HTML5
It certainly seems that HTML5 is starting to take hold with more and more websites launching that make use of HTML5 but how good is it?
Archive for the ‘Web Development’ category
Removing typographic widows in WordPress page titles
A widow in typography is the one lowly word that gets displayed on a line of its own within a heading. Typographers and designers often go nuts when they see the main headings on a website have widows so here’s an easy fix to appease them:
PHPNW Conference 2008 Review
Last weekend, I opted not to spend time with my friends, nor did I choose to perform DIY on my (never finished) home; instead I decided to geek-out at the first ever PHPNW conference at Manchester Central.
Creating a web app’s folder/file structure
I’m convinced that folder/file structure plays an instrumental role in ensuring a downloadable app doesn’t confuse people and is easy to install.
How I debug CSS in IE6
I make my living as a Front-end Web Developer, which means I spend quite a bit of time making websites look as good in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) as they do in other browsers. It isn’t rocket science and I’ve honed my technique to make bug fixing as quick and easy as possible.
Hello Google Chrome, welcome to the internet
This week saw the launch of the internet’s newest web browser, Google Chrome and what kind of frontend developer would I be if I didn’t give it a quick review?
Should you test your web developers before employing them?
These past few weeks, I’ve been doing some work for a new client. Prior to getting the gig, I did the all the usual things: sent my prospective email, went to meet the client, etc. However, this client, a big web agency, did something I’ve not experienced before – they gave me a programming test.
Take 2 web apps into the shower?
Since announcing the launch of Cart45 last week, I’ve had quite a few people asking how I’ve managed to create an ecommerce app and another web app (Bean Counter) simultaneously. So here goes…
Lessons learnt from beta testing
Last week, saw the completion of the first round of beta testing for Bean Counter. Was the beta testing a success? No, not really.
{curly brackets} versus :colons/semi-colons; in PHP
Current and former colleagues of mine, will attest to my intense hatred of poorly written code and by poorly written code I mean code that is hard to follow.
A simple PHP HTML/CSS templating system (REDUX)
It is beyond silly to repeatedly copy and paste the same HTML into the top and bottom of every HTML file that you create. That’s why god invented include() but, the humble header/footer HTML include file needs to be extended slightly – that is, unless you want all your pages to have the same title/meta description/CSS files etc.
Newsflash: Manchester web developer beats Google Checkout API to death in frenzied attack
Two weeks ago, I wrote about wasting my time trying to integrate Google Checkout into our top secret web app. You may be glad to hear that my time is no longer being wasted and I seem to have finally solved my Google Checkout conundrum as of this week.
Caching PHP objects: how to do it in 4 easy steps
This week, my work for our top secret web app, has mainly revolved around caching. This is work I really enjoy. I can sense the user experience of future customers improving each time I create a useful cache of information that speeds up a page’s load time.
A day wasted, knee-deep in Google Checkout’s PHP API
Yesterday, I wasted an entire day trying to integrate Google Checkout into an exciting new web app for my employer, Soapy Co.
WordPress 2.5 review
WordPress 2.5 is coming very soon. ‘So what.’ I hear you cry, ‘WordPress release new versions every other day!’. Well 2.5 is different, it’s actually good.
