Webmaster Cookbook

Friday October 29, 2004 at 3pm PST / 6pm EST
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Note: this LIVE show content (webmastercookbook.com) is totally work safe. Feel free to turn this show up while working. The format of this show is a reality-based how to be webmaster and build a website show, using a live site as a working example for the week by week recipes.

Drinks (cool stuff to add to your websites):
- dozens of free Wordpress blog styles to choose from

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- why moderating public comments is sometimes necessary, as well as how it is implemented via Wordpress blog software

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- places to find free, shareware and commercial programs to add to the website: creating a virtual arcade

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review … appropriate for teenagers or not?

The Check (what did we learn today)
- Take the weekly quiz along with Jowl — what was learned today?

Show Summary:

ChefTD and Jowl discuss Google searching, why moderating comments on blogs can be necessary, places to find free scripts to add to website, Creative Commons licensing and music by Spoon “Revenge” from the Wired CD Jowl reviews and discusses his feelings on the impact of violent video games like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Jowl picks out a Taxi style for the Wordpress blog he’s going to learn how to install next Friday. ChefTD encourages Jowl to seek out music he likes so that it can be played on future Webmaster Cookbook shows.

Links discussed on the show:
garageband.com - indie artists
soundclick.com - indie artists
Wordpress styles - free Wordpress styles
Hotscripts - find scripts to download
CGI Resource Index - CGI scripts
PHP Resource Index - PHP scripts
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Screenshots - 60+ screenshots