already know, ETHODE has chosen dotCMS 1.9 for their next CMS build out. I have a couple post prior explaining why but this post will focus on getting the system setup using Storm On Demand (Cloud, not Baremetal Servers) which is a service from LiquidWeb.

Jun
23

7 Awesome New Features in dotCMS 1.9

DotCMS 1.9 will be a monumental update to the current 1.7 version of the CMS project. While 1.7 was and still is an outstanding platform, one can easily see why 1.9 will light the CMS world on fire.

I have compile a list of my top 10 favorite dotCMS features in 1.9, enjoy, and feel free to share you’re in the comments.

Jun
11

Google Introduces New Search Indexing System

Google, the pioneer in web search has just released their new search indexing system – Caffeine. Caffeine works a little different then Google’s previous indexing structure.

Jun
1

Implementing Amazon S3 Service

Ever want to change the image’s location on your large website, but afraid of changing code in 40000 places? Well fear no more, with this technique you can use the .HTACCESS file to redirect all of the folder’s traffic to the destination of your choice. In our case, we’re going to forward it to a CNAME sub domain which points to out Amazon S3 service bucket.