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WordPress 3.3 Released
Whether you love it or hate it, there's no denying that Wordpress holds most of the cards when it comes an out-of-the-box blogging solutions. From its reasonably quick adoption of HTML5 to its highly-regarded admin interface, you can see why its a favourite amongst ... Read More
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Quick QR Code Generator
Written by Ben | Posted in Advertising, AnalyticsWe've all seen them around now, but just how do you go about making a QR code? Thankfully, the guys over at ZXing Project have made this super-useful tool so you can encode QR codes for websites, email addresses, contact details, even geolocational data.... Read More
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Add Users Programatically in Drupal 7
This quick, handy tutorial from chao over at realguess gives you all the information you need to create new users programatically in Drupal 7.x. It may not be the most commonly-used function, but its one worth knowing should you find yourself with a client that requ... Read More
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Add Shipping Costs to Checkout in Magento Automatically
Written by Ben | Posted in E-Commerce, SnippetsThis article outlines a quick and easy way to create your own Magento module that adds a shipping cost (that you define) to the total cost of the purchase. If you have only one method of transporting your products, its even more useful, because you no longer need a ... Read More
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You’re looking a little Pastie…
Looking for a bit of help with your next project? Pastie's the place to find a whole library of code snippets that developers have copied and pasted. Most are working examples too :) These things have been around for a while now but there's nothing simpler than just... Read More
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Write LESS with Perkins HTML5/CSS3 Framework
Written by Ash | Posted in CSS, FrameworksPerkins is an HTML5/CSS3 rapid development framework that's been built for and by designers. Like the Boilerplate framework, Perkins provides a super-handy foundation for HTML5 developme... Read More
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Formly Forms are not so “Formal”
Written by Ash | Posted in Forms, JavascriptForms fields can be tricky little things to style correctly, not to mention making the styles consistent across different browsers. The Formly jQuery plugin steps in with a quick and easy way to tu... Read More
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Google Drops H.264 Like a Hot Potato
Admittedly, I don't know a great deal about A/V codecs. There's so many around these days, that its hard to keep track of them. I just want something that plays my video files, dammit! That said, I have heard of H.264, whether through making use of the codec in play... Read More
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10 Things: Be a Better PHP Developer
Written by Ben | Posted in Best Practices, FrameworksA lot of this will probably seem like common sense to the more-seasoned PHP developer, but this reasonably detailed list of 'ten things to help you be a better PHP dev' is incredibly helpful for the PHP-newbie, and serves as a refresher for the experienced coders. I... Read More
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Identify and Modify Fonts Easily with Font Finder
Written by Rob | Posted in Browser Extensions, Client-SideA relatively oldie (in web terms) back from the Halcyon days of 2010, but a goody, the Font Finder Extension for Firefox provides a quick and easy way to identify fonts on a page and provide in-line changes. Rather handy, especially for the website fiddlers amongst ... Read More
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Follow the March of the Penguin with Handy Linux Commands
Saw this and thought of you.... If the thought of the Linux command line makes your toes curl, all is not lost. After all Linux servers run themselves. Well mostly. Well they don't, but they're pretty darn stable. Regardless, these top ten commands from Jason Gil... Read More
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Drupal 7 Released
After four Release Candidates, and over three years in development, Drupal 7 has now been officially released! Amongst the highlights of the launch is the vastly improved administration side of the popular CMS, which as any new Drupal admin will attest, was a nightm... Read More
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Purple Cow Designers?
Written by Ben | Posted in Inspiration, Project ManagementNo, I haven't gone mad. A Purple Cow is a term used to define something that stands out from the crowd, because let's face it, a purple cow really would. This is the subjec... Read More
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Firefox Top Browser in Europe
Written by Ben | Posted in Browsers, Web StandardsInformation is cropping up today showing that Firefox's market share is now slightly higher than Internet Explorer, based on December 2010 figures. What's interesting about it though, is that Firefox's edge isn't due to Mozilla's marketing, but rather Google's. Chro... Read More
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IE9 Beta reaches 20m Downloads
Written by Rob | Posted in Best Practices, BrowsersIt might have taken Microsoft 15 years and potentially billions of dollars to finally to get to a browser that's worth using, but give M$ their due, they seemed to have finally come round the idea of the notion of web standards. Users have responded and voted with t... Read More
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Create a Website Tour in jQuery
If you've been running a website for some time and are worried the impact UI or functionality changes may have on your user base, have you considered including a small web tour of the your new additions? Website Tour offers just that and this rather nifty feature... Read More
