Archive for 2007

• Alternating row classes in PHP, easy style

  Mar 30 16

  Ok. I have seen a myriad of techniques on creating the PHP code to pump out alternating row classes on tables, list elements, what have you. It’s usually some counter variable that you divide by 2 to see if there is an even result (MOD operator). But then you got the whole [...]

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• PHP file_exists equivalent for Flash?

  Mar 27 4

  I am searching the web relentlessly for a Flash version of the PHP function file_exists. Basically, I have need to see if a file exists client side. Most of the techniques use LoadVars, which actually loads the complete object. Imagine trying to just see if a file exists, but having to load [...]

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• The key to Wasabi

  Mar 22 8

  I’ve come across a very interesting technique for dealing with Wasabi. I know you’ve seen those hot-shot guys out there that can down a Habanero shake (I’m one of those guys) and follow that by running a mile in 110 degree heat (not so sure I can do this). But, for most of you out there, spicy food is hard to deal with. I’ve seen it, I’ve witnessed it in my family and I feel for you.

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• Web Development Tips #1

  Mar 22 9

  Sometimes the simplest of solutions elude me. Blog entries and tutorials seem to be more well thought out, time-consuming projects that attack more complex issues or come up with more innovative solutions. Look at websites like A List Apart or Smashing Magazine.
  Typically, I would love to come up with lengthy tips or [...]

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• Standards-compliant New Window Links

  Jan 31 16

  I ran across this article at SitePoint, which is very good. Basically, the concept is that while the target attribute is compliant in an XHTML Transitional world, it is exactly that. Transitional. Transitional doctypes allow us to go from deprecated doctypes to something more standard, such as XHTML Strict.
  So, we either code [...]

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• Who’s your favorite?

  Jan 30 13

  Whenever I redesign, I take inventory of all of the sites that I have ran across in the past couple of months that have “WOW”ed me. I ask myself, “why do I love these designs?.” I typically write down the strong elements from each design. From there, I try to incorporate each [...]

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• CSS Star Rating Redux

  Jan 20 69

  Quite awhile back, I wrote and article entitled Creating a Star Rater using CSS. In fact, if the CSS for this article is a little confusing, you may want to visit my previous articles to get yourself acquainted. I wrote it to my best ability and I shared what I could with the growing CSS-loving community. It was pretty flippin’ cool if you ask me, but it needed more. So, out of that need was born CSS Star Rating Part Deux, a vast improvement to the first, but by no means perfection. Out of the many comments I received about the most recent version, there were still some lacking areas.

  By now, people’s grasp as a whole has grown quite a bit I feel and I think that this time does not warrant a full-fledged tutorial (also, my lack of time doesn’t help either). However, there are some significant issues with my most current Star Rating tutorial and I have always wanted to take another go at it.

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• Where would you go?

  Jan 19 10

  I have a very simple question for all of you that come across this blog. If you were to vacation to any spot on earth, where would you go and what would you do?
  I grow tired of advertising websites telling me what to do and where to go. I would much rather hear [...]

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