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![Hidden Accessibility Message Using CSS]()
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]()
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.
![Weekend Links – Opera, IE7.js, PHP RSS Parsers, Network Solutions Steals Domain Ideas, Eclipse and PHP, Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest]()
Weekend Links – Opera, IE7.js, PHP RSS Parsers, Network Solutions Steals Domain Ideas, Eclipse and PHP, Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest
Why Opera?The men of Opera state their case for Opera being the browser available.http://www.digital-web.com/articles/why_opera/IE7.js Version 2 BetaDean Edwards releases version2 of his JavaScript library aimed at making IE7 a standards compliant browser.http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2008/01/ie7-2/PHP RSS ParsersArticles discusses usage of popular RSS parsers...
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Increase PHP Memory Allowance Using ini_set()
On rare occasion, I need to up the memory allowed for PHP. Usually it's when I deal with large files and don't necessarily care about optimizing the file reading process but simply getting the file opened. There's an easy way to increase to amount...
![Book Review: Enterprise AJAX — Strategies For Building High Performance Web Applications]()
Book Review: Enterprise AJAX — Strategies For Building High Performance Web Applications
In the interest in full disclosure, I was sent this book by Prentice Hall in hopes that I would review it. I'm reviewing this book, however, in the interest of my audience. Enterprise AJAX -- Strategies For Building High Performance Web Applications Written By David...
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![No WWW Using .htaccess]()
No WWW Using .htaccess
There are some clear benefits to removing the "www" from your URLs: Shorter URLs Prevention of Google search engine penalties for duplicate content Less bandwidth usage if you have many links per page Luckily, removing the WWW from your page URLs (and subsequent Google listings) can be done inside your...
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Odd Custom PHP Variables
Creating custom-named PHP variables is pretty easy:But did you know that you can create variables with spaces? The following will work:I can't see any reason to do this, but it's possible.
![Weekend Links – Firefox 3, SWFHttpRequest Flash / AJAX Utility, Netscape Dead, Php.js, JavaScript Libraries Comparison]()
Weekend Links – Firefox 3, SWFHttpRequest Flash / AJAX Utility, Netscape Dead, Php.js, JavaScript Libraries Comparison
5 Things You'll Love About Firefox 3Firefox 3 is going to be great -- I can hardly wait. As long as they fix all of the memory issues, I'll steer all of my customers toward the 'fox.http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9054138&source=rss_news50SWFHttpRequest Flash / AJAX UtilityAn...
![Advanced CSS Printing — Using CSS Page Breaks]()
Advanced CSS Printing — Using CSS Page Breaks
I have one customer that absolutely insists his web pages print perfectly. Why? Because he refuses to look at his pages on the screen -- he tells his employees to print the website for him to look at. And since he looks at...
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PHP Function To Get A File Extension From A String
Getting the file extension from a PHP string can be very important in validating a file or file upload. I've written a simple PHP function to retrieve a file extension from a string. The Code This simple method of file extension retrieval should be reused throughout...
