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PHP - typos not welcome

After a few days away from PHP I’m back to reading PHP for Absolute Beginners I’m on page 85 right now. I’m going slow because I’m actually typing ...read on

Search Box - auto disappear/reappear text

I was doing a couple of minor adjustments to my blog Repatriate Me! and found a very easy way to have a search box have text that will disappear on ...read on

Breadcrumbs in ExpressionEngine

I’m working on a site and for the first time am setting up breadcrumbs with ExpressionEngine. Since I’m not using the structure module which as I ...read on

Galleria - Slideshow

I’m working on a client site which has a gallery with a slideshow. I looked at a number of different jQuery plugins to run this and finally settled ...read on

Field Frame Matrix - thinking out loud

I just sat down to work out the site architecture, in detail, on a site I’m about to start developing. This site has a photo gallery and I am ...read on

E-texteditor vs Notepad++

I’ve been using notepad++ as my text-editor of choice for several years now and have been relatively satisfied with it. It does everything I want, ...read on

ExpressionEngine FAQ Code

I’m working on a site for a client which is divided into two distinct sections—each with their own appearance. Both sites however need a FAQ with ...read on

Texter Pack for ExpressionEngine

Yesterday I watched a screencast on text expanders by Jeffrey Way and my brain immediately went into overdrive. I just loved the possibilities. It’s ...read on

My approach to learning web dev

Since I am completely self taught in everything I do with web development and the little design I do, I thought it would be good for me to share how ...read on

Wordpress Shortingcomings

I agree that wordpress is dead easy for the end user, however I do not think that it is particularly intuitive or easy for the developer.

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Tabs vs Blocks

I’ve been working on a client site and am happy with the progress, and more importantly the client is very happy. The original front page design had ...read on

jquery show/hide

I’m trying to do something with jquery but it just isn’t working. I’ve got a list of entry titles that want to be hidden until the user clicks on ...read on

Smoother than expected

I’ve been working on my latests client site, a language school. Things are going much smoother than expected. The client purchased a template and ...read on

Smokin’ Busy

Since the weekend I got smokin’ busy. From friday to Sunday I wrote a massive post comparing online slideshow services for my teaching blog. I also ...read on

EE category parameter

I discovered what had caused my categories navigation to go awray. Adding the category=“not 244” to the weblog:entries tag is the culprit. This is ...read on

Superfish solved

I solved my recent problems with superfish menus. It seems that because I had built my menu prior to adding the superfish js and css files there ...read on

:focus

I was busy most of the day getting ready for a big busy period in my day job and cleaning the house, but I did find some time work on my teaching ...read on

Nested lists

I learned something today while coding my teaching portfolio site. I was working on the resume page which has several nested lists and it wasn’t ...read on

No comp - no code

I haven’t got a comp back from my graphic designer after having sent the latest feedback a few days ago. Without the comp, the client isn’t going to ...read on