I just finished a writeup on the necessary JS changes to support Facebook’s OAuth 2.0 upgrade, and then Hilary did a followup post on the server-side.

The upgrade enabled right now, but it gets forced out on October 1st. These two posts should give you all you need to know to get your site ready for Facebook’s upgrade:

Part 1: JavaScript - JavaScript changes for Facebook’s OAuth 2.0 upgrade

Part 2: PHP / Backend – Server Side changes for Facebook’s OAuth 2.0 upgrade

Also worth noting, there’s a lot of good information on Facebook’s Developer Blog.

Even though I’ve been happily employed with Sociable Labs for a while now, I still get fairly frequent calls and emails from people who want to know if I’m available or I “know someone.” The list of people I know is starting to run short, so this post is intended to remedy that.

If you are an individual Web Designer or Web Developer interested in work, please post a comment below.

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Most anti-spam methods used by websites today are annoying at best. They use impossible-to-read captcha images, or they make users jump through some kind of hoop to get the email address instead of just clicking on it. This can mean lost sales and opportunities for you, because each hurdle turns away more users.

This article looks at how to use some simple HTML, CSS, & Javascript to protect your private information without making your guests jump through hoops.

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XSLT is a fairly well-supported technology. It allows you to take any XML file – including RSS – and transform it into a styled HTML document. It’s kind of like CSS on steroids.

Unfortunately, most browsers think they know better and go off and do their own thing on RSS feeds.

We’re going to look at how and which browsers can be brought into line, and how to use XSLT to improve the look of your RSS feed in those browsers.

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