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	<title>MCG Web Development &#124; Website Design Blog</title>
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	<description>Just another website design blog.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>CSS Naked Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mginop</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday if you happened to visit this site you would have noticed all the styles were turned off. This was done to celebrate the third annual CSS Naked Day.
The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website Redesign Noted in Michigan Newspapers</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/02/website-redesign-noted-in-michigan-newspapers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mginop</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a nice little write-up in the Observer &#038; Eccentric Newspapers regarding the recent website redesign I did for the Building Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan. Here is a couple of excerpts from the article:
Building Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan also announced the launch of its new Web site at www.builders.org. The site offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redirect Only Specific Files from HTTP to HTTPS</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/01/redirect-only-specific-files-from-http-to-https/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mginop</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[SSL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a hard time finding a solution to redirect only certain files from HTTP to the secure HTTPS. I found all kinds of ways to redirect the entire site to HTTPS but none for specific pages only. After a few hours tinkering I found a solution using the following code in a .htaccess file:
Options [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning About Checking Domain Names at Network Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/01/warning-about-checking-domain-names-at-network-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/01/warning-about-checking-domain-names-at-network-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mginop</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[domain names]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a warning to those using Network Solutions to check if certain domain names are available. 
Seems they now reserve each domain that is searched on their site for five days. Thus, forcing you to buy it from them in that time period. Plus, they charge approximately three times as much as more competitive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;301&#8243; Redirects for SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/01/301-redirects-for-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mginop</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SSL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engines will often regard www.example.com and example.com as two different websites. Because of this, websites usually experience the effects of link fragmentation (inbound links point to both www.example.com and others to example.com). For example, if www.example.com has 5,000 inbound links and example.com has 2,500 inbound links you could potentially combine them so you have [...]]]></description>
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