Developers should utilize PHP frameworks for various reasons, but the number one reason is for speeding up the development process. Reusing code across similar projects will save the developer a substantial amount of time and effort. A framework offers pre-built modules for performing tedious coding tasks, so the developer can spend their time on developing the actual application rather than re-building the foundation with each and every project.
Stability is another big reason developers are utilizing frameworks. While simplicity is one of PHP’s greatest assets, and the reason many people prefer to use this scripting language, it can also be one of its biggest downfalls. It’s fairly easy, especially for beginners, to write bad code and not even realize it. With PHP the application will often times still work, but unknowingly you may have opened up a large security hole in your coding that may be susceptible to attacks. It’s important to remember that PHP is a very forgiving language, so it’s even more important to make sure to tie up any loose ends in your coding – even if the application seems to be working properly. Read more…
PHP is the world’s most popular scripting language for many different reasons – flexibility, ease-of-use, among others – but often times coding in PHP, or any language for that matter, can get rather monotonous and repetitive. That’s where a PHP framework can help.
PHP frameworks streamline the the development of web applications written in PHP by providing a basic structure for which to build the web applications. In other words, PHP frameworks help to promote rapid application development (RAD), which saves you time, helps build more stable applications, and reduces the amount of repetitive coding for developers. Frameworks can also help beginners to build more stable apps by ensuring proper database interaction and coding on the presentation layer. This allows you to spend more time creating the actual web application, instead of spending time writing repetitive code. Read more…
Studies show that top navigations tend to get the most visual attention when a user first visits a site. Having organized and intuitive navigation is key — and while most drop down menus may look aesthetically pleasing, developing them to degrade gracefully is also essential. In this tutorial I would like to go over how to create a sexy drop down menu that can also degrade gracefully. Read more…
Wordpress is a CMS that was built for blogging but many people have repurposed it for magazines, newspapers, blog networks and all sorts of other goodies! But did you know you can hack your Wordpress blog to be a no-cost solution for a social network? Well you can, and here’s fifteen plug-ins that will let you do it.
1. WP-Gravatar
Install WP-Gravatar for adding ‘faces’ to your members and your writers. This plugin lets you use Gravatar, MyBlogLog, OpenAvatar, Wavatar, Identicon, monsterID or Favico.ico files with your comments. Gives you a Widget with your profile info and your gravatar. Let’s you set your own CSS style to use with the Comments section and the author about box. Read more…
Once upon a time Charlie and Lola Were going at trip at the Zoo it was called Mawell Zoo. It had a ticket too, but Lola was very sad because she thought that she was gone be lost like foxy her teddy. Lola said Charlie , you can buy another toy called foxy , can I shouted Lola yes but When and Were Said Lola at the Zoo shop said Charlie when said Lola on the afternoon said charlie. It was the afternoon charlie and Lola were going. It took a long time to get there on a car and even longer walking. When they got there Lola wanted to go to the Zoo shop so they did and Lola tied to find foxy but first she looked in her bag and there foxy came jumping out but it was too late Charlie bought the other foxy so Lola had 2 foxy but she called the other one pity pesos.
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“A Day Off”
So you want the day off.
Lets take a look at what you are asking for.
There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break that accounts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a one hour lunch period each day, Read more…
No matter where you are on the web, you can stay close and share with your friends through the Facebook Toolbar. Originally launched in English for the Firefox browser, we now have released an Internet Explorer version of the toolbar and made both versions available in a total of 16 languages.
You can use the toolbar to easily visit the most common sections and applications on Facebook, including your home page, profile and Inbox. You also can see how many friend requests, Inbox message and event and group invitations you have from icons near the top of your browser, and then click to view them.
When you find an interesting news story, funny video or other content you like on the web, click the “Share” button on the toolbar to share it with your friends on your Facebook. The toolbar even gives you a quick way to upload photos to your profile.
The languages now supported are Arabic, Chinese (simple and traditional), Danish, Dutch, German, Spanish (Spain and international), French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish and Turkish. You can download the latest Facebook Toolbar for Firefox or Internet Explorer here.
The visitor blocking facilities offered by the Apache Web Server enable us to deny access to specific visitors, or allow access to specific visitors. This is extremely useful for blocking unwanted visitors, or to only allow the web site owner access to certain sections of the web site, such as an administration area.To set-up visitors restrictions and blocking, create a .htaccess file following the main instructions and guidance which includes the following text: Read more…
I’ve just had a sneak preview of the new TypePad native app for the iPhone. It’s simply stunning! I’m not talking about the current webbased version that can be found at http://i.typepad.com/, the new app is “native” which means it’s downloaded and stored on your iPhone.
It going to be made available free of charge via the new App Store that’s available on the iPhone 2.0 software due for release on July 11th 2008.
key features of the native app are speed and ease of use with an intuitive layout that’s clearly been designed by TypePad users that own an iPhone, not just a borrowed iPhone, but one that use have been using day in and day out for some time before they start work on the app.
It is certainly no secret that in order for an internet marketing business to succeed much less thrive it will need a great deal of traffic flowing to its website. This does, of course, raise questions as to how such a goal can be achieved. There are a number of ways traffic can be boosted and a high presence in the search engines is most definitely one of them. Here is a list of my top SEO techniques:
1. You need to research relevant keywords. That means you must seek to place keywords on sites that share similar content to yours. Additionally, one way links that lack reciprocal agreements are also quite helpful to the process of boosting search engine ranking. Read more…
