Archive for April, 2007

Submitting the SiteMap Protocol to Search Engines 

The Sitemap Protocol allows us to inform search engines when a page has been changed and is ready for crawling. The Sitemap file is a dynamically generated XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.
You can get a more complete description of […]

Kerning inside Photoshop 

Kerning is the process of adjusting letter spacing in a proportional font. In a well-kerned font, the two-dimensional blank spaces between each pair of letters all have similar area. Wikipedia.
To add kerning between each letter in Photoshop you place the cursor between the letters and press Option+RightArrow on a Mac (or Alt+RightArrow in Windows). […]

Changing the Ownership on Database Object 

I have to move databases between servers recently, doing a backup and restore. I had some issues arise from improper ownership of tables and store procedures in Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL). I fixed the issue quickly through the following query:
sp_changeobjectowner ‘object’, ‘new_owner’