Page Compression with PHP
A question that is often asked by new PHP programmers is: “How do we compress the (HTML) page output?” First of all, why would anyone want to compress their webpages? There are really two reasons why...
View ArticleRedirects with PHP
Today, I thought I would knock out a relatively light subject before tackling heavier stuff in the upcoming weeks and months. That topic is implementing header redirects with PHP. Header redirects are...
View ArticleWordPress 2.6.5 Released
As many of you know, WordPress is by far my favorite blogging platform (and the one that I use for this blog). Three days ago, WordPress 2.6.5 was released, and according to the post on WordPress.org,...
View ArticleBlog / Email Down
Rule #1 of having a freelance programming business (well, maybe not #1, but fairly high up there): “Ensure that the domain registration on your blog/email host doesn’t expire.” I had this domain set to...
View ArticleFree Icon Sets
As my readers are probably aware, I am definitely a programmer first, and a graphic designer second (or perhaps third or fourth). However, in working on clients websites, I often find myself needing to...
View ArticleProtecting Privacy
A couple minutes ago, I discovered a privacy flaw on a major website. I signed up to the Presidential Inaugural Committee opt-in form, which then redirected me to another page where they were asking...
View ArticleWordPress 3.0
WordPress 3.0 is here! I have used WordPress for 5+ years, back when it was just a small, minor blogging platform. Back then, it was a solid, reliable platform, but now, it has grown to be one of the...
View ArticleSpintax PHP Class
I recently needed to use a “spintax” PHP class for one of my projects. Rather than writing one from scratch, I looked up existing classes and found that Ronald Richardson had already written one that...
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