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TILT
TILT: Table Injection for Layout Technique Using DOM to “inject” tables into a table-less layout. All the benefits of a table based layout, without the myriad drawbacks! Brilliant.
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Secure PHP
A nice little resource on well written, secure PHP by on ILoveJackDaniels.com. Writing Secure PHP
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Ajax
Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications. Somehow I missed this back in the blur that was February. But this is the way it is currently being done, folks. It is the way of the future. Get on board now. (dang… time to become an XML, XSLT expert…)
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“Deluxe” CSS Dropdown Menus
Deluxe CSS Dropdown Menus. As much as I dislike dropdown menus, this looks like it could prove useful sometime. All CSS, list tags, and a bit of javascript to get IE to behave.
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Nifty Corners
A neat little CSS/DOM trick to round the corners of a div (or other styled block element). More Nifty Corners
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PHP and MySQL install on a Mac
Andy Budd wrote up a handy little guide to installing PHP5 and MySQL on a Mac for a nice testing environment. Thanks Andy.
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Clear Type
This isn’t exactly news but I thought I’d link this here for your benefit. How to activate cleartype on Windows XP It will make everything look prettier. I don’t know why default isn’t “on”. If you haven’t done this, do it now.
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Free PHP RSS Aggregation Script
Free PHP RSS Agregation Script from FeedForAll. A nice little gadget that will come in handy at some point.
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RSS Copyright can of worms
Scobel has compiled a nice list of arguments about RSS copyright issues.
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Web design as architechture
Another gem from my hero D. Keith Robinson of asterisk Web design like building a house (a serious metaphor) A beautiful analogy: Looking at this metaphor in relation to professional Web design now we seem to be building quite a few functional log cabins, and a whole bunch of pretty dollhouses that no-one can live […]
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PHP Newbie Mistakes
I definitely found this article useful. I’m a PHP hack. I’ve been coding with it for a few years, I make it work well, but I’ve never been that technically excellent with it. PHPitfalls: Five Beginner Mistakes to Avoid from Digital Web.
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Giving and Recieving Criticism
UIWeb had an interesting article about giving and receiving criticism. This looks to be useful in many areas besides Web design as well. Synopsis: Assumptions bad critics make There is one universal and objective measure of how good and bad anything is. That the critic is in sole possession of the skill in making these […]