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Javascript Particle Engine & Effects Tutorial 21 Jun 2012 | 07:16 am
A random particle generator built with pure javascript & CSS. Gives you the ability to change the size, velocity and frame rate of the particles. Demo HTML CSS Javascript
Simple jQuery Carousel Slider Tutorial 7 Apr 2012 | 10:59 am
This is a simple jQuery carousel slider that I use quite often in my projects, it's the most basic version and a great starting point if you want to learn how to use animation with jQuery. With this ...
Enable Write Permissions for the Native Built-In Apache in Mac OS X Lion 24 Feb 2012 | 01:22 pm
When using the native built in version of Apache in Lion OS X you won't have write permissions unless you change the User and Group settings in apache's httpd.conf file. Here are some quick instructio...
How to write PHP with CSS Syntax 3 Aug 2011 | 10:29 am
I've recently designed a template system, and wanted to make it as easy as possible for the designers to enter values into PHP functions. So I wrote a little function to allow a CSS style string to be...
Add a MySQL User, Simple & Reliable 1 Aug 2011 | 03:03 pm
I've found the easiest most reliable way to add a MySQL user with all priviledges is with a simple query. MySQL All you need to do is replace 'db_username', 'db_name', and 'password' with your relev...
Search Engine Friendly (SEF) Urls for Virtuemart 15 Jun 2011 | 01:37 am
I've come up with a very simple FREE solution to give your VirtueMart Joomla! 1.5 sites SEF URLs. This is the an example of the format you will achieve: http://yoursite.com/store-alias/category-name/...
Test PHP Execution Time with the Microtime Function 9 May 2011 | 10:22 pm
I only recently came across the microtime() function. It's very useful for debugging slow loading server side issues. PHP Output php execution time in microseconds: 0.19492197036743 Take it Furth....
Flexible Random String Generator with PHP 6 Apr 2011 | 08:35 pm
This is a short and relatively simple tutorial with some useful php functions to generate unique random alphanumeric codes. These can be useful for generating url codes, like the ones featured in bit...
Yootheme Zoo - Accessing Element Data with Joomla Code 23 Mar 2011 | 10:05 pm
If you're looking to write some custom code with yootheme's zoo then you'll probably be wondering how to access all the data in those dynamic fields you created through their lovely admin user interfa...
Dynamic PHP Copyright Date Code 24 Feb 2011 | 09:14 pm
Pretty simple but pretty handy too! Here's a short tutorial to generate the current year in your footer's copyright declaration. It also detects if the the site has been running for less than a year t...
