Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
With dozens of free FTP programs available for download you’d have to wonder why someone would want to use their web browser to do the job but it can be done. In this article I look at how you can use Internet Explorer to transfer files if you can’t spare the two minutes needed to download and install a better program for the job.
FTP with Internet Explorer
Tags: ftp, internet explorer, web browser
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
A drop down list is the easiest way to provide links to a lot of different pages in a small space on your web page. In this article I not only show you how to set up a drop down list and how to link the selection to the other pages using JavaScript but I also cover the additional code needed client side to use with a server side script to get it to work when JavaScript is disabled.
Linking to Other Pages via a Drop Down Selection Box
Tags: navigation, select list
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Even though PHP 6 is still a long way from being released there are already books appearing (such as this one) that cover what that version is intended to include. In this book you get information on using PHP 5 (and 6) with mySQL 5 to create applications that will be very usable on current web hosting.
“PHP 6 and MYSQL 5″
Tags: mySQL, PHP, review, web hosting
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Internet Protocol uses what are called “port” numbers to identify different types of communications on the web. Programs ‘listen’ on particular ports to identify the traffic that is intended for them. This article provides a brief introduction to what port numbers are all about and identifies the ports used by some of the most commonly used server programs on the internet.
Internet Port Numbers
Tags: internet, Internet Protocol, networking, ports
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
One of the biggest dropdown lists that you are ever likely to want to install into your web page is one to allow your visitors to select the country that they are from. To save you the trouble of setting up your own select with over 200 options I set up this JavaScript generator that will display the list for you.
Country Selection Drop Down Box
Tags: country selection, dropdown, html, javascript
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
This book is a recent release by “New Riders”. Unlike most other books on search engine optimisation, this book is aimed primarily at web developers rather than internet marketers. Read my review to find out more of what I think of this book.
“Building Findable Websites”
Tags: findable, internet marketers, review, Search Engine, search engine optimisation, seo, web developers
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Word documents use a proprietary format. That means that without your spending an extensive amount of time to reverse engineer their file format, any edits that you do have at least the potential to corrupt the document.
Enter the proprietary format that Microsoft based on HTML which they designed for transferring files between their programs. This format has the advantage that it is entirely plain text making the proprietary tags much easier to identify when you want to edit the file outside Word and it can be imported back into Word restoring the original file perfectly except for your changes.
Editing Word Files Outside of Word
Tags: edit, html, microsoft, word
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
I am making every effort to upload at lest two or three new products to the Member’s Area each month. Some of these are products that I have acquired the necessary rights to be able to make available from there and which I consider to be good enough to make them worth getting. My preference though whenever I can find sufficient time is to upload my own products.
This week I have been fortunate enough to find the time to create another web page template (which I call blocky green for the sake of something to call it since it has a blocky green appearance).
Tags: member, templates, web page template
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