Today, we will look into creating a simple contact form using Google Docs. The submitted results of the Contact Form will be stored in an excel file and we will also apply notification settings to make sure that you get notified by e-mail whenever someone submits some info through the form. Step 1: Go to Google Docs and create a new form by selecting New > Form. Step 2: Play around with the template that...

If you’re managing more than half a dozen of web sites, it’s typical that you forget keeping track of your site stats from time to time. Well, if you’re using Google Analytics, there’s a cool option that enables you to send you scheduled reports from time to time, right to your inbox, which eliminates the need for you to log in and analyze stats online. So, if you tend to forget to check...

Wow! Google is much smarter than what we most of us people give it credit for. Although it might be hard for the typical user to figure out Google’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) capacity though everyday searches, you might want to check out Google Sets. I was having fun with it the other day, so I though I might share it with you guys here. Now, Google Sets, as Google Claims, is able to take a few inputs...

In the earlier post, we discussed how we can find the troublesome areas by using Firebug and YSlow. So, when are we actually going to do anything about it? Here’s the scoop on certain methods that can really give you a real performance boost. Before going any further, I must state that it is extremely necessary you back your files up in case something goes wrong. Compressing JavaScript If you’re...

Recently, I’ve been hearing a lot from my readers that the blog loaded slowly. Personally, I blamed it on me having to make every design look like the work of Picasso – but as I dug deeper, I found many more things that I could have simply changed/removed to make it load faster. So, this series is made up of my own experiences in doing what I can to have a faster loading blog. Since there’s...

Not really sure what (not who) Ajax is? Quoting Wikipedia: Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), or AJAX, is a group of interrelated web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications or rich Internet applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. Data...