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Weekend Links – Web Design Trends & Cliches, CSS Design, PHP HTML Parser, Yahoo! Web 2.0, PHP Checklist, MooTools AJAX Bejeweled, Starbox

By David Walsh on December 15, 2007

2007: More Web Design Trends & Cliches

Not so much as a a rip at the year's design trend as it is an indictment of Web 2.0. My RSS icon is cliche -- damn!

http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/2007-more-web-design-trends-and-cliches/

Best of CSS Design 2007

This list is a more positive look at 2007.

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2007/

Parsing HTML in PHP

A great HTML parsing class written in PHP. Use it to check the number of links, included JavaScript libraries, or whatever you'd like in an HTML document.

http://www.onderstekop.nl/articles/114/

PHP: The Power Behind Web 2.0

This article provides insight and reason why PHP drives Web 2.0. Cites Yahoo! as a major PHP user.

http://www.ddj.com/web-development/204800652

PHP Checklist

Need to evaluate a hosting environment to see which modules are loaded? Use this PHP code.

http://till.vox.com/library/post/phpchecklist.html

MooTools / AJAX Bejeweled

The addictive game made without flash. I'll probably spend way too much time playing this.

http://static.popcap.com/iphone/

Starbox

A collection of Prototype & Scriptaculous JavaScript star raters.

http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/starbox/

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