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Getting review ratings shown on Google

Apr 30. 2017
Google can pick up quite a lot of structured information from your site, and you can help by presenting it correctly
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Node number 50,000

Apr 4. 2017
Just the other day the Global FlyFisher crossed the 50,000 node nid mark in the database. GFF is a large site, but still far from any boundaries set by Drupal.
Article

2017, here we come

Dec 31. 2016
New Year So another year has passed... and what then, did that year bring for the Global FlyFisher... and what about 2017?
A little status article.
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Fighting spam on GFF

Sep 2. 2016
Here's a rundown of the different things I do to keep spammers from posting on the Global FlyFisher
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The fixed top menu

Jul 29. 2016
A lot of sites feature a part of the page – typically a top menu – that is fixed to the top of the screen when you scroll down. Here are some thoughts about such a feature and how to do it.
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The technology behind LeaderCalc

Jul 27. 2016
This is the story about the adaptation of the old LeaderCalc spreadsheet to a Drupal module that drives a web based system
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The GFF Drupal theme

Jul 26. 2016
The Drupal theme that's used on the Global FlyFisher is home made from scratch. I deplore large and complex themes, and prefer simple and compact.
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The new newsletter

Jul 26. 2016
I reinstated the GFF Newsletter that we stopped sending a decade ago. This article is about the system driving the new newsletter.
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GFF BTS

Jul 26. 2016
This section tells a bit about the technology behind and development of the Global FlyFisher. Nothing at all about fishing or fly tying, but interesting to some.
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Contacting companies

Jun 1. 2016
It's amazing how some companies manage to totally ignore all attempts to contact them. Why do they have email, contact forms and Facebook pages, if they don't reply when people use them?
Blog entry

Newsletter revival

Feb 9. 2016
I'm working on a revival of the Global FlyFisher Newsletter, which was sent out for a short period many years ago.
Blog entry

A guest post for your blog

Nov 21. 2015
Ever so often I get a mail asking if I would like to have guest posts on the Global FlyFisher. I have turned down every offer until now and here's why.
Blog entry

Site upgrade done

Nov 16. 2015
...almost. The new site is running smoothly and things have settled in. Traffic is stable and most pages are adapted to the new design.
Article

The new GFF!

Oct 9. 2015
Upgraded The Global FlyFisher has changed! And in a major way. The content is the same but the look and the system behind is very different. We do expect some glitches in the beginning, so be patient.
Read about the transition here
Article

Time for an upgrade

Sep 13. 2015
Men at work You might have noticed that the Global FlyFisher has been a little quiet lately. It's not because we're on vacation. We're working on a major site upgrade!
Read a bit about the process here

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The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.