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![PHP Woot Checker – Tech, Wine, and Shirt Woot]()
PHP Woot Checker – Tech, Wine, and Shirt Woot
If you haven't heard of Woot.com, you've been living under a rock. For those who have been under the proverbial rock, here's the plot: Every day, Woot sells one product. Once the item is sold out, no more items are available for purchase. You don't know how many...
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Get Slick with MooTools Kwicks
When I first saw MooTools graphical navigation, I was impressed. I thought it was a very simple yet creative way of using Flash. When I right-clicked and saw that it was JavaScript, I was floored. How could they achieve such...
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April Fools! Change Your PHP Pages to ASP…Or Not
I don't know a lot of PHP developers that think very much of ASP. This, of course, sets the stage for a great April fools trick: we're going to change all of the links on our website from ".php" to ".asp" and see how...
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Does Open Source Mean You Can’t Bitch?
You didn't pay for it. You didn't have to steal it. You didn't need to search hard to find it. And you probably didn't contribute. It's there, free for you to have at no monetary cost. Is the true cost of...
![Weekend Links – AJAX ASCII Art, Website Evolution, FlexiGrid jQuery, IE CSS Compatibility, jQuery File Tree, PHP Logging Class]()
Weekend Links – AJAX ASCII Art, Website Evolution, FlexiGrid jQuery, IE CSS Compatibility, jQuery File Tree, PHP Logging Class
Gaia AJAX ASCII Art GeneratorLets be honest: ASCII is truly on of the coolest accomplishments in programming history. Combined with AJAX, it's even better.http://ajaxwidgets.com/Ascii-Art/AsciiArt.aspxThe Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (and Have Not) ChangedI loved this article. I...
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Creating a JavaScript “Set As Homepage” Link
The unfortunate part about creating websites for customers is that no matter what recommendation I make, if they want it, I have to give it. Thus is the case with recently adding a "Set As Homepage" link to a customer's website. Homepages are much...
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Using MooTools For Opacity
Although it's possible to achieve opacity using CSS, the hacks involved aren't pretty. If you're using the MooTools JavaScript library, opacity is as easy as using an element's "set" method. The following MooTools snippet takes every image with the "opacity" class and sets...
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CSS Image Filters in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer provides for some really interesting CSS image effects. Of course, these effects are useless in any other browser (just how Microsoft intended) but they should be used like any other browser-dependent functionality -- used as enhancements only.Note: Only IE users will see...
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Watch Your POST: Save PHP POST Data as XML
One of my main goals when creating PHP web forms is to keep them secure and protected from spammers and automated bots. With the amount of spam that Akismet catches every day, I don't need to be reminded of the importance of securing forms.
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Not Only Updates, But Enhancements! Any Ideas?
I've been updating the website over the last couple of weeks and I'm not quite done yet, but I wanted to share with you what I've enhanced on the blog and see if you have any ideas for me.EnhancementsArticle Previews. The homepage and archive pages...
