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I was initially skeptical about Ning - whose claims of being able to create your own social network without programming knowledge seemed a bit optimistic. I take it all back. I finally got around to creating a network for a project which I was consulting on, and I'm really impressed. I think I got the whole thing up and running in about 6 minutes. Obviously, that's without much in the way of …
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Pleasingly, a customtag library I've been using has had an update: Uni-Form XHTML Forms See here
I hate styling forms. This really has made my life easier (and when you write your own CMS systems as I do, there's a *lot* of forms)...
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Sugarbutties - a pottery painting studio in the Chester/North East Wales - now up!
See http://www.sugarbutties.co.uk
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Posted At : April 16, 2008 5:32 PM | Posted By : Admin
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It's bugged me for ages that Photoshop doesn't have native support for ICO files.
Thankfully, there's a free plugin which will let you save as a .ico. See here - http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/
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I've been playing with Drupal recently - although I'm primarily a ColdFusion programmer, I find it very interesting to look at other Content Management Systems in other languages. Overall, Drupal is excellent. There are some really well thought out parts. Drupal relies on a set of "core" modules, which in themselves offer a ton of functionality - almost enough for most sites. Almost. The catch …
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In part one of this post, I look at the Web Developers Toolbar, an essential firefox addon. This time round, I think it's worth a look at Firebug . Firebug is aimed more at what I would call 'realtime' debugging - it has a definite emphasis on Javascript, DOM manipulation etc. For Mr/Mrs Joe Public, all this is beyond the realms of comprehension, but it does have one particularly useful …
Continue reading Firefox, Web Development plugins and Joe public - part 2 »
The general public are often mystified by how a webpage actually works. Sure, you could explain HTML, CSS, Javascript and Server side scripting to them, but you'll often be faced with a pair of glazed over eyes and a puzzled expression. Normally, this is a sign you've said a switch off keyword like 'parse', or better still, some seemingly secret code like 'ISAPI'. I find that a good visual aid …
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