Thank you all for wishing me happy birthday on the first place. Well, I got a client who wanted me to do few editions on their design. And I came to realize the simple job was so hard just because the original designer was freaking lazy. So I was very pissed. Well therefore I decided to write this post.

There are two types of designers. One that are lazy (often very cheap) and one that are good (often more expensive). Most designers who are just in for a quick buck, or people who sell psds online do this very often. They don’t make any effort in making the design organized.

Identifications of a Lazy Designer

1. They don’t name their layers / folders – You have to name the layers and the folders. If your folder is about header, then name it header. If the layer is for header bg then don’t let it be Shape24 name it to be header bg. It makes it a pain in the ass for another designer to edit. Even if you try to edit yourself later on… It will be tough.
2. Compatibility with Coding – Most Designers don’t take notice of how the design will be coded. Specially ones who don’t know how to code, so they just design and sometimes it is impossible to convert those designs into html.
3. Separate Files – Separate files for different designs are not the way to go. It is much easier for editing if all aspects of the design is in one file.

These are the three things that points out a lazy / unexperienced designer. When you are working with others, you must be aware of that. I try to label all of my folders. I admit that I get lazy on naming the layers, but people who don’t name layers and don’t have any folders are just crazy.

For those of you who may not know, yesterday was Syed Balkhi’s birthday. Our dear friend Syed has entered the world of adulthood and yesterday was his eightteenth birthday.

Who knew that our favorite webmaster was not even old enough to vote? In the almost nine months he has operated Balkhis, he has not only provided quality content but has presented it in a way that is easy to understand. He started Uzzz Productions that has provided quality designs for many of us out there. And who can forget his newspaper apperance?

So it is my honor to say happy {belated} birthday Syed, and I hope you all wish him the same. Lets hope the world of adulthood meets him with even more sucess.

Comment Spam has become a big issue on Balkhis as it is growing rapidly. Even though most people say Akismet does the job, well it does do a job by reducing the thousands that it had, but if the amount is really high then it gets passed akismet. The situation is so bad on Balkhis that if I don’t login for five hours on wp-admin then I have over 50 spam comments. Which is getting pretty bad. Well, so I decided to take an action which cut down the comment spam by a good amount.

So I have mentioned before in my posts that Akismet can do the job, and with Spam Karma it makes the blog very strong. But there is another way that will cut down your comment spam.

That my friend is adding an external no follow in your single pages. If you noticed many big blogs like Problogger, Shoemoney and others are doing that. While talking to John Chow, He also recommended me to do that. But I was being nice and therefore I kept the do follow comments on the comment page. But now I can’t be nice anymore because this is getting ridiculous.

So on every page you comment, it will not be a followed link. But you must remember on most blogs, it is still not a follow link. All Top Commentators are still a follow link, so they get the most out of it. This way I think it will help both the blog and the top commentators because now the spot is worth more.

There are multiple SEO Advantages to do this also because now you are limiting the number of external links on pages that have a lot of comments. I am sure you are eager to know how to add an external no follow to your wordpress blog. I will say if you are getting comment spam, this might be something that you should consider.

First go to the file: /wp-includes/comment-template.php

Find the word external, and add nofollow tag after it. Pretty simple eh. The number of spam decreased significantly. Want to know by how much? Today I only have 13 spam all day.

If you are tired of spam, then take this option.

As I told you guys that I sprained my finger badly therefore I can’t type as much. And many of you wanted to see me break dance and show you what I can do. Well here are some moves that I tried doing with a severely sprained finger.

More to come when my finger is fixed.