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Technorati Grabber: Get Your Technorati Rank and Authority
Technorati is one of those sites that's like Alexa in that you get an assigned rank. You also get what is called "authority," which represents: Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the...
Set php.ini Values Using .htaccess
Did you know that you can set php.ini values right inside the .htaccess file? It's actually very easy. The .htaccess Code Of course you could simply place these in the .htaccess file, but .htaccess is a viable alternative if your host doesn't allow you to touch the...
What Would You Like From Your Framework?
We all have our JavaScript frameworks of choice and one or two we can pick up when we need to. Unfortunately, not all of them have a certain plugin or functionality that another one has. My question to you is: What's your favorite framework and...
Disable Right Click Using MooTools 1.2
We all know that it's bad practice to disable the right click context menu, so I'll skip the explanation of why that is. Unfortunatley, however, customer request comes before anything else when you're doing their website. If your project is using MooTools 1.2, you...
Element Position Swapping Using MooTools 1.2
We all know that MooTools 1.2 can do some pretty awesome animations. What if we want to quickly make two element swap positions without a lot of fuss? Now you can by implementing a MooTools swap() method. MooTools 1.2 Implementation MooTools 1.2 Usage To call the swap...
GoDaddy, cURL, HTTP, and 403 Errors
I was recently coding PHP cURL functionality for a GoDaddy-hosted website and I kept running into an annoying 403 error. Essentially, GoDaddy's proxy server (which they force you to use for cURL) was giving me a "Forbidden" error and wasn't trying to hit the necessary...
Keeping Up With MooTools
It's always fun to keep up with the MooTools project. You can learn a lot from its developers and other developers by checking out a few different websites. Here a few Moo-related web addresses to bookmark. LightHouse LightHouse houses all tickets and announces changesets to the...
Why Do You Love Web Programming and Design?
I will not be dropping any Moo, PHP, or CSS knowledge today. Sorry! I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be moving into my new condo today! Exciting! I wont have internet access so I didn't want to post anything that...
5 Ways to Contribute to Your Favorite JavaScript Framework
While you may not be a core member of any of the JavaScript frameworks, there are many ways that you can help contribute to the framework and team. Here are just a few. Submit a Ticket / Patch If you run into a framework defect, please submit...
Fun With Source Code
I'm a serial view-source guy. When I visit a website, whether it be for research or leisure, I need to know what their HTML looks like. Do they use a CMS? Which one? Is there anything that this developer does that I...