Tutorials

PNG Overlay Tutorial

Jan 18, 2007Comments

Over on SonSpring there is a great tutorial for doing a PNG Overlay. This works great especially if you do the design and then another webmaster goes in later to update say the header image. With this overlay technique you don’t have to worry about the look of the site remaining consistent. [...]

Image Manipulation Tutorial Using PHP

Jan 17, 2007Comments

For those wanting to learn how to do some image manipulation with PHP, I’ve came across a great tutorial.
There are examples provided for the results you can get. The tutorial gives you functions that will do the following:

Create a thumbnail image
Resize the image
Reduce the file size
Rotate the image by degrees

Prototype 1.5.0 Cheat Sheet

Jan 11, 2007Comments

Jonathan Snook is at it again creating a new Prototype 1.5.0 Cheat Sheet. He’s gone through and detailed the methods and properties of each of the modules within the Prototype JavaScript library.
With the final release of 1.5.0 coming this is a great time for this new cheat sheet.

First, I’ve included possible parameters. I’ve used [...]

Securing PHP Contact Forms

Jan 9, 2007Comments

Pixel Acres has a great writeup on securing PHP contact forms. Using header injection is a huge concern for developers and site owners as it allows spammers to abuse your web forms to send out their nasty SPAM.
The writeup covers the whole process to give you a great understanding of how it works and [...]

Ajax Tabs Content Tutorial

Jan 8, 2007Comments

Dynamic Drive has a great tutorial to help you learn how to create a tabbed section on your website that uses Ajax to update the content.

The tutorial and script will show you how to:

Fetch and display an external page (from the same domain) inside a container when a tab is clicked on.
Add a “default” content [...]

How to Parse XML Using PHP

Jan 6, 2007Comments

Jen Fletcher has posted a very helpful tutorial that will teach you How to Parse XML Using PHP.
Although this isn’t the only way to parse XML with PHP, this is a good example. What I like about this example is that she shows you how to create a form and code that works with [...]