Author: Evert Padje | 113 views
17
Mar
In this tutorial, we’re going to build a PHP/MySQL powered forum from scratch. This tutorial is perfect for getting used to basic PHP and database usage. Let’s dive right in!
Step 1: Creating Database Tables
It’s always a good idea to start with creating a good data model when building an application. Let’s describe our application in one sentence: We are going to make a forum which has us
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Author: Umut M. | 327 views
3
Feb
FeedBurner's popular chicklet FeedCount is the most-used way to display the number of subscribers for a feed.
Also, a similar design is used by TwitterCounter to display your Twitter followers.
We'll be creating a dynamic FeedCount-like interface that can display your website's statistics like pageviews, visits, etc. (one or all of them) using PHP.
At the end of this tutorial, we'll have 2 differen
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Author: Bill Pena | 134 views
20
Jan
HTML 5 provides some great new features for web designers who want to code readable, semantically-meaningful layouts. However, support for HTML 5 is still evolving, and Internet Explorer is the last to add support. In this tutorial, we’ll create a common layout using some of HTML 5’s new semantic elements, then use JavaScript and CSS to make our design backwards-compatible with Internet Explorer. Yes, e
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Author: Chad Hietala | 98 views
19
Jan
In this tutorial, we will adventure into the world of XSL(T) and explain what it is, how to pull data from an XML document, basic iteration and basic login and conditional statements.Tutorial DetailsProgram: Any Text EditorVersion: 1 of 1Difficulty: MediumEstimated Completion Time: 25minOverviewSometimes, you have huge datasets that are parsed out as XML that need to be formatted so that someone who doesn’t k
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Author: David Walsh | 128 views
18
Jan
One modern, attractive way of placing a lot of content into a little space is by using a tab system. This tutorial will show you how to create a sexy, animated tab system complete with CSS sprites, cookies, and animated tab swapping. AssumptionsThere are a few assumptions and notes that we’re going into this system with:We’ll be using the most recent version of MooTools: 1.2.4.The client must support
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Author: Umut M. | 178 views
14
Jan
It is sometimes the lack of inspiration or resources or being too busy, there is usually a moment that every designer, developer & creative agency wishes the touch of a magic hand that would create for them.
DesignCrowd, a marketplace for graphic design & creative services, can be what you're looking for & more.
It is a web-based service that helps you to get multiple custom designs for a project (~
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Author: Andrew Burgess | 109 views
11
Jan
A project is always more fun when you’ve got friends working with you, but how can do it when working on a coding project? I’ll keep my keyboard to myself, thanks.Enter GitHub. With this web service, you can share your coding projects and collaborate with ease!DisclaimerThis tutorial will assume that you’re familiar with Git, arguably the best distributed version control software there is. Already
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Author: Dion Almaer | 104 views
8
Jan
Alex Russell has pontificated on the notion that View Source is not only good and important, but that it may be under attack.
Do you feel that view source added to the popularity of the Web? or that it was just a nice to have that is neither here nor there? Other technologies have tried to bolt it on (e.g. in Flex you can opt-in to view source) but opt-in to a developer flips a bit of "hmm no I will keep this to my
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Author: Juan Mellado | 185 views
8
Jan
Dynamic web pages are great; you can adapt the resulting page to your user, show other user’s activity, offer different products to your customers based on their navigation history, and so on. But the more dynamic a website is, the more database queries you’ll probably need to perform. Unfortunately, these database queries consume the largest portion of your running time.In this tutorial, I will demonst
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Author: Siddharth | 330 views
6
Jan
A dash of animation can spruce up a dull interface. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to do it the right way with jQuery. A Word From the AuthorAnimation: a concept which often evokes divisive reactions from people. Some swear by its usefulness, whilst others rage at its overuse. Nevertheless, animations, when used right, often spruce up a user interface, and make it feel much more snappy and clean. In this
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