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    <title type="text">Blue Dreamer&apos;s Blog</title>
    <subtitle type="text">Blog:Written articles and my personal thoughts on web design, ecommerce, the internet and odd ramblings about life, the universe and everything!</subtitle>
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    <updated>2012-01-05T22:51:07Z</updated>
    <rights>Copyright (c) 2012, Rob</rights>
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    <entry>
      <title>Expressionengine missing images</title>
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      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2012:index.php/5.228</id>
      <published>2012-01-05T18:00:06Z</published>
      <updated>2012-01-05T22:51:07Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

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        I spent a good hour or two today trying to figure out why images were not appearing in an Expressionengine publish page, file browser and the front end.
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    <entry>
      <title>Reducing database queries in expressionengine</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/reducing-database-queries-in-expressionengine" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.226</id>
      <published>2011-12-23T16:28:07Z</published>
      <updated>2011-12-28T21:56:08Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/expressionengine"
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        I did some quick testing on reducing database queries in Expressionengine to see what optimisations give which results.
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>Notes from EEUK 2011</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/eeuk-2011" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.225</id>
      <published>2011-08-27T18:31:50Z</published>
      <updated>2011-11-13T13:17:51Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
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        I finally made it to an Expressionengine conference - EEUK 2011, held in Manchester on 26th August 2011! 
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>EU cookie law takes the biscuit</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/eu-cookie-law-takes-the-biscuit" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.222</id>
      <published>2011-05-28T22:41:43Z</published>
      <updated>2011-05-29T00:05:44Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="The Internet"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/the-internet"
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        On 26th May 2011 a new law came into force about the use of cookies on web sites. Apart from being on the farcical side, this affects every site that does business in the EU.
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Expressionengine &#45; adding Flowplayer video player</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-flowplayer" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.220</id>
      <published>2011-03-24T00:36:56Z</published>
      <updated>2011-03-28T00:09:57Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
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        label="ExpressionEngine" />
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        A quick walkthrough tutorial for adding Flowplayer video player to an Expressionengine site.
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>When web designers over complicate</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/when-web-designers-over-complicate" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.219</id>
      <published>2011-03-20T21:36:45Z</published>
      <updated>2011-03-20T21:37:46Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Usability"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/usability"
        label="Usability" />
      <category term="Web Design"
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        label="Web Design" />
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        The other day I happened to stumble upon a blog post that demonstrates how some web designers might be "over designing"...
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>EE1 to EE2 upgrade notes</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/ee1-to-ee2-upgrade-notes" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.218</id>
      <published>2011-02-19T23:42:04Z</published>
      <updated>2011-02-20T17:38:06Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/expressionengine"
        label="ExpressionEngine" />
      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        I finally got around to upgrading my site from Expressionengine 1.x to the latest version 2.x. During the upgrade I encountered a few oddities which may be of help when you do an upgrade.
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>Jshop 2.3 overview</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/jshop-23-overview" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.216</id>
      <published>2011-02-07T01:38:01Z</published>
      <updated>2011-03-10T03:02:02Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Ecommerce"
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        label="Ecommerce" />
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        The latest incarnation of my favourite shopping cart system, Jshop 2.3, was released recently. Here's an overview of some of the new and updated features.
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>SEO pitfalls</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/seo-pitfalls" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2011:index.php/5.213</id>
      <published>2011-01-10T01:34:18Z</published>
      <updated>2011-01-10T01:35:20Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Content management"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/content-management"
        label="Content management" />
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        Quite often clients ask me if they should be adding "SEO friendly articles" to their site or blog. The practice of writing "for search engines" is a bad idea, not just for you, but your customers as well.
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>More life drawing!</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/more-life-drawing" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.212</id>
      <published>2010-10-23T05:46:52Z</published>
      <updated>2011-04-13T14:50:54Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Out of the box"
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        I've recently picked up my life drawing again after a short break, taught by local Northampton artist John Luce Lockett. Here's some samples of my recent work.
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Building dev&#45;ee.com</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/building-dev-ee" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.208</id>
      <published>2010-10-13T16:00:28Z</published>
      <updated>2011-04-10T13:45:29Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/expressionengine"
        label="ExpressionEngine" />
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        A technical write up on how I built the new Dev-ee.com site and how I overcame a few build issues along the way.
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>dev&#45;ee.com &#45; a new Expressionengine developer directory</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/expressionengine-developer-directory" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.207</id>
      <published>2010-10-13T15:00:43Z</published>
      <updated>2011-03-10T03:04:44Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
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        label="ExpressionEngine" />
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        I'd like to announce a new site launch! dev-ee.com is a brand new directory site for clients all around the world to locate Eexpressionengine designers and developers. 
      ]]></content>
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    <entry>
      <title>Book review &#45; Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/book-review-building-websites-with-expressionengine-2" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.206</id>
      <published>2010-10-04T19:01:59Z</published>
      <updated>2010-10-04T21:04:00Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="ExpressionEngine"
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        label="ExpressionEngine" />
      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        A review of Leonard Murphy's Expressionengine eBook updated for EE2. Unlike the previous edition this version is more "hands on" by focussing on building your site, as well as introducing EE2's new features.
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    <entry>
      <title>Web designers are architects</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/web-designers-are-architects" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.205</id>
      <published>2010-09-09T21:00:52Z</published>
      <updated>2010-09-09T23:42:53Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Web Design"
        scheme="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/category/web-design"
        label="Web Design" />
      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        The term "web designer" has become rather vague in recent years. In this article I try to define what a web designers role really is - we're <em>architects</em>!
      ]]></content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Mojomotor &#45; First impressions</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk/blog/entry/mojomotor-first-impressions" />
      <id>tag:blue-dreamer.co.uk,2010:index.php/5.204</id>
      <published>2010-08-24T03:12:16Z</published>
      <updated>2010-10-09T00:47:17Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Rob</name>
            <email>rob@blue-dreamer.co.uk</email>
            <uri>http://www.blue-dreamer.co.uk</uri>      </author>

      <category term="Content management"
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      <content type="html"><![CDATA[
        MojoMotor is the new page editor from Ellislab, developers of Expressionengine. Given a very wet weekend last Sunday I stayed in and gave it a closer look.
      ]]></content>
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