When Should You Use a Web Framework Such as CakePHP, Pylons, etc…?

By Victory | Published: February 28, 2010

I would like to discuss a few good reasons you or your web developer should use or not use a web framework.

Web Development frameworks have taken off since the release of Ruby on Rails (RoR).

Some other frameworks that have come along are CakePHP, CodeIgniter (PHP) and Pylons (Python).

The basic goal of web frameworks is to increase the quality and speed of development by giving a collection of tools and methodologies that build on an existing language.

Or in short write better code, faster.

But what is the reality and when should a framework be used?

I will focus on PHP and Python frameworks because those are the ones I know best.

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Five More Free High PageRank/TrustRank DoFollow Links

By Victory | Published: February 12, 2010

Here is another cheap shot of a post, free links, everyone loves free links.

I think they are even more quality than the last five I posted, especially the last one, which is just pure gold.

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Catch More Juice With Link Circumcision

By Victory | Published: January 29, 2010

Although this seems like SEO 201, I still see many, many sites (including this one) not dealing with ill-formed auto-generated links. By “auto-generated” I mean like links inside email clients, message boards, social sites, etc… which automagically turn URLS into links. This results in 404s on your site and a lose to link love.

Dealing with the most common cases is a pretty easy and I will show how can be done with mod_rewrite and PHP.

As an added bonus I include a handy little tool to write unit tests to check your redirects, even if you don’t circumcise your links.

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The Ultimate Real Official Cheatsheet for Running Your User Generated Content Site.

By Victory | Published: January 21, 2010

Here is a cheatsheet/scorecard/checklist/whatever that list tactics, policies and mindsets you should use on any User Generated Content site (review site, forum, help site, hobby, etc…).

This is how you get more participation (aka more content) written by users.

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DFHU Quick Tip: Fighting Spam With User Exeperience Metrics

By Victory | Published: January 20, 2010

As we all know captchas can greatly reduce conversion rates for legitimate user generated content (UGC).

So how can we use User Experience Metrics, (i.e. clicks, scrolls, active time on site … like those gathered by freetale) in order to fight spam?

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