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 | Hi everyone! I'm Bliss (otherwise known in the 'real world' as Rachel) and I'm a part time local government officer and part time web designer/developer. I'm 36 and live in Derbyshire in the UK. I spend most of my time glued to the screen, but tend to spend a lot … |
| | Where should I start for web developing? I want to start a business in web developing. Which language should I learn? I have heard about SQL, PHP,CSS etc but really don't know where to start. I would be so grateful to you guide me to take the first step. |
 | Over the next few weeks (or days - depending on how much time i have) I'll help with the very basics of SQL (and PHP). These are the points I'll be covering (all from scratch of course) Local Server setting up [LIST] [*]php [*]mysql [*]apache [/LIST] Database Basics [LIST] [*]Simple …  |
| | [url]http://www.fredmyerscough.co.uk/myfiles/showborder.jpg[/url] im using some jquery stuff to make myself a new website, but when you press the image (used for the menu) a dashed border apears around it. im not sure what element this is called, since its not affected by border: none; in css. any help or advice on …  |
 | ok i have been working on this for 2 days now here is what im trying to do. I have urls that look like this [url]www.mysite.com/folder/folder/folder/file.php[/url] What I would like the url to look like the url to look like is [url]www.mysite.com/file.php[/url] I know this can be done with .htacces … |
| | I was advised not to use any properties inside <tr> tags because it can create problems in some browsers. Is that really so? |
| | In the following I need/want to alter the field called "TopicBody" to align with the table that appears above it. No matter whether I tried div or span positioning but I cannot get it working correctly. Please tell me why. [code] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> …  |
 | This form was found on the net and was change to fit my needs. I hope it fits yours as well....... I. Interdictory The Website Planning Worksheet is to be used in conjunction with the Website Design Contract and Website Content Worksheet. This questionnaire is designed to enhance communications between … |
 | This is just odd, for too many reasons. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8177285.stm"]A file sharer has been fined $675,000 for downloading illegal music[/URL]. He is a student. People have offered him money because they think it's an unreasonable amount to pay. He has turned them down. Why do I think this is odd? Well, … |
 | The bad guys of the IT business are always looking for the most effective ways to infect the innocent Internet user, and increasingly that means turning to commonly used web browser plug-ins such as Flash or PDF readers. A couple of years ago we were [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1537.html"]reporting critical vulnerabilities[/URL] for all … |
| | Following yesterday's interesting events - in which the story to which I referred changed three times and was then taken down within two hours of my linking to it - here's something a little lighter for the weekend. A family is auctioning its talents and above all its availability to … |
 | Jaspersoft CEO Brian Gentile made an [URL="http://openbookonbi.blogspot.com/"]interesting observation on his blog[/URL] last week about what enterprise information systems need to do in order to appeal to younger workers. He says that because the up-and-coming workforce is so completely comfortable with technology, their expectations will be higher than past generations and … |
 | [URL="http://www.webinknow"]David Meerman Scott[/URL] (who is also a fellow contributing editor at [URL="http://www.econtentmag.com"]EContent Magazine[/URL]) is an expert in social networking and using the internet as a marketing tool and speaks frequently on the subject. His best selling book, [URL="http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/books.htm"]The New Rules of Marketing and PR[/URL] was published in 2007 and was … |
| | Now that could be cool, or maybe not: a whole new look to the MacOS desktop could be on the cards after Apple puts in a patent application for a 'Multi-Dimensional Desktop.' The patent application, [URL="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20080307360&OS=20080307360&RS=20080307360"]20080307360[/URL], describes how the planned graphical user interface will have "a back surface disposed from … |
| | MySpace; the well known Social Network has created MySpace 2.0. MySpace lets users to have their own profiles. On these profiles Users have their friends listed, comments from friends, and you can design your own layout. [B]MySpace 2.0 won’t let you hide from the world![/B] MySpace 2.0 layouts no longer … |
| | I've been doing some work on social networking recently. Specifically my column in the UK's Sunday Telegraph newspaper has found a number of companies that have used the idea very much to their advantage - Christopher Ward Watches, for example, gets its customers to talk about what would go into … |
| | Zephyr today launched version 2.0 of its namesake software test management tool, which is now available as a SaaS in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. Zephyr gives development teams a Flash-based system for communication, collaboration, resource, document and project management, test-case creation automation and archiving, defect tracking and reporting. The system … |
| | How did I feel getting a sneak peek at the G1? I only had a few minutes to test the G1, I got to slide it open and see the desktop; the desktops background was very asthetically pleasing. The only similarities between the iPhone and the Google phone is that … |
| | How did I get to test drive the G1 Google Phone before it’s release date? all I can say is I asked to see it and my wish was granted. The phones release date is October 22nd,2008. how did I feel getting to Test drive the G1? I only had … |
| | It seems Apple may be on the brink of yet another iPhone redesign. Not, this time, because of any fault or because of any user demand but because the European Union (that's my continent, folks) is considering a directive that would force phones to have an easily removable battery. This, … |
| | Up until now Flash has been an amazing program but had limited support when it came to indexing a site that was primarily Flash based; I am happy to say those days are behind us! Google announced on their [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-learns-to-crawl-flash.html"]official blog[/URL] that they have released their first Flash crawler which … |
| | one of my more experienced friends has informed me that i was correct in distrusting vista for a number of reasons. including functionality, security, and compatibility to downward products. xprofessional, sp3 is the latest stable(somewhat) product they have come out with. later jfl |
| | Have you ever wished that your friends at home could see what your doing when your on the go and away from a computer? Adobe must have wanted the same exact thing because they are making it possible this September. Adobe PhotoShop Express will be a new mobile phone application … |
| | In the late 1990s an innovative company called Enroute Imaging came out with QuickStitch, a program that could analyze a series of digital photos and "stitch" them together into a single image. It cleverly figured out where the image data repeated and combined the photos seamlessly. It was really cool … |
| | Toshiba is taking another crack at high-definition DVD, sort of. Half a year after it [URL=http://www.hddvdfreak.com/2008/02/hd-dvd-is-dead.html]ceased combat major operations[/URL] in the format wars with Philips, Sony and the Blu-ray format, Toshiba has taken the wraps off [URL=http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/dvd/]XDE[/URL], a new up-conversion format that it claims can wring more resolution from pictures … |
| | AUGUST 7, 2008--There was much to celebrate at the [URL=http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/]LinuxWorld Conference and Expo[/URL] this week in San Francisco's Moscone Center, particularly if you're a developer building applications on or for the platform. Remember when gOS debuted as the operating system inside Wal-Mart's US$199 PC? The company yesterday introduced [URL=http://www.thinkgos.com/new/]gOS 3 … |
| | When you make changes to your site design, it’s not always easy to figure out how the changes affect traffic and visitor behavior. That’s where the [URL="https://www.google.com/analytics/siteopt/new_expt?account=5119167"]Google Website Optimizer[/URL] tool comes into play. You can experiment with two or more designs and see which one works best to achieve your … |
| | Google Labs always releases new experimental programs for people to test one of these is Google Labs Web Design. I like the fact that people who only want a simple, but nice Webpage can go to google Lab free Web design but if you read the disclaimers that experiment can … |
| | Itunes has a hidden clause which Happygeek revealed in one of his latest blogs that Itunes can not be used for mass destruction and that he did not see why itunes put that disclaimer in the EULA. I know it sounds stupid an IPOD of mass destruction but with the … |
| | I laugh inside when Microsoft loses ground, even in the slightest way. It’s particularly sweet when Redmond loses to a company like Novell, which owned the LAN market it pioneered through the 1990s, only to have it ripped from its grasp by the totally inferior Windows NT. This week Novell’s … |
| | I went to the demonstrations of the latest satellite navigation system from TomTom, and guess what - there's very little new to speak of in any of the devices. Yes, some of them have a wider screen than before and indeed I agree the new mounts for the dashboard are …  |
| | Watch out Java; Adobe wants a bigger bite of your mobile-device market share pie. The company yesterday said it will drop its licensing fee for including its Flash Player on handhelds and unveiled alliances with some of world’s largest telecom carriers, content providers and chip and handset makers. It’s all … |
| | I am not an easily shockable person. Anyone who knows me, anyone who has seen me, will understand this. Indeed, other than the usual trio of sexual or racial abuse and mindless violence it takes a lot to drop my jaw in shame and despair while browsing the web. However, … |
| | Many years ago, during a press visit to Microsoft HQ in Seattle, I was given relative freedom to wander around the Redmond campus. Of course, there were some areas that were strictly out of bounds. Areas like the one which was entered via the 'Cryogenics Lab' door for example. At … |
| | Just checking out some of the stock prices of the big online retailers after Black Monday – the biggest online shopping day of the year. eBay was up 3.45% in Monday trading while Amazon was up 3.0% -- both prices indicative of the bullish sentiment investors are showing on online … |
 | As a programmer who until [B]very[/B] quite recently chose C#.NET as his main language, WPF was thrust upon me like an anvil in your favorite 90s cartoon. There was no avoiding it... And for that, I'm glad -- mostly. The Windows Presentation Foundation is a UI subsystem of the Microsoft … |
| | [URL="http://www.tincantools.com"]Tin Can Tools[/URL] has announced a new fully functional embedded Linux platform in the shape of a 40-pin DIP package. The Hammer board, based upon the Samsung S3C2410 ARM920T processor, is designed from the ground up to be very modular and easy to interface. Tin Can Tools suggests it is … |
| | The University of Miami in the US has got together with the University of Dundee in Scotland to work with IBM on a project to develop open source software designed specifically to address the needs of older people, and help them to adapt to and remain productive in the 21st … |
| | Every now and then [URL="http://www.theregister.co.uk"]The Register[/URL] publishes a really funny news piece, and the one entitled 'Confused BBC tech chief' is a perfect example. According to the report, in an interview with UK based web design magazine [URL="http://www.netmag.co.uk/"].net[/URL], the Director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC, one Ashley … |
| | We've been talking about "upside" in the technology stock sector all week. Hand held devices and memory cards were the sectors at the top of that list, and should stay that way. Another side to the upside discussion is who, exactly, will be buying these products? After all, a lot … |
| | 90% of the game on Wall Street is picking stocks that will rise before they actually do. It's not easy. If everyone could do that, then everyone would be doing that. But stock-picking is not easy. It's akin to shooting an arrow at a moving target that you can't even … |
| | Hello, I would like to introduce to you a tag, which is unique to FireFox, called <canvas/>. It has amazing graphics, from another world, all with just a few lines of JS. For more information by Mozilla: [URL]http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/HTML:Canvas[/URL] For a complitation of Canvas's capabilities (by me :P): [URL]http://www.mattdsworld.com/shaffer/canvas/basic.html[/URL] Thanks, Shaffer. |
| | Okay, you have to admit, I called that one. In our last blog, I pointed out that a tight money supply could prevent companies, especially smaller ones, from getting money to grow their businesses, make new hires, do more research -- that sort of thing. I said that if companies … |
| | A British company claims to have developed software which can spot pedophiles online and catch them in the act of ‘grooming’ children in chat rooms and IM sessions. Just as handwriting and voice analysis is used by law enforcement agencies the world over in order to accurately determine age, so … |
| | [FONT="]Unless you happen to have been one of the people who authorized payment of around $800,000 for the design, or were on the receiving end of it, then the chances are you will agree with the momentum of public opinion that the [URL="http://www.london2012.com/index.html"]London 2012 Olympics branding[/URL] sucks. In fact, it …  |
| | Since recent years, we've come to appreciate the speed and usability of Flash drives. The fact that sudden motion makes no difference to its accessibility makes Flash drives an intriguing prospect for laptop manufacturers. Especially Dell, which is going to offer a configuration option with its Latitude D420 that will …  |
| | Adobe [URL="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200704/041607CS3Shipping.html"]has started shipping[/URL] their newest version on the industry standard Creative Suite this week. The most popular of that family, Photoshop, has gotten an overhaul and some welcome additions, including an improved UI and tools for which many designers have been yearning. The biggest improvement is in pure performance. …  |
| | Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and Youtube, Flash video has become a common means … |
| | In an effort to bring Firefox users closer together, Mozilla has released a conceptual design dubbed "Coop" that would give Firefox the ability to share "photos, news stories, links" with other users, reports [URL="http://www.computerworld.com"]Computerworld[/URL]. Mozilla of course, says that this is purely conceptual, and that this is as far as … |
| | Hi all, Flash is one of the most important and widely used Web Utility Software . It can be Used to create Animations as well as we may write programs so that we may give different functionality to different contents. It is also Space Compatible , we may have Videos … |
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