04 November 2006
JavaScript Best Practices
JavaScript for some is the bane of web development technologies - but it should not be feared or hated. As long as proper practices are followed it will not have any affect on the accessibility or function of the website other than to enrich the user's experience.
13 October 2006
404 Searches with htaccess
Today it is simply not enough to redirect a user to a generic "Page cannot be found" 404 page. In the spirit in trying to give your users the best possible experience they should be redirected to a page that tries to help them find what they were after.
09 October 2006
Using Microformats
Microformats is not really a new technology, but a way of tagging your content with additional information so that it is understood what the content is. Whilst relatively a new concept, many people are already doing it. This guide shows what they are, and how to use them.
02 October 2006
Being Social
Today the web is all about being social, and by this I mean social networking. It is how the web today is moving, and communities are growing from it. This guide shows how to integrate things such as tag clouds and blog rolls on your site.
20 September 2006
New Earth Online
New Earth Online is dedicated to quality Web Development and Software Development and FREE tutorials for doing your own.
Protecting your site
For the majority of sites it is an essential that they are secure, and as safe from hacking to some degree. It is impossible to state that a site is not hackable based on the belief that given enough time any site could be broken. This belief makes it necessary to find a comfortable balance between security and resources spent on making it so.
Guide covers prevention of SQL injections, LDAP injections, XSS (Cross site scripting) and much more.
Making mobile content
Making your content perfect for mobile devices need not be a hassle, and here's how to make sure it isn't.
Reflections in Photoshop
Since the dawn of what people have dubbed Web 2.0, a series of common design elements have sprung up on many sites. One of these popular trends is to have objects having reflections as though they were standing on a shiny surface.
Easy to understand reflections in Adobe Photoshop.
Understanding Apache htacess
Apache has fast become one of the most commonly used web server solutions today. With its use comes the ability to manipulate the behaviour of your site in certain ways (server-side) from a type of file called .htaccess. This easy to read guide covers the various commands, and possibilities of using such a file.
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