One of the topics discussed in my WordCamp Houston Presentation, Optimizing For Performance, was putting social media share buttons in an iframe to improve page rendering. I thought it would be helpful to describe in more detail how to accomplish this. Since Facebook already does a pretty good job of putting their widget code in [...]
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Chris Olbekson is a technology geek, freelance web developer and graphic designer from Houston, Texas.
Optimizing WordPress for Performance WordCamp Houston
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WordCamp Houston
I will be speaking at Houston’s first WordCamp, a one day camp dedicated to serving beginner to advanced, businesses to bloggers, and everyone in between. My topic will be “Optimizing for Performance” – How to make your WordPress Blog Faster and Scalable. The discussion will include tips for installing and configuring the W3 Total Cache [...]
WordPress 3.0 New Features
WordPress Version 3.0 is set to be released in the next week or so and contains some exciting new enhancements and improvements over previous versions. I have been working with the beta and release candidate versions over the past few weeks to develop a client project. I had to make the decision early on to [...]
Help a Houston Liquor Distributor Improve their Website by Providing Feedback
Please help a Houston independent liquor beer and wine distributor improve their website by voting for the design concept you like best. Any comments or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Twitter @Anywhere on your Website
(EDIT) I no longer use the Twitter @Anywhere Service. The API is very unstable and causes problems with the smooth operation of this website. It also has a bug that Twitter will not acknowledge that effects embedded font delivery systems. Twitter’s @anywhere api makes it easy to integrate @Twitter in to your website or blog. [...]
Facebook Fan Pages for Businesses
For many small businesses and companies a Facebook fan page can be used as an integral part of their marketing strategy. A recent report on Mashable reported that out of Facebook’s 400 million users over 116 million are in the US and when you compare that number to US Census estimates it concludes that 37% [...]
KPFT 40th anniversary T-Shirt Contest
March 1, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston’s only listener sponsored commercial free radio station. KPFT was founded in 1970 by journalist Larry Lee, who convinced Pacifica to establish an independent listener-supported station in Houston. KPFT is part of the of thePacifica network of independent, noncommercial radio stations in the service [...]
Support Local Grow Together
#SLGT Support Local Grow Together is a group of local businesses and like minded individuals who have banded together to promote sustainable living and to help other businesses succeed by supporting local. SLGT was started in 2009 by J.R. Cohen, general manager of The Coffee Gounds who has succeeded by providing customers with: “a comfortable [...]
