Web Design Blog http://www.northstarwebdesign.com/web-design-blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:11:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Website Security: Keep Your Passwords Strong! http://www.northstarwebdesign.com/web-design-blog/website-security-keep-your-passwords-strong/ http://www.northstarwebdesign.com/web-design-blog/website-security-keep-your-passwords-strong/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:49:04 +0000 admin http://www.northstarwebdesign.com/web-design-blog/?p=66 Do you portect your password?

Do you portect your password?

CNN aired a story on keeping your passwords secure.  This is very important to your personal and business security.

Why Are Strong Passwords Important?

Strong Passwords are important to protect your private information. There are many ways that hackers and others try to guess passwords. There are software programs that are used to guess passwords and until they find the right one. Do what you can to protect yourself and use a Strong Password.

What is a Strong Password?

A Strong Passwords is a random string of letters, numbers and special characters, usually consisting of 12-14 characters in length. You should NEVER use passwords that are based on your background like birthdays, where you are from, mother or father’s name, or even any words in the dictionary.

Where Should I Use Strong Password?

You should use Strong Passwords for any system accessible from the internet that has personal information that you want to protect. Some examples of those programs might be Email Accounts, Website FTP Accounts, User Accounts on E-commerce Websites, Instant Messaging Account, Social Netowrking Website Accounts.
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JavaScript: Show or Hide Elements

I was developing an e-commerce site today and I ran across a pretty light weight piece of JavaScript code to show and hide a DIVs.

Here it is:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    function toggle_visibility(id) {
       var e = document.getElementById(id);
       if(e.style.display == 'block')
          e.style.display = 'none';
       else
          e.style.display = 'block';
    }
//-->
</script>

Put that between your HEAD tags and call it from your code with “onClick=”.

Simple!

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Wordpress Plugin: Posts By Category Widget

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list categories and the posts in those categories separated by category on your widgetized sidebar.

Requires at least: 2.1
Tested up to: 2.9.1

Download


Demo


Installation

  1. Upload `postbycategory.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Use your ‘Presentation’/'Sidebar Widgets’ settings to drag and configure


Configuration

  • Widget title: the title of the widget
  • List types: ul for bulleted list, p for paragraph, br for paragraph with line breaks
  • Post count: Number of random posts you would like to be displayed, must be a number
  • Category: Only this category will be selected as the source, must be the ID of the Category


Change Log

  • 1-January-2010: Plugin created
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Launched! New NorthstarWebDesign.com Screenshot

We have launched our new redesign of NorthstarWebDesign.com. With so much client work we had no time to re-brand for the last few years and thought it was well over due to be updated to reflect the level and style of our work.

The new website will continue to change over the next few weeks and we will let you know about updates!  Thanks for your interest and continued support!

http://www.northstarwebdesign.com

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