Blog - page 26

It's My Way or the Highway. Not.
2012-01-24T00:00:00.000Z 24th January 2012

It's My Way or the Highway. Not.

Recently with the spate of CSS3 and media queries, there has been a few debates over how development should be done.

Web CSS
Chilly's Dip
2011-05-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th May 2011

Chilly's Dip

I found this in an old recipe book I found in a charity shop. Not quite sure what happened to it, but I've tweaked the recipe and named it after my wife!

General Cooking
Public Relations
2011-03-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th March 2011

Public Relations

Sometimes I wish we lived in a musical. Not not necessarily with all the singing but just with all that general happiness.

General Thoughts
Limit Items (e.g. News posts)
2011-03-10T00:00:00.000Z 10th March 2011

Limit Items (e.g. News posts)

If you would like to limit the amount of items coming out of an array (for example the first 5 news items)

Web PHP
Redirect to one central domain - htaccess
2011-02-21T00:00:00.000Z 21st February 2011

Redirect to one central domain - htaccess

If you would like to 'redirect' all your users to a central domain (for example if you would like all users to browse your site with the www or you have several parked domains)

Web Server htaccess
Get an 'Even' Class
2011-02-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th February 2011

Get an 'Even' Class

This PHP statement applies class="even" to every other element when in a loop.

Web PHP
Giving something a 'Last' Class
2011-02-14T00:00:00.000Z 14th February 2011

Giving something a 'Last' Class

If you want to apply a different class to the last item in a list generated by PHP, start off with Setting the $lastOne variable to the end of your list

Web PHP
Using PHP to get the dimensions of an image
2011-02-04T00:00:00.000Z 4th February 2011

Using PHP to get the dimensions of an image

The following code will get the dimensions of an image: <?php list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize(PATH_TO_IMAGE); I found this useful when using a lightbox to ...

Web PHP
Creating a HTML Email
2010-11-17T00:00:00.000Z 17th November 2010

Creating a HTML Email

Creating a HTML email is like going back to the nineties with web design – you have to go against all your natural instincts as a web designer.

Web Front-end Development HTML
Designing for Mobile
2010-10-05T00:00:00.000Z 5th October 2010

Designing for Mobile

Recently I was tasked to transform a full website into a stripped down mobile version for those visiting on their i-whatsits.

Web Front-end Development