Building an Iterator with PHPWant to clean up you code and save hardware usage? Well it is possible thanks to Dejan's iterator technique. Read how it is done.PHP arrays are generally a very powerful object container. But, we can easily add a little more fuel to them. Imagine an iterator object as a kind of wrapper around our arrays. What we will try to accomplish is to build a unique interface for traversing arrays and to add a little more ...

Keepin' Up With The NewsWhether you run a simple, static website or a dynamic database driven portal, the key to keeping your visitors coming back is in the constant updating of information. In this article Mitchell shows you how to utilize a dyanamic news source for your site.Think about your top three favourite sites... what do you like most about them? Chances are that they change regularly and always have new content to keep you interested. The way to keep ...

Cascading Style Sheets: The How and the WhyCascading Style Sheets have been around for a while now, and act as a complement to plain old HTML files. If you're new to HTML, then take a couple of minutes to learn a thing of two... you'll be surprised what you can do with style sheets!Style sheets allow a developer to separate HTML code from formatting rules and styles. It seems like many HTML beginners' under-estimate the power and flexibility of the ...

XHTML ExplainedI'm sure you've heard people mumbling about XHTML and how it combines HTML and XML to create the "next generation" of HTML. I too had heard the mumbling, but actually had no idea what XHTML was... up until about 2 months ago. In this article, Mitchell gives us a quick run down of what XHTML is, some of its benefits, how it can be used, and what it looks like. He wraps up the article with a couple of ...

Creating an IE-Only Database Driven Menu System With PHP, MySQL and DHTMLWeb pages are very flexible, and are used in more places than just the Internet. In this article, Annette will teach us how to create a PHP/DHTML driven menu system that uses MySQL to store its menu headings and items.Today, web pages are very flexible, and are used in more places than just the Internet. Many corporations use web pages to create an easily updateable intranet without the hassle ...

Virtual Interview: Hakon Wium LieAs many of you will know, Opera is ranked as the third most popular web browser in the world. In this virtual interview Tim talks with Hakon Wium Lie, Chief Technical Officer for Opera. In this article Hakon talks about the Opera browser, where it stands in relation to W3C standards, the Opera development team and more.Before we jump into the interview however, take a look at Hakon's bio as displayed at Opera.com. It's truly amazing:"Wium ...

10 Design Tips To Live ByIn this article Mitchell talk about the top ten design tips that any web designer should live by. He talks about usability, colors, linking, cascading style sheets, image optimization, testimonials and more.In this article I'm going to talk about the top ten design tips that I live by. I've spent the last couple of weeks formulating this list and if you run a web site or are a professional web developer, then you really should ...

Virtual Interview: Joe BurnsJoe Burns is the founder of HTMLGoodies.com, a web design professor, and just an overall great guy. In this article Joe talks to Steve about HTMLGoodies, his first experiences as a designer, tips for those looking to break into the web design arena, his views into the crystal ball and more.If you spent the best part of the late 90's on the Internet trying to learn HTML, then you'll have no doubt visited HTMLGoodies.com many times.Even to ...

Internet Explorer 6 Hacks And Holes ExposedApparently Microsoft were in a little bit of a rush to get Internet Explorer 6 out the door, and forgot to take that extra bit of time to debug and test it for security cracks and holes. In this article Mitchell talks about the latest security holes found in IE6. He shows you how to test your system for vulnerabilities and also provides links to the relevant patches and more information on the holes.In ...

Building a WYSIWYG HTML Editor Part 1/2Whether you're creating your own personal web site, a site for a medium sized business, or a site for a company intranet, the content management system (CMS) is one of the most important aspects of the overall design. In this article Mitchell shows us how to build an awesome browser based HTML editor using only HTML and JavaScript. This article is a must read!If you're designing a web site that will constantly have new ...