Here is your chance to start the year with a free Logitech Quickcam ideal for notebooks and laptops. This brand new web cam with built in microphone is perfect for making free Skype calls, or taking all important snapshots. The Quickcam usually retails for £29.99, but I am giving 1 away for free if you win this easy to enter competition. Continue Reading »
When I first heard that PACKT were publishing a book on jQuery 1.3 and PHP, I was interested to know what it could offer web developers. Having had a chance to read this book for myself it has proven to be a valuable resource into unlocking the true potential of the jQuery framework, and how jQuery can be integrated into PHP applications to create faster, cleaner and more usable experiences.
I recently worked on a project, which required me to use wordpress to create a blog. One of the objectives was to break the blogroll up into catagories using multiple templates and the custom query_posts() function. This in itself was fine, however I ran across a problem when I wanted to use Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan‘s wordpress WP-PageNavi plugin to paginate the posts over multiple pages. This post will talk you through how to resolve this issue and be able to use the WP-PageNavi plugin with any query_post() parameters and proper permalink structures.
I recently read a fantastic tutorial by Aaron weyenberg which shows how to make checkboxes more visually appealing. This got me thinking, if checkboxes, why not radio buttons too? based on Aarons idea I have been able to create the same visually appealing technique, using radio buttons. I decided to take this one step further and apply it to a table. This is a proof of concept to show you how it works!
I recently decided to see how easy it would be to pull out my feedburner stats and display them on a web page. After a bit of research I found the most common way to achieve this was with feedburners built in feedcount option(found in under the publicise tab). This works by taking your feed count and wrapping it into a branded box. Although there is nothing wrong with this, I wanted to give my feed a bit more customizability. So I created a custom PHP function to pull out any one of your feeds attributes, this post will show you how. Continue Reading »
Surveys can be a useful way to obtain knowledge about your users. However if you are a user, or potential client, they can often be a hindrance, if you are not interested in leaving feedback. Surveyable is a simple plugin which enables you to create a more user friendly experience by remembering your users wishes, using cookies in jQuery. Surveys can be triggered on key pages and expirey dates can also be applied. Continue Reading »
