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The cleanest way of handling user authentication with Nuxt.js

2021-06-21T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 21st June 2021.

Rather than client-side user authentication, this blog post works through how to catch a user authentication error with Nuxt

Automatically deploying your Lumen App with PHP Deployer (and zero downtime) so you don't have to manually do it

2021-03-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd March 2021.

PHP Deployer is a great little utility for deploying your PHP app via command line. It doesn't force you to use any specific tech stack and simplifies the process of getting your app live.

How to migrate your Gitlab instance to a new server

2021-03-08T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 8th March 2021.

I recently migrated our Gitlab server install from one server to another. With the help of a few tutorials it was fairly painless, however I thought I would outline the steps here

Socket RSS - The Gleefreshing answer to your Doomscrolling habits

2021-02-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd February 2021.

I have recently made a side project called "Socket RSS". The idea is it becomes a place for Gleefreshing, not Doomscrolling.

Compiling your front-end assets with Laravel Mix while your 11ty site builds, so you don't have to switch between processes

2021-02-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th February 2021.

Laravel Mix is a great asset compiler from the creators of Laravel - but you don't have to be using their framework to benefit from it. This blog walks through setting it up to run with 11ty.

How to set up and use Laravel Mix with your project

2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 1st February 2021.

Despite the name, Laravel Mix isn't just for Laravel. It is a tidy, succinct task runner with understandable syntax and a single config file. This tutorial will run through setting it up with your project

Setting up a custom domain with Netlify with Cloudflare SSL

2021-01-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th January 2021.

In this post we are going to set up a custom domain in Netlify using Cloudflare. We will also install a self signed Cloudflare certificate on Netlify to ensure end-to-end encryption.

Converting Behind the Source to 11ty

2020-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 7th October 2020.

I spent the week converting Behind the Source from Craft to Eleventy (a static site generator). Will I use it again?

Setting up Homebrew, NPM and Eleventy on a fresh mac

2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th October 2020.

Walking through setting up Homebrew on your Mac, so you can install NPM and Eleventy.

Composer - creating a private package to include your own PHP class

2020-09-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th September 2020.

I am currently in the midst of developing a new side-project and wanted to use the same class as a base for two separate elements of the project.

Getting a Slack helper running with Netlify: Part 2

2020-07-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd July 2020.

Part 2 of the Slack status updater with Netlify. This walks through using dotenv and locking the function down to "local" use. There is also a crude UI that has been made

Getting a Slack helper running with Netlify: Part 1

2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th July 2020.

So I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to web stacks - I'm all about LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). I had an idea for a small little web app and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to give Netlify a go.

Useful command line MySQL commands

2020-07-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th July 2020.

It seems I have been doing a lot of command line work on Debian with MySQL recently and have been having to search the internet (or my bash history) every time I need to do something. Here is a collection of commands I have been using

The Git Commit Hash

2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 28th May 2020.

The magic 40 character string that is attached to every commit you do. What is it, where does it come from and will understanding it help you with Git in the future?

Why should you consider Cloudflare for your website?

2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th April 2020. Written For Liquid Light

Cloudflare is a service which, among other things, provides a CDN (Content Delivery Network), firewall, and performance layer for your website. It has plenty of paid upgrades and features and ...

What are the different SSL modes on Cloudflare?

2020-04-19T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 19th April 2020.

Cloudflare has a few different options when it comes to selecting which TLS/SSL mode you should choose.

Setting up Tiny Tiny RSS to collate feeds

2020-04-16T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 16th April 2020.

I set up Tiny Tiny RSS as a self-hosted feed reader, but it wasn't clear how get the application to fetch RSS feeds in the background. This blog post gives a walkthrough

Using Cloudflare Workers to set a cookie based on a GET parameter or path

2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th March 2020.

An example of how to use Cloudflare Workers to set a cookie on your page without modifying code on your server. This Worker can set a cookie based on either a GET parameter in the URL or a particular file path

What are Cloud Functions, Cloudflare Workers and Serverless?

2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 26th February 2020.

Serverless & Cloudflare workers have been cropping up a lot recently. I try to organise my thoughts into what they are and how you can use them

How do you deal with designers who design without any thought?

2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th December 2019. Written For Liquid Light

As a developer, dealing with designers and their creations can sometimes be challenging. At Liquid Light we've honed our process to ensure minimum friction between both developers and designers.

email.subscribeto - a newsletter database

2019-08-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd August 2019.

I've always been keen to discover new newsletters and have always kept my eye out for recommendations. I decided to collate these recommendations and build a directory.

The Real World of Web Development

2019-07-31T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 31st July 2019.

I read "The Real Dark Web", a blog post from @sonniesedge and within a few paragraphs it really hit home. There are a few noisy web developers who are innovating, ...

Linux Debian user commands

2019-06-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th June 2019.

To save me Googling, I have collated all the user-related commands I often use - particularly useful when setting up a new VM!

Getting started with Xen - setting up virtual machines

2019-06-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th June 2019.

Xen is a basic but powerful package for linux which allows you to create virtual machines, A rival to Vagrant, Xen has less configuration (but is potentially less "agile")

Build your own "share this" component

2019-05-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd May 2019.

Using a Share This plugin (or similar) or the native sharing widgets from social networks can really bloat your page and look ugly. This code is how we, at Liquid Light, implement social sharing widgets

How to use fetch in JavaScript to GET or POST data

2019-04-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th April 2019.

Fetch is a fantastic JavaScript function which allows you to natively get and post data from the browser. This post includes some examples of how to use it.

Developing websites locally with Docker

2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 14th February 2019.

Docker allows you to host websites locally, which allows you can develop them within an environment which can be an exact replica of the live one. This blog post explores my first experience with Docker.

Newsletters for Front-end Developers - 2019 edition

2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th February 2019.

Newsletters that I, as a front-end developer, have found extremely useful and insightful. This is a new list compared to the original from 2016!

Using Vue.js with a Lumen powered API

2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th October 2018. Written For Liquid Light

Lumen is a micro-framework from the creators of Laravel. Using Laravel methodology, Lumen offers a leaner, cut-down version of the framework. By including less code, Lumen is able to offer ...

Uses

2018-08-13T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 13th August 2018.

I've had a few questions regarding what apps I use with which themes and settings. This is an up-to-date blog post with the answers.

How to filter an array of objects based on a secondary array in JavaScript

2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 7th August 2018.

Sounds confusing, but there is a use-case, honest! Imagine you have an array with a set number of items in and you wanted to filter another array of objects based on that in your JavaScript. The post explains more!

Backup Gitlab data locally

2018-03-12T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 12th March 2018.

I've recently moved all of my git repositories to Gitlab, this blog post walks through a script I have written to clone all of my repositories locally as a backup.

Introduction to Vuex Part 1 - managing state, storage and sharing data between components

2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th December 2017.

This blog post covers the initialisation and basic usage of Vuex - a central store for your Vue applications. It covers the basics of the four main components of Vuex: the state, mutations, actions and getters.

Introduction to Vuex Part 2 - implementation (video)

2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th December 2017.

In the second part of this series, we cover implementing a Vuex Store into a Vue.js application

Filters in Vue.js: What are they, how do you use them, and how do you make them? (video)

2017-11-08T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 8th November 2017.

There are many ways to manipulate a value to make it user-friendly using Vue.js. In this tutorial, I show you how you can use Vue filters to alter the appearance of a variable without affecting its data.

Vue.js: Using dynamic and static attributes and props with components and HTML elements (video)

2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 26th October 2017.

This Vue.js tutorial explains the difference between dynamic and static attributes and props. It shows how you can pass variables to components or other HTML elements to display dynamic contents.

Schema - what is it and how do I use it?

2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 25th October 2017. Written For Liquid Light

Using props for accessing URL parameters within components with Vue Router (video)

2017-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 21st October 2017.

This quick video walkthrough shows how you can replace any URL parameters in your components with props and how to pass them through from vue router to access them within your component

Vue: Using localStorage with Vuex store

2017-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 13th October 2017.

Using the browser's localStorage we can create a Vue app which has its Vuex store cached. This allows the user to navigate away from the app and not lose their preferences.

How can I verify my Google Event Tracking is working?

2017-09-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th September 2017. Written For Liquid Light

Validating your Google Event tracking is working can be a tricky business. This blog post walks you through checking the data being sent to Google Analytics, so you can verify the information is correct.

Change ownership of all folders and subfolders or files

2017-09-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th September 2017.

Changing permissions on files and folders can be tedious, so why not do it in one fell swoop?

Navigation drop-downs. Should they be hover or click?

2017-08-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th August 2017. Written For Liquid Light

Navigation drop-downs, or mega menus as they are sometimes dubbed, are becoming more and more common on the web. A drop-down menu is a navigation block which appears when a ...

Don't require password for sudo commands as non-root user

2017-07-23T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 23rd July 2017.

Sometimes you don't want to have to enter your password every time you run a sudo command - this blog post walks you through disabling that.

SCSS Reverse direction

2017-07-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd July 2017.

There may be a point in your CSS coding that you want to know the opposite of a direction (e.g. up, down). This function allows you to pass it a direction and get the opposite back!

The Digital Bucket List for People in the Web

2017-06-14T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 14th June 2017.

Last September I gave a talk at Bytes 2016, a mini-conference for people in the web about my digital bucket list for people who work with the internet.

Find folders on a linux server that do not have a file

2017-05-19T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 19th May 2017.

I needed to locate any folder following a particular pattern that did not have a particular file. The command allows you to locate the folders and perform actions on them.

Rarely handy Git commands

2017-05-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th May 2017.

There are rare times when you need a slightly obscure git command. You spent several minutes googling, crafting and constructing your command only to run it once and not need it again for a while. This blog post will serve as my dumping ground for those odd commands I seldom need, but when I do I can then copy and paste. Feel free to get in touch with your favourite curve-ball command and I'll do my best to add it to the list!

HTML 5 collapsable information - works in a Github/Gitlab issue

2017-05-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th May 2017.

It may be that you wish to include a lot of information in a Github issue (or anywhere else on the web that allows HTML) but don't want the code/error to fill out the page. Luckily, there is a way to collapse it using latest HTML tags.

Multiple transition delays

2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd May 2017.

Being able to animate with CSS transitions is great, although there are a few gotchas when using them. This one with transition-delay had me scratching my head for a while.

CSS Custom Properties - everyday applications

2017-04-26T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 26th April 2017.

CSS Custom properties are now supported in Edge, meaning you can use them nearly everywhere. However, there are some cases where further browser support is required. Using PostCSS we can use CSS custom properties in development while still maintaining cross browser support.

How can I score 100 on Google PageSpeed Insights?

2017-03-13T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 13th March 2017. Written For Liquid Light

PageSpeed Insights (PSI) is a tool developed by Google to rank the speed of your website. There are a few things it doesn’t look out for, such as code validation or usability but it’s a good starting point at getting your site up to scratch.

What's new in Feefo v3?

2016-12-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th December 2016. Written For Liquid Light

Feefo, the customer feedback and review website, launched version 3 of their product at the end of September. Although customers had no choice to be updated to version 3, what does this ...

Find and remove vendor prefixes in your CSS using Regex

2016-11-17T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 17th November 2016.

I recently set out to remove all of the vendor prefixes from the CSS for all of our clients at work. This is because we use Gulp with Autoprefixer - which means we have up-to-date prefixes and cleaner SCSS. One way of doing this would be to open every CSS file, search for `-moz`, then search for `-webkit` etc. Some of the CSS I was searching through is well over 5 years old and is rife with vendor prefixes.

Building a Vue v2 JS app using Vue-router

2016-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd November 2016. Written For Liquid Light

Vue JS is a javascript framework which has recently released version 2. Allowing you to display, manipulate and navigate data, Vue is a React, Knockout and Angular competitor. This blog post walks through building a web app with Vue Router.

Set up a new Virtual Private Server (VPS)

2016-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 23rd October 2016.

How to set up a new VPS with all the expected features and functionality

How we use Trello to keep track of our marketing schedule

2016-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 2nd August 2016. Written For Liquid Light

Trello is a great tool which lets you easily manage projects. Ranging from websites to weddings, Trello helps you create tag and move cards. At Liquid Light, we use Trello to keep track of our marketing output - this blog explains how.

12 favourite atom tips and shortcuts to improve your workflow

2016-05-27T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 27th May 2016. Written For Sitepoint

Atom is a fantastic IDE and is hugely powerful. I share my favourite, time-saving tips, packages and shortcuts for GitHub's Atom code editor.

CSS frameworks and why you should make one

2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th May 2016.

With recent front-end twitter conversation turning to CSS frameworks, I went on a roller coaster of emotions but eventually settled on the above to sum up how I felt about the ordeal. Before we settle once more, let me take you on the journey I travelled.

Small code snippets for Alligator.io

2016-05-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th May 2016.

I have recently been writing some small code snippets and examples for alligator.io. It's a great little website which takes front-end code and breaks them down into bitesize ...

Creating a custom Mailchimp template with layout variations

2016-05-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th May 2016. Written For Liquid Light

Creating a responsive, HTML email template is not as easy as it first appears. Email clients are still behind with web standards and supporting latest web technologies, so HTML emails need to be built using the table element and inline styles. This blog will walk you through creating a custom template while still using Mailchimp's WYSIWYG and Image editor

Making Craft CMS work with Prism JS using pre and code blocks

2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 20th April 2016.

You may (or may not) have noticed that my site had a massive overhaul. With that overhaul, I changed CMS from Anchor to Craft.

Newsletters for Front-end developers

2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 11th April 2016.

There is so much information on the web these days about development, that I often miss out on things on twitter. For that reason, I find HTML newsletters amazingly simple but wonderfully nutritional for my front-end developer brain.

How do I update to Gulp 4?

2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd March 2016. Written For Liquid Light

Gulp is a task runner used for compiling SCSS to CSS, minifying JS and creating SVG sprites. Version 4 is about to be released and this blog post runs you through how to update and use the new features of gulp.

Download files via command line

2016-03-06T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 6th March 2016.

I recently purchased a Western Digital EX2 NAS box for my home storage. This device is a low powered file server which is on all the time - perfect for taking care of those hefty downloads and long running tasks so I don't need to keep my laptop on.

Get background image information if element has a one in jQuery

2016-03-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th March 2016.

Recently I need to loop through elements on a page and, if the element had a background image apply a jQuery plugin. The plugin required the background image path & dimensions to function

Responsive Typography in SCSS

2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 2nd November 2015. Written For Liquid Light

Making sure your typography is readable on every display is arguably one of the most important aspects of front-end development. If your users can’t read the content on the ...

Export Locko to 1Password

2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 17th June 2015.

Getting your passwords out of Locko into something else can be tricky due to their unique export format. This post helps with PHP

Git for Beginners: An Overview and Basic Workflow

2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th March 2015. Written For Liquid Light

Git is a tricky subject to get your head around. Knowing the commands is one thing, but knowing how to use them is another. This article will walk you through a simple, single developer Git workflow - covering the commands that you would use at each stage.

Filtering Tables with jQuery

2015-02-12T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 12th February 2015.

I was recently asked by a friend how you would make a table filterable by using a select box & jQuery - for example "show me films made just in 2014.

HTML Newsletters - Design Considerations

2014-12-15T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 15th December 2014. Written For Liquid Light

HTML emails are a great way of keeping your customers up-to-date, but are not as versatile as web pages. Here's our list of things to consider when designing and building HTML emails.

PHP Classes - Explained

2014-12-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd December 2014.

To put it very simply, a PHP class is a way of grouping a set of functions and variables into entities,allowing them to be used as self-contained instances.

Creating SVG Sprites using Gulp and Sass

2014-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 11th November 2014. Written For Liquid Light

Following on from our recent blog post about SVG Sprites which gave an introduction and overview to using SVGs in a sprite, this post will outline the processes and tools ...

Working with SVGs in Sprites

2014-08-07T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 7th August 2014. Written For Liquid Light

This article will explain how and why you would want to use SVGs and what advantages using them in a sprite can bring. It will also cover scaling the images ...

Remaking the Sass News Newsletter

2014-06-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th June 2014.

With the weekly golden nectar of Sass News winging its way into my inbox every week, I decided to take on the challenge of giving the newsletter a facelift

Make Anchor CMS work with its files elsewhere

2014-06-06T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 6th June 2014.

Recently I wanted to tidy up my public_html directory - as the folders were getting too much and I like a clean directory.

Advanced Gulp File

2014-05-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd May 2014.

With gulp starting to find itself into my everyday workflow - I've started to understand its quirks and twists, and how to get along with it. This is an advancement on my original gulpfile from a few months ago

Ignoring libraries in git

2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 13th May 2014.

Far too often recently I've noticed people committing libraries and packages to their main application (website) repository.

Bower

2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 8th May 2014.

I have recently discovered the power of Bower - a front end package manager. Rather than having to go and find the hosted jquery link, or download the files for fancybox and copy them into my application (website), I can download them off bower.

An Introduction to CSS Preprocessors

2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 24th March 2014.

Writing and updating CSS can be a repetitive, tedious and arduous task - especially for big projects. CSS preprocessors can help with that - amalgamating related styles and helping you make your style sheets more DRY

A basic SCSS compilation gulpfile.js

2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 17th March 2014.

This post introduces how to compile SCSS with Gulp along with some core concepts

Sass Rule Layout

2014-02-23T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 23rd February 2014.

We've been going through a bit of a reshuffle at work with regards to our front-end conventions and layout. With the introduction of Sass into the team, we took it ...

From Less to Sass

2014-02-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th February 2014.

Recently we've decided a change in preprocessor to help optimise our workflow. Within this blog post, I am going to type Sass, but really I mean Scss.

A placeholder mixin - for Less and Scss

2013-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 23rd October 2013.

Creating a Less mixin to style input placeholders without using an autoprefixer

Git tab autocomplete

2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 19th October 2013.

A quick tip on how to enable git autocompletion on the command line

Compiling Less on the Command Line

2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 19th October 2013.

We have been using LESS for a while now, but our process involved including the less.js in the header during development, compiling the LESS using an app before launch and then maintaining the site using the css.

Wordpress - Pulling An Archive

2013-05-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th May 2013.

As I mentioned in my first post I have made an archive of my previous Wordpress blog posts into a static page. This is done through some SQL and ...

Points

2013-05-13T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 13th May 2013.

This week I announced that I was closing the curtain on my mini-conference Points Brighton. Points has been my baby, my creation. I feel, now it has found its end.

Setting up a local development server

2013-01-03T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 3rd January 2013. Written For 12 Devs of Christmas

There are plenty of articles on the web about how to become a web designer, how to build sites and how to sell them. What this article opens up, is ...

Sass - Hidden Gems

2012-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 11th November 2012.

I've recently been getting into pre-processors for CSS and I have been using LESS for sometime - getting to grips with the nesting and variables while keeping a library of my own mixins.

ratio - a mikestreety app

2012-06-30T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 30th June 2012.

An app for working out ratios

Domains - Pitfalls and Propagation

2012-06-23T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 23rd June 2012.

Many a times I have dealt with various companies and agencies about pointing different domains at our servers - what shocked me is the basic level of understanding, most of the time, is 0. I thought I would dump my brain about domains and whatnot, because then even if everyone has a basic understanding, life will be good.

#PHPFED - Variables

2012-05-18T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 18th May 2012.

Before you continue - make sure you understand the story. The next thing is that php lines always need to end with a semi-colon (;). This tells php that the line ...

#PHPFED - Includes

2012-05-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th May 2012.

When developing static sites (i.e. sites without any sort of CMS - be it Wordpress, Drupal etc.) the PHP I find the most valuable is the include.

Points Brighton - The Aftermath

2012-05-09T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 9th May 2012.

Last night was the second of my mini-conferences, Points Brighton. It featured speakers and keynotes of all different varieties, and the infamous Points Bazaar (the raffle) was, once more, a hit

PHP for Front-End Devs; The Story

2012-05-06T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 6th May 2012.

Recently, a few friends of mine have been asking questions about PHP and want to learn the basics. I am a front-end developer for a web design agency. i.e. I mainly stick to HTML/CSS and have colleagues who do the heavy PHP stuff

Github for PC and setting up a local testing environment

2012-05-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th May 2012.

Points mean Pixels

2012-02-29T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 29th February 2012.

Points. A simple, barely-a-conference conference. For ease of reading, this post will follow a traditional approach with a modern twist: Who, What, How Much, Where, When, Speakers, Sponsors Why.

My Favourite 5 Books - A smashing story

2012-02-16T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 16th February 2012.

Recently I've been going through a fad of buying web related books. I love the feel of books, I love reading books.

HTML5 - Explained. Briefly

2012-02-07T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 7th February 2012.

After reading the aforementioned HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World book, I have come to realise that there are loads of changes included with HTML5.

It's My Way or the Highway. Not.

2012-01-24T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 24th January 2012.

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

Limit Items (e.g. News posts)

2011-03-10T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 10th March 2011.

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

Redirect to one central domain - htaccess

2011-02-21T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 21st February 2011.

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)

Get an 'Even' Class

2011-02-16T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 16th February 2011.

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

Giving something a 'Last' Class

2011-02-14T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 14th February 2011.

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

Using PHP to get the dimensions of an image

2011-02-04T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 4th February 2011.

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 ...

Creating a HTML Email

2010-11-17T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 17th November 2010.

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.

Designing for Mobile

2010-10-05T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 5th October 2010.

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

The next step...

2010-06-02T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 2nd June 2010.

So you've got a brand new website that you want to promote? Recently I finished a website for Frag Records. Once completed they asked me for some hints and tips ...

Twitter; Twettle

2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 22nd April 2010.

Just a short note on my Twitter series of posts! I thought i'd let you know about this tweeting kettle...or Twettle (seeing as it is on the title..). I ...

Twitter; Twintergration

2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 21st April 2010.

Twitter, Twitter Twitter. How you have taken over the world? (And my life?) I have recently properly got into Twitter. Before it was just a laborious update to show I ...

CSS - The basics

2009-01-25T00:00:00.000Z Posted on 25th January 2009.

CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets are the easiest, cleanest and most accessible way of styling a website. Tables were previously used to position objects on the page and CSS used just to make the text look pretty. Now CSS is being relied more and more to position images, text, add spacing to websites and bring the whole site together.