One of the problems we often encounter with front end development is a browser compatibility issue. And Internet Explorer seems to be the biggest offender of all when it comes to rendering CSS properly. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t have anything against Microsoft or Bill Gates specifically, it is just that I [...]

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28 Jun, 2007

Web App Autopsy

Posted in: PHP, WWW

Ryan Campbell has written an interesting article called Web App Autopsy which looks at 4 very different yet all popular web applications from behind the scenes. It gives readers an insight into development of startups and how much time and code it takes to launch a full-blown web application.

Graph taken from [...]

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26 Jun, 2007

phpMiniAdmin

Posted in: PHP

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21 Jun, 2007

Error logging in PHP

Posted in: PHP, Snippets, Tutorials

One of the most important tasks of any developer is to know what errors occur in his application, because it is impossible to fix them if you don’t know if they exist in the first place. Although you may think that your application is perfect and bugs free, you can never be 100% [...]

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19 Jun, 2007

The top 100 Webware sites for 2007

Posted in: News

The results are in for The top 100 Webware sites for 2007. The winners are:

Firefox (Browsing)
Gmail (Communication)
Gaia Online (Community) *I thought Digg was going to win.
Google (Data)
Stardoll (Entertainment)
Youtube (Media)
Google Mobile (Mobile)
ebay (Productivity and Commerce)
WordPress (Publishing) *YAY!
Wikipedia (Reference)

Technorati Tags: webware, winners, contest, web applications

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18 Jun, 2007

My Favourite Footer Designs

Posted in: Design

I dedicate this post to all the great footer designs out there, because footers seem to be the most neglected part of a web design. Followings are 10 of my favourites (in no particular order). If you have any favourites too, please feel free to leave a comment here.

Ben & Jerry’s

RapidWeaver

Toubeauty

Tennessee [...]

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14 Jun, 2007

Image Replacement with CSS

Posted in: CSS

I stumped upon Revised Image Replacement article on mezzoblue and thought I would give my two cents.
According to the article, there are quite a few image replacement methods with CSS.

Classic FIR
Single-pixel <img> Replacement
Radu Method
Leahy/Langridge Method
Phark Method
Phark Revisited
Dwyer Method
Gilder/Levin Method
Lindsay Method
Shea Enhancement

What I use:
I usually use a combination of Phark Revisited + [...]

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12 Jun, 2007

Safari on Windows

Posted in: News

Apple has released Safari for Windows today. You can download it at http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
I am going to install it on my computer to see how it runs. Anyone has installed it yet?
Thanks to WL, SD and SM (Bloke Vogue) for the heads-up. :)
Technorati Tags: safari, windows, apple, [...]

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10 Jun, 2007

5 interesting reads of the week

Posted in: WWW

How to create Stored Procedures in MySQL 5.0
Why there’s no such thing as Web 2.0
Shelf Life of a Software Application
Removing The Login Barrier
Writing Secure Web Applications with PHP
Technorati Tags: programming, php, mysql, web 2.0, www, links, websites

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06 Jun, 2007

Search Engine Rankings

Posted in: Search

Source: comScore Press Release
I have always wanted to know what the most popular search engines are and I finally get the answer via a link from Techcrunch today. According to comScore Press Release, for the month of April 07, Google is in the lead with 49.7%, followed by Yahoo! with 26.8%, Microsoft with 10.3%, [...]

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