Webmaster Cookbook

Friday November 19, 2004 at 3pm PST / 6pm EST LIVE
Webmaster Cookbook AUDIO:

Streaming:
20k listen archive stream (dialup users)
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Drinks (cool stuff to add to your websites):
- Music by Brad Sucks, you can even mix your own versions from the raw source!

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Demo: 3D avatar chat with voice via Traveler

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- Adding and installing Wordpress plugin: Pictpress - which allows galleries inside blog entries

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- Using Keyhole to map local areas via satellite imagery

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

Show Summary:

Jowl’s teacher, Mr. Fries, signs on to start blogging for Jowl’s site. The Orting blog is hit by comment spammers and ChefTD teaches Jowl what CAPTCHA is and shows a demo of a validation image being used to trick spammers. Jowl is frustrated by the spam. ChefTD and Jowl discuss how Jowl could download the source music from Brad Sucks and mix his own version of the songs and then they play one of Brad Sucks songs: Look and Feels Years Younger. Jowl is trying out for basketball but doesn’t think he will make the team because he isn’t fit. ChefTD says, just give it your best effort, that’s all you have to do with everything in life: just give it your best. ChefTD and Jowl run into trouble installing PictPress Wordpress plugin and are unable to get it to work. Error messages ensue and ChefTD says they’ll have to work on it after the show and fix. ChefTD also plans to implement the CAPTCHA option for the comments.

Links discussed on the show:
Captcha - technology to describe separating man from machine
Pepsi Pinball - free pinball game with Western motiff
3D Traveler - Voice Chat in 3D Avatar world