Hi! I'm Nathan Hoad

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The web tag has 14 posts

★ Apple: HTML5 and Web Standards

Standards aren’t add-ons to the web. They are the web.

No blue legos in sight.


Deploy from a Git tag with Capistrano

Are you using Capistrano and Git and want to easily deploy from Git tags? It couldn't be simpler ;-)

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Google Prettify now in Genki

Nothing overly exciting in this update; just writing to say that Genki now uses Google Prettify to syntax highlight code.

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Genki now gives you a sitemap

Genki now supports sitemaps out of the metaphorical box! The sitemap that Genki generates is in the standard format that is supported by Google and includes all of your posts and pages. You don't have to do anything to set it up; it just works.

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Introducing Genki

Genki A few weeks ago I was shown Enki, a Ruby on Rails based blogging engine. I liked the philosophy of Enki from the start; A simple Rails app that was 'configured' by developing. There were no mountains of configuration options in the administration interface, only core elements.

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Lazy OpenID providing

Single-signon services are growing in popularity. OpenID is one of the more popular and probably one of the most widely offered of these services. There are a number of providers (eg. if you have a gmail account, then you have an OpenID account). If you want a more personal touch and want your own site to be your identity on the web then you are in luck, because it is as simple as signing up to MyOpenID and adding two lines to the <head> of your html.

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Intro to iPhone-optimising your Rails site

Creating an iPhone optimised version of your web site is fairly straight forward. The setup process is simple and then from there you can be as thorough as you want to be.

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Lazy but effective SEO

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is like creating art with a Fractal Generator; You can get some substantial results with just a small amount of effort. I have compiled a list of some tips that I have come across that require very little work to implement but should give a nice return in traffic.

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How to: Home screen icon in iPhone web app

Ever wondered how some iPhone web applications manage to get an automatic icon when adding them to Springboard (your home screen)? All you have to do is add this to the <head> of your page:

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Internet Explorer: Get the facts

Internet Explorer is a horrid browser.


Introducing Claptrap

A couple of weeks ago I deployed my first Rails app; The Claptrap site :-).

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Survey for people who make websites

Survey

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How to: LAMP in Ubuntu Gutsy

Getting a LAMP installation happening in Ubuntu is easy. Just open up Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type each of these commands in.

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How to: Valid XHTML and RSS with Youtube

When I was building this blog I came across an interesting problem. I wanted to include some of my video projects as Youtube clips but noticed that the default embed code that Youtube offers isn't valid XHTML.

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