Smooth scrolling is becoming more common. The result is not due to flashy, fancy design. The result is due to the fact nobody likes being lost.
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The 7 Fundamental Pillars of Web Design
It is important to go with the flow. You do not want to build a site that is so different from your client’s competition’s sites that their end users feel uncomfortable when they go to the site. That will, in effect, be more likely to be detrimental and could potentially drive business to their customers. The look and feel of a site should be unique, and yet have familiar elements that will engender a sense of comfort to its end users.
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jQuery .load() function, now with less hack!
Every now an then you have to get creative. Because every now an then, your applications grow beyond their original scope. If you ever need to load multiple html files via jQuery’s .load() function, and you need to run some scripts after the final file has loaded, this is how you do it.
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Cleaning House with PHP (Removing Files from the Server that are NOT Referenced by the Database)
Every now and then the requirement for an application to upload files to the server comes into play. Over time, due to any number of reasons, the directory to which files are uploaded to by said application may tend to fill up with orphan files; that is, files that are associate to and accessed by absolutely nothing. Figuring out which files are orphans and which files can be daunting at first. The fear of the repercussions from removing a file that is not an orphan is nearly paralyzing, especially if said repercussions are legal and could potentially cost an organization both sleep and revenue.
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Remember when…
Do you remember when the
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Reading XLS & XLXS into a PHP Array
Wouldn’t it be grand if you could read data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into an array? Wouldn’t it also be grand if you could write data from an array into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet? Well folks, life is grand!
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Full Stack Developer Extraordinaire
What is a ‘Full Stack Developer? In a general sense, a Full Stack Developer refers to a web developer who can manage and or execute all aspects of building a web site from inception to completion. Id Est, a Full Stack Developer has knowledge of and experience with every layer in the software development life cycle.
