Making a seamless tiling background is not as hard as it may seem � especially when you make use of Photoshop�s offset filter. In this example, I�ll use a stock image of some old-looking textured paper to make a seamless background appropriate for the content area of a web page.
By “where”, I literally mean “where”. PHP is typically used in server-side scripts, the output of which is served over the internet. As expected. But I’ve just finished writing an article on PHP-CLI, or using PHP on the command line, and we also have an article in the works on desktop applications in PHP. Given [...]
Web applications are a growing trend in cloud computing but what makes the most popular applications, popular? I believe the answer lies in good design. download voyage 34 the complete trip Google has revolutionized the web as we know it! What makes their brand so strong? What makes it identifiable? What makes …
I’ll go out on a limb and say WordPress is one of the finest software applications to come out this millennium. Its put the power of the press and the ability to reach thousands (or millions) of people in the hands of the people live never before. People from every walks of …
More and more mobile phones users are browsing and searching the Internet on their handsets. The UK, for example, has neared saturation for mobile phones and many handset browsers can now handle sites designed for viewing on computers. Indeed 20% of UK mobile phone users now use the Internet on their mobile devices (source: 3G.co.uk1).
Over the years, I’ve seen quite a few different development environments, and I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s one perfectly simple way to keep software development running smoothly: keep your developers happy. Read on for the how and why of cheerful developers. It seems every organization I visit falls down in one of the [...]
Web developers attempting to build accessible websites often make the same mistakes time and time again. Although they’re trying their hardest sometimes their overzealousness gets in the way and actually hinders the accessibility of their websites.
This tutorial teaches you how you can create a realistic looking Sony Playstation using Adobe Photoshop. Each stage is simply outlined allowing you to follow along.
So, you’re an up-and-coming PHP developer, you’re spending a lot of time learning new tricks and you’re always on the bleeding edge when it comes to using technologies in your web applications. What’s next? Here are some of the options available for professional development. 1. Read books, write code. There’s a lot of PHP books [...]
It doesn’t advertise itself as such, but the jQuery JS framework is quite possibly one of the best JS frameworks for PHP developers. Most of the frameworks out there are designed for developers with JavaScript experience, and understandibly so. But when I first started using jQuery, my JavaScript experience was something along the lines of [...]
