Site Development

by eli | We'll start up the content management workflow ladder in this installment, and provide plenty of information for the road ahead. Read More »

by gvtulder | When using a Content Management System, it would be easy if you could just upload images, without having to worry about file type and image size. Thumbnails are created on the fly, images are automatically converted to the right file type. With PHP and the GD library, it is very easy to build a script that performs these tasks. Read More »

by eli | The journey through development of a custom Content Management System continues with some basic setup in preparation for getting users logged in, assigning users a way to navigate the CMS according to their user level, and preparing the database to accept article submission. Read More »

by eli | If designing a custom Content Management System (CMS) is in your future then this series of articles discussing CMS theory along with a step-by-step implementation of a CMS is for you! While we'll use PHP and MySQL for this web application project, the code could be adapted to any server-side processing language/database combination you prefer. Read More »

by Junglee | Looking for a method to separate server-side script code from your HTML layouts? Looking to reuse the same part of the layout in various pages without duplication? Looking for ways to make print versions and alternate navigations easily? Here's a method that will get you going with a few ideas that you can build on.... Read More »

by mccreath | What can a web developer expect when developing for the K-12 market? Is there a dominant operating system? What about older machines and browsers? What can you expect to find installed as student machines? As teacher machines? While I can’t provide national statistics, I am in the position of being able to provide some current statistics about the Anchorage School District, where I work as a web developer. Read More »

by MartinB | An introduction to developing simple Object Oriented system with Zope and DTML, from requirements to coding, and ending up with a basic Blog. Not just a 'rip the code' article, but also an effective method of getting a system which does what you need it to do. Read More »

by sprocket | Regular expressions, sometimes referred to as regex, grep, or pattern matching, can be a very powerful tool and a tremendous time-saver with a broad range of application. As an extended form of find-and-replace, regex is supported by most languages and tools, but because there can be varying implementations, this article will cover basic principles that are commonly used. Read More »

by aardvark | Recent pushes for accessibility and standards in code has made CSS the new buzzword of the web developer. Unfortunately, many people are still using WYSIWYG packages to do their development, and many of them are trying a table-free approach in their attempts to ride the wave of the CSS flood. What some of these developers tend to forget is that pixel-precise layouts are anything but. Read More »

by luminosity | CSS offers authors a simple way of creating specialised print layouts for pages without having to alter html pages at all. Read More »