I just wanted to make a good, quick post about two good resources I find myself using quite a bit.  The first is an md5 encrypter.  It’s a very nice, simple tool that simply converts any string into an md5-encrypted string.

At work, I find myself making a lot of very simple scripts that require me to set up administration areas, but don’t really warrant taking the time to set up online registration, etc.  Instead, I simply use the md5 encrypter to encrypt the passwords I want to use, and then I enter those encrypted passwords directly into the database.

You can find that tool, along with quite a few others, at http://www.iwebtool.com/tools.  The link directly to the md5 encryption tool is http://www.iwebtool.com/md5.

The other tool I’ve found myself using quite a bit, for basically the same reasons listed above, is a random password generator.  The one I’ve been using the most is presented by PCTools.com.  It offers a lot of options, and does a very nice job of generating random, secure passwords.  You can find that tool at http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/.

I’ve recently become aware of an issue with managing comments in Wordpress 2.5. I’m not sure if it’s a bug or if it’s simply a poorly implemented “feature”, but I’m going to call it a bug.

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My supervisor at work e-mailed a nice accessibility resource a few weeks ago. The “Division of Instructional Technology” at the University of Wisconsin has put together a good collection of videos and podcasts related to Web accessibility. The in-house videos are narrated and led by a blind man named Neal Ewers, who works for the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

The videos are extremely interesting to watch, and very informative. If you have considered improving your Web site’s accessibility, I highly recommend visiting the site and watching each of the videos.

Around here we know that developers are no (April) fools. As we get ready to relaunch one of the longest running, independently-owned Web development resource sites,  we are excited to announce our 30 days of Web developer interviews. Each day during April, we will post an interview with a Web developer. The developer can work for a large company, a startup or be an indie. We are looking to interview a diverse set of Web developers from around the world.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to allen =at= htmlcenter.com and include the following:

• Name
• Location
• Development Language
• Employment type (large company, startup, indie)
• Programming languages (PHP, Ruby, etc.)

We expect a large volume of responses so only those who are selected will be notified. Thanks for your interest!

I got this picture in an email from our graphic designer the other day. I don’t know where it came from, or who it is, but I did think it was pretty funny. I think that anyone on this blog should probably get a kick out of it, too.

Yes, HTMLCenter has relaunched with a new design and a new commitment to helping you with your web design and development questions. I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at where HTMLCenter has been over the last 10 years!

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We have posted two new tutorials, one on CSS and IE7 and one on Innovative User Interface Design.

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CenterNetworks is coming back….

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Today while doing a search I found a site that stole our content…

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We chose WingSix for our hosting, here’s why.

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