Nick from Web Designer Wall has done it again. He’s just written a great tutorial on how to decorate your images and photo galleries without editing the source images. There are some great effects in there and I will definitely be using them. Thanks again Nick.
Quite a simple thing to do with javascript is show and hide elements in the DOM. Again I will use the prototype javascript library in this tutorial because it makes accessing the DOM so much easier, but many other libraries will have the same basic functionality as prototype. We will then use AJAX to save the changes to the database. Read the rest of this entry »
After being hacked yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to write a tutorial on how to make a secure login page in php. Read the rest of this entry »
I thought it was about time I started contributing properly to the community so I have decided to start writing some proper tutorials. In this tutorial I will be using the prototype javascript library to create a simple AJAX form. Prototype is by no means the only way to create a form like this and there are many javascript libraries out there that will do the same thing, such as JQuery. Read the rest of this entry »
NETTUTS published a great tutorial the other day on how to make a navigation effect inspired by the Mootools homepage. Well worth a read.
I found a great article today from CSS Globe showing 4 uber cool CSS techniques for links:
Even I was surprised what can be done with pure CSS. Well worth a read.
Here is a great tutorial from PSDTuts. If, like me, you’ve ever wondered how to easily touch up your images in photoshop this is a great place to start.
Yet again Nick at Web Designer Wall has written a great tutorial about Typographic Contrast and Flow. Well worth a look. Thanks again Nick.
Deziner Folio have written a great tutorial for developing a Wordpress theme. Its great if your thinking about making your own theme and is probably a very good place to start working with Wordpress. Don’t be put off if it seems like a lot to take in. It is. But the reward and satisfaction of making a great Wordpress theme is amazing. Thanks again Deziner Folio.
I came accross a nice, small and informative site today about CSS Positioning from Barelyfitz.com. If you don’t understand the CSS position rule (ie. absolute, relative, float etc) this is a very useful rescource as it goes through, in simple terms, what all the positions do. Very useful.
