Here is a package for Graffiti that allows you to specify a theme to present to an iPhone user or the Google Bot.
The package comes with a couple of themes I created for each type of user to get you started. I originally created this to provide a more performant scenario for when a Google bot visits my site. Google has stated on their webmaster blog that you should avoid providing different content to the Google bot other than the content you provide to a normal user. However, I believe they are more focused on the content that is delivered, instead of how the site is laid out. Either way, the plugin for switching themes allows you to disable either theme for the iPhone or Google. You can download the package below: User Agent Theme.xml You only need to install this through the graffiti control panel. After this you will have 2 new themes and a new plugin installed. You need to edit the settings on the plugin to have it running, both the iPhone and Google theme switchers are disabled by...
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Last night I logged into my site and noticed that the Graffiti News section in the dashboard mentioned that a new version was available.
I clicked the link and downloaded the updated version. Because the update doesn't include any database changes the update process involves only xcopy steps. Here are the steps I followed to upgrade my site and avoid interrupting service to it. Extract the 1.2 .zip package to a temporary directory. FTP to your site and download the api, bin, graffiti-admin, and search folders to a temporary folder on your local drive. This is a just in case step so that if something does go badly with the upgrade you can roll back your changes. Now open a browser and point it at your site so you can guarantee your site doesn't go down Copy the Search and api folders over the live copies on your site. So upload these two folders from the "Upgrade 1.1 to 1.2" parent folder to your site, overwriting the copies on your site. Copy the graffiti-admin folder from the...
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Before I say why If Children is the best album of 2008 (even if it is a re-release), let me first explain why you should consider me an authority on the subject of best albums.
First and foremost, I listen to music, new music, daily, constantly, and have been doing so for half of my life. Secondly, my taste in music is stellar, I am a hipster in this way, just trust me when I rate music. Finally, I listen to a wide range of music, a wider range than you do, trust me on this, like I said I am a music hipster. I tried to be objective when deciding the best album of 2008. One of the ways I did this was to send my friends songs and to hear their responses. Everyone who I consider to be a credible source who listened to Wye Oak said that they sound excellent. This was a large predictor for me that they would have the best album. Another criteria for this rating is novelty. I consider this probably the most important reason to like a band and an album. Novelty in music I think is completely underrated...
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