Category Archives: Web Development
Site Build: www.theflavours.co.uk
The Link The Project The purpose of this site was simple, to provide an upcoming gig listing, a contact form, an MP3 player and links to the various social networking sites that the band are involved in. Expandability was key, with future plans to incorporate photo galleries and online sales to be kept in mind. [...]
Site Build: www.jtccarpentryandconstruction.co.uk
The Link The project I was approached by John (the Chippy!) of JTC Carpentry & Construction for a minimal website that would cement his online presence a little, to work alongside his Trust-a-trader profile and facebook pages. John came up with the logo himself, from which the concept for the site design wasn’t too much [...]
Finding the RSS Feeds of your Facebook Status Updates
Edit:As of recent changes (7/2/2010) to FB, this is no longer working for me. You might have better luck. Why don’t facebook just make this stuff available? Edit: This method has worked for my account and several others, but fails for some people. If you are greeted with the message “This feed URL is no [...]
Limiting the number of times a PHP loop will run using the break command
If you’re reading this page then you’re already likely familiar with the standard PHP for, while and foreach loops. If not, then may I suggest some background reading first – http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.control-structures.php. That said, I added a new weapon to my PHP arsenal today in the form of a better understanding of the break command. I’ve [...]
Styling HTML elements in CSS without using classes / IDs
Something I came across for the first time recently is the practice of using HTML element attributes to apply CSS styles. The mathematics can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html#attribute-selectors, but a basic example of where I use this technique is as follows… starting with a basic form… Demo Form Your Name Your Email Address To lay [...]
