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Searching table rows with jQuery
Need to search within a web page? Want to highlight matching rows and/or hide rows that don't match? Read on for an outrageously simple jQuery script that'll let you add an impressive and useful search function to your pages.
Fun with PHP Calendars: Part 1
Recently I've writted up some functions using the various date related functions built into PHP to create some calendars and other listings. Here's a method for displaying a list of weeks for a particular event.
Preventing comment spam
Comment spam is one of the great scourges of the internet, which is why there are so many measures available to counter it. Some are more effective than others, some introduce more problems than they fix. Here I outline a few of the techniques that seem to have worked on this particular blog.
Converting integers to monthnames in PHP
It's a new year and a whole twelve months of brand new dates, so what better than a quick and easy tutorial all about converting months from integers to proper month names?
Debugging CSS in multiple browsers
After several torturous years trying to debug websites in different browsers using hacks, virtual machines and all manner of inconvenience I’ve finally arrived at a setup whereby launching multiple versions of IE and Firefox is about as easy as it could possibly be. What follows is a simple tutorial on how to set up your PC to do the same. I’ll also mention a few crucial tools that no web developer should be without.
New new blog
Having just rewritten the platform behind this blog (Wicked Words), and given that the average visitor won't notice any change whatsoever, I felt like highlighting some of the new improved features – that most of you won't notice...
PHP Development Environments
Aiming to get away from the bloat of Dreamweaver and the clunk of Zend Studio I’ve been exploring some alternative environments for my day-to-day PHP coding including NVu, Aptana IDE and PHP Designer.
Posting a multidimensional array
A brief tutorial (my first in fact) covering a simple method for posting a multidimensional array using an html form.