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![Read PDF and Word DOC Files Using PHP]()
Read PDF and Word DOC Files Using PHP
One of my customers has an insane amount of PDF and Microsoft Word DOC files on their website. It's core to their online services so it's not as though they're garbage files up on the server. My customer wanted their website's search engine (Sphider)...
![Add Your Website to Firefox’s Search Bar Using OpenSearch XML]()
Add Your Website to Firefox’s Search Bar Using OpenSearch XML
The ability to search right from your browser's address toolbar is a Godsend. No more extra Google or Yahoo page loads -- simply open a new tab and roll off your search terms. Of course Firefox comes with Google, Yahoo, and other search engines...
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Check For Module Presence in .htaccess
One of my favorite Apache modules is mod_rewrite. mod_rewrite allows me to manipulate page URLs so that I can search engine friendly URLs. Not every Apache server has the mod_rewrite module installed so you will want to add a conditional statement within your .htaccess...
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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...
![MooTools HTML Police: dwMarkupMarine]()
MooTools HTML Police: dwMarkupMarine
We've all inherited rubbish websites from webmasters that couldn't master valid HTML. You know the horrid markup: paragraph tags with align attributes and body tags with background attributes. It's almost a sin what they do. That's where dwMarkupMarine comes in.
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![Tips For Better Page URLs]()
Tips For Better Page URLs
Page URLs are probably more important than most people realize. No one wants to deal with marathon URLs and meaningless querystrings. Here area few tips for keeping your URLs respectable. Lose the "WWW" The four most useless URL characters are always "www.". If you want...
![Fix Anchor URLs Using MooTools 1.2]()
Fix Anchor URLs Using MooTools 1.2
The administrative control panel I build for my customers features FCKEditor, a powerful WYSIWYG editor that allows the customer to add links, bold text, create ordered lists, and so on. I provide training and documentation to the customers but many times they simply forget to...
![An Open Letter to You, Webmaster]()
An Open Letter to You, Webmaster
Dear Webmaster, I've recently been contacted by your customer with regards to my web services. They mentioned that they were unhappy with your work and would like for me to create a new website for them. I'm writing this letter to thank you! First, Webmaster, I'd...
![The XAMPP, Apache, and Skype Issue]()
The XAMPP, Apache, and Skype Issue
As your probably already know, you can run an Apache server right off of a USB drive using XAMPP. It's a great ability to have because you can take a website anywhere with you. I can work on the same site off of...
![Working Around MooTools’ Tips / Rel=”NoFollow” Bug]()
Working Around MooTools’ Tips / Rel=”NoFollow” Bug
In MooTools 1.2, we saw the format of the MooTools Tip go from: ... to ... The one problem that this brought was that sometimes you don't want a search engine to follow a link, in which case you would add the following to the link element: Obviously there's...
