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Initiating PHP Sessions Without Sacrificing Your Page Rank
A while back I had been working on a website project that required an authentication login system. In order for the login system to properly operate every page of my site needed to check to see if there was a session created and the user...
Don’t Be A #f00! Get the Red Out!
One element of a website that involves direct user to website interaction is web forms. Web forms can be extremely helpful in getting customer information or retrieving customer feedback. The problem is that users can forget to provide a value in a text field...
I’m in the Zone!
DZone has created some subdomains on the DZone website dedicated to specific topics. I've been asked to be a PHP Zone Leader, CSS Zone Leader, and AJAX Zone Leader. Excellent! I hope to have more information for you soon but in the mean time, check...
Weekend Links — CSS & Multiple Background Images, Programming Book Profits, PHP HTTP Class, MooTools 1.2, IE8’s New Meta Tag, and Domain Tasting
Multiple Background: Oh, What a Beautiful ThingThe CSS3 spec allows for multiple background images for a selector. I've been waiting for this for soooo long. This should clear up a lot of DIVitis.http://css.dzone.com/news/multiple-backgrounds-oh-what-beautiful-thingProgramming Book ProfitsI've often wondered how much money the...
Wanna Be Me? I Want You!
As much as you may think that you've learned a lot from me, trust me when I say that I've learned far more from my audience. Your comments have been extremely helpful to not only me but the rest of my audience as well.
Google Grabber — Using PHP to Find Out How Many Pages Your Domain Has Listed in Google
Most bloggers make an effort to get as many pages listed on Google as possible. Benefits of being listed in Google may include:Increased blog visitsIncreased ad clicksBroadened visitors / audienceIncreased article commentsIncreased referral revenuesUsing a short amount of PHP code, you can query Google to retrieve...
PHP DZone Story Information Grabber
Having a user submit a post to DZone is great for several reasons: A reader thinks enough of what you wrote to want to share it with others. Your blog gets more readership. Your blog revenue increases. The inlink and traffic boost improve your search engine rank and Alexa ranks. The...
Weekend Links – JsonSQL, Sun / MySQL, Digg Comments, Firefox RAM Usage, Facebook Animations
JsonSQLJsonSQL allows you to user query syntax to get information from Json.http://www.trentrichardson.com/jsonsql/Sun Acquires MySQLSun, lords of Java, have purchased MySQL, the free database. A very interesting partnership.http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/01/16/sun-acquires-mysql/Digg: Your Feedback on the New Comments SystemSince Digg implemented their last...
Hidden Accessibility Message Using CSS
While I was creating a Woot Checker for myself and you all, I was scanning through the page source code and saw something I had never seen before. I frequently browse the source code of the "big" websites but had never stumbled upon a hidden...
Automatically Refresh a Page Using JavaScript or Meta Tags
I try to steer clear of modifying a page without the user triggering the change, much less automatically refresh or redirect a page. There are times when automatically refreshing the page is important, like when you pull up game play-by-play pages on NFL.com or ESPN.com.