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Alternate Even and Odd Table Row Classes using jQuery

August 29th, 2010

With the CSS3 pseudo element classes being right around the corner, namely :even and :odd, the ability for us web designers to color even and odd rows will soon be as easy as adding this to our CSS documents: tr:even td { background-color: #ffffff; } tr:odd td { background-color: #fafafa; } But, until browsers support [...]

Experts Exchange Hide Ads

May 17th, 2010

Ever get annoyed with Experts Exchange and that giant block of links before they give you the solution to the problem you’ve Google’d oh so hard for? Here is a GreaseMonkey script I’ve developed to alleviate such a problem.

Introducing SofaDB, a pure PHP CouchDB Alternative

May 1st, 2010

An introduction to our SofaDB project, which is a pure PHP alternative to Apache’s CouchDB project. Useful for storing non-relational data. Currently the project is in alpha stages.

Dynamic Form Actions using Different Buttons

April 25th, 2010

A method for dynamically changing form action depending on which submit button is clicked using JavaScript. Does not require knowledge of the forms name.

Read GET URL variables using JavaScript

March 4th, 2010

Function which will either build an associative array of the GET URL variables on the current page, or return the value of a specified GET variable in JavaScript.

Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) Study Guide Links

March 2nd, 2010

The listing of items from ZCE for the exam, with relevant links compiled by Renowned Media.

PHP cURL Replacement

February 26th, 2010

If you are a PHP developer who writes a lot of software which needs to be executed in many different shared hosts, it can often be frustrating when certain hosts don’t offer all of the functionality your applications require, specificially the cURL libraries. I’ve seen these missing on several hosts, either for security reasons or [...]

Flash not loading data from external domains

February 25th, 2010

Are you having issues loading files from external domains to be used on a separate domain? Adobe changed the way flash works about two versions ago and introduced stricter security settings, specifically the use of crossdomain.xml files. Unlike AJAX XHR requests which allow no cross domain communications, flash allows the use of this security file which blacklists and whitelists external domains.

Chinese Characters not displaying in Internet Explorer 8

February 24th, 2010

How to get foreign characters, including Japanese, Chinese, and other high unicode characters, to display properly in Internet Explorer 8.

Enabling file_get_contents() and fopen() With Remote URL’s on MediaTemple

February 9th, 2010


How to enable access to remote files on MediaTemple using the functions file_get_contents() and fopen().

PHP cURL cookies not saving on Windows

January 17th, 2010

Why cURL doesn’t work well with relative paths that PHP works fine with, and a workaround for the issue.

Web Spidering

November 26th, 2009


Spidering, in its simplest form is the act of transferring data from one database to another. Spidering requires the use of Regular Expressions, the cURL library (if POST data or cookies are used), and the cron libraries (if we need to download information with a schedule).

Free VST Plugins for FL Studio

November 20th, 2009


Here is a bunch of links to free VST plugins (instruments and effects) for expanding your FL Studio environment (or any other DAW application for that matter).

FL Studio Piano Roll Tutorial

November 19th, 2009


This tutorial covers the FL Studio piano roll, and explains every facet of the interface.

FL Studio Comprehensive Mixer Interface Overview

November 18th, 2009


This tutorial will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the mixer interface for FL Studio. We describe every single knob/option on the interface.

Polymorphism, Abstract Classes, and Interfaces in PHP

November 17th, 2009


This article will explain the advanced topics of PHP classes, including polymorphism, abstract classes, and interfaces.

FL Studio Automations

November 17th, 2009


An explanation of Automation Clips in FL Studio, how to create and modify them and assign them to different properties in FL Studio.

FL Studio Interface Overview

November 16th, 2009


This is an overview of the FL Studio application interface. This describes every window used in FL Studio.

Introduction to CSS: Selectors and Relationships Explained

November 15th, 2009


This article will provide an introduction to CSS, which also requires an explanation of HTML (even if you know HTML you may want to read through it as it explains the relationship model). This article won’t explain every single CSS attribute, but will explain everything you need to know to fully comprehend the language.

Preloading CSS Hover Images

November 14th, 2009


This is a method for pre-loading your images used in CSS. Normally, when you hover over a link, the browser has to download the hover image, which will cause the background color to “flash” for a second and ruin the user experience. This article explains how to fix that problem using javascript.