29 Apr, 2008
Harvey Kane is a true webmaster. He has managed to do things that most of us want to do but simply don’t have the skills, time or man power to accomplish. He is a SEO consultant and runs the site Rage Pank where he discuss common (and not so) SEO problems.He has also developed his own open source CMS call Jojo CMS.
Why did you decide to learn to code?
Everything about my career in IT started with computer games. Back in the dark ages before internet, getting computers to work properly was quite tricky. A lot of my spare time was spent fixing mum’s computer before she noticed something was broken. I was tinkering with code from the age of about 8 or 9 I guess - writing simple programs in basic, and a (lame) attempt at a text-based adventure game, as was cool at the time. A friend of mine knew how to get coloured text appearing in basic, so there was a source of inspiration to keep me going.
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22 Apr, 2008
With tons of coding languages out there, it can be a rough road finding and choosing one! Well, I’m your guide for this marvelously marvelous journey! Have you ever even heard of PHP? If not, I fear you are sincerely missing out. PHP is a must know for you web developers; It’s what makes websites do what they do (Even showing this to you)! So hop on board and I will show you the seven wonders of PHP.
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29 Mar, 2008
In this tutorial I will explain:
- The main concepts behind web design
- Techniques to draw and keep visitors
- Important Elements of web design
- Possible elements to increase traffic to your site
What is web design?
So I recently read an article by Jeffrey Zeldman which talked about how web design should have a purpose, it should:
Facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity (Zeldman ).
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22 Mar, 2008
In this tutorial I will:
•Explain five rules to make that switch to XHTML.
W3C has noted a few differences from HTML 4.0 and XHTML. All of these changes were made to make websites around the globe to meet standards. There are five main changes…
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22 Mar, 2008
In This Tutorial I Will:
•Explain XHTML’s special rule, Doctype.
XHTML has multiple new standards, but one of the most important is the use of a Doctype. Doctype stands for Document Type, and must be placed before the <html> tag; Doctype must be the very first bit of code on a website.
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22 Mar, 2008
In this tutorial I will explain:
•PHP Form processing…
•How to save and display someones name.
I assume you know:
•PHP Variables and Basic Functions…
•XHTML Forms.
Forms are the the first step to jazz up your website with PHP; They are a very simple way to include user-interactivity. To start, look at an XHTML Form [The part the user sees]:
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