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URL Character Codes

URLs frequently employ potentially conflicting characters such as question marks, ampersands, and pound signs. Fortunately, it is possible to encode such characters via their escaped hexadecimal ASCII representations. For example, we would write ? as %3F. Here are a few more URL character codes (case-insensitive), for easy copy/paste reference. Continue reading »

The Return of Dead Letter Art

Dead Letter Art (DLa) is an esoteric underground art collective. The collective consists of eight core members that have known each other since high school, and have been creating and sharing their art for well over fifteen years. Sharing many common interests and influences, the DLa collective explores diverse artistic media, both individually and collectively. Their vast media expertise includes everything from drawing and painting to website development and multimedia production. Further, the group also embraces the fine art of […] Continue reading »

New Version of AddMySite Released!

Announcing the release of AddMySite (AMS) version 0.77. The new version features support for syndicated content feeds, and enables users to add their site’s feed to fifteen different feed-syndication and social-aggregator sites. Continue reading »

WordPress Basics: Setting the Date, Author, and other Post Options

This article continues a series of tutorials covering the very basics of using WordPress. In this part 4 of the series, you will learn how to set the date, post author, and other options with your WordPress-powered site. Estimated time required: 20 minutes. Continue reading »

WordPress Basics: Saving and Editing Posts

This article continues a series of tutorials covering the very basics of using WordPress. In this part 3 of the series, you will learn how to save and edit posts with your WordPress-powered site. Estimated time required: 20 minutes. Continue reading »

WordPress Basics: Publishing Posts

This article continues a series of tutorials covering the very basics of using WordPress. In this part 2 of the series, you will learn how to publish a post with your WordPress-powered site. Estimated time required: 15 minutes. Continue reading »

WordPress Basics: Log In to Admin

This article begins a series of tutorials covering the very basics of using WordPress. In this part 1 of the series, you will learn how to log in to your WordPress-powered site. Estimated time required: 5 minutes. Continue reading »

Hide Content on Windows 98SE

This brief tutorial on hiding content applies to Windows 95, 98, and 98SE. Although this method may be old hat or even irrelevant to the more experienced Windows users, I have found it useful on a number of occasions, and therefore think it’s worthwhile to share here at Perishable Press for future reference. Continue reading »

Embed QuickTime Notes Plus

This post contains random notes and code snippets for embedding QuickTime within HTML web pages. Simply copy, paste, and customize according to your needs. Happy embedding! Continue reading »

Feed your Image via Atom or RSS

This quick tutorial explains how to add images to both Atom and RSS feeds. Although both formats allow for image-inclusion, feed-reader support for image-display is currently quite limited in most browsers and applications. Hopefully, that will change in the near future.. Continue reading »

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Perishable Press is operated by Jeff Starr, a professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience. Here you will find posts about web development, WordPress, security, and more »
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