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jQuery – A Beginners Guide

Published on 2009-11-29 19:44:31

Long time, no post! Freelancing, tight deadlines, christmas, etc. What is it? jQuery is a javascript framework, it all happens on the client side, and allows developers to enhance the user experience of a website. Scrolling, sliding, fading, etc. it has a lot of cool features that can really add to the overall feel of a website. [...] No related posts.

Flash – Cheat Sheet

Published on 2009-10-23 16:06:23

Flash can be a little slow to navigate around, luckily alot of common functions have keyboard shortcuts. I made this Flash Cheat Sheet for all common shortcuts to shorten development time. I didn't write the cheat sheet. I formatted this page, so you can print it out in a nice readable pdf version (there's also a [...] Related posts:Flash – Transparent Backgrounds

Web Testing – Fixing Layout Problems in IE

Published on 2009-10-20 15:09:26

Here's a great resource on some simple steps to take when fixing bugs in IE6. http://www.virtuosimedia.com/tutorials/ultimate-ie6-cheatsheet-how-to-fix-25-internet-explorer-6-bugs One extremely handy tool mentioned in the article is IETester. It's a program that renders websites in IE 5.5 to IE8. Related posts:CSS – Improving Typography CSS – Web Text Visualizers Web Development – Developing from a PS design Related posts:CSS – Improving Typography CSS – Web Te

CSS – The Four Bubbles Model

Published on 2009-10-10 11:07:13

Woorkup has an interesting css coding methodology, it's a top down model which has 4 stages. The first stage resets HTML elementes The second stage defines the main css elements (#header, #container, etc.) The third stage defines custom classes (.right_align, .border, etc.) The fourth stage deals with redundant coding; removal and optimising I definitely give my thumbs up to this [...] Related posts:Web Development – Developing from a PS design

PHP – How to Debug In PHP

Published on 2009-10-06 07:35:28

Carsonified has a good blog entry about how to debug in PHP. It outlines the 4 php error types, using var_dump() and recommends some tools to help with debugging. http://carsonified.com/blog/dev/how-to-debug-in-php/ No related posts. No related posts.

Server Side Scripting – A Comprehensive guide to .htaccess

Published on 2009-10-06 07:20:27

I came across a great resource on the various uses of .htaccess, details on how to: Create custom error documents Blocking users/sites by referrer Redirects Preventing hotlinking Preventing directory listing These and more can be found at: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml No related posts. No related posts.

Windows – See what programs are accessing the Internet

Published on 2009-10-06 05:25:38

Discovered a handy windows command that displays all active internet connections. This can be really handy for spyware/adware/malware/virus checking. It works on Vista and XP. Here's what to do: Click Start - Run Type "cmd" In the command prompt type "netstat -b" A list of results like the following should appear that look like this: The table lists the following: Proto: [...] No related posts.

Video – Online Aspect Ratio/Pixel Dimensions Calculator

Published on 2009-10-06 03:55:21

Been working more with video recently, doing some stop motion animation for a local artists' video. Found this handy calculator for reference: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/aspect_calc.htm Related posts:YouTube – 10 Tricks You Should Know About Related posts:YouTube – 10 Tricks You Should Know About

PHP – Select Menu with Current Month Selected

Published on 2009-09-21 10:04:35

Here's a PHP class that displays the current month in a select menu list of months: <?php $curr_month = date("m"); $month = array (1=>"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); $select = " <select name="month">n"; foreach ($month as $key => $val) {

Web Design – Wireframing (A Beginners Guide)

Published on 2009-09-19 07:54:47

Smashing magazine had a lengthy post about wireframing (which I mentioned previously), BuildInternet have a crash course on wireframing. http://buildinternet.com/2009/09/why-your-next-website-should-be-designed-with-wireframes/ In the article, a great online wireframing application is recommended called HotGloo. Signup is required, but it is free and you get your own subdomain name which allows you to share your projects with clients. Related posts:Web Design [...] Related posts:Web Design &