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Luke Stevens on Data Driven Design
Explore Article SitePoint (Sep 16 2009)
Luke Stevens is a web designer who believes firmly that testing is the future of web design. Matt quizzed him on data driven design, A/B testing, and Google Web Optimizer.
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Interview with Ben Galbraith
Explore Article SitePoint (Sep 15 2009)
Ben Galbraith, of Mozilla Labs, is speaking at Web Directions South '09 on The State of Browser Tools. I had the opportunity to interview him about his Web Directions session, the Bespin project, and browser tools in general.
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Share Media on Twitter Using Flex, Part II: Images
Explore Article SitePoint (Sep 10 2009)
In his previous article, Andrew created a simple Twitter application using Adobe Flex. In this article he enhances that Flex application by adding the ability to upload photographs to the popular Flickr image hosting service, and then use bit.ly to integrate a shortened link to the photo in a tweet.
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Give Great Service: 5 Essential Tips
Explore Article SitePoint (Sep 3 2009)
Great client service goes way beyond that practiced smile, its a far more holistic approach to just about everything you do. In this article Miles outlines 5 ways you can provide great service and attract loyal clients.
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Unreal Unconferences
Explore Article SitePoint (Sep 1 2009)
Lets say you need an event where you can meet everyone, but still expect to see a fair few new faces; see more than two talks, but still want to have a say in what those talks are. Youre after active participation and interaction, where everyone feels encouraged to join in. What you need is an unconference. In this article Ben Balbo, organizer of BarCampMelbourne, shows how you can make your unconference unreal. (Read Full Article)
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Five Stars! Add a Rating Widget to your ColdFusion App
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 26 2009)
Your readers want to have their say! In this article Kai shows you how to add a rating widget to your ColdFusion 9 app using a custom tag and some Ajax magic courtesy of the Adobe Spry JavaScript library. (Read Full Article)
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Git: Your New Best Friend
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 25 2009)
Git represents the current state of the art in version control tools, but it's surprisingly easy to use. In this article Alec Clews introduces Git and demonstrates why it's your new best friend. (Read Full Article)
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Introducing the SitePoint Personas
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 19 2009)
We recently decided to develop some personas to represent the core readership of sitepoint.com, and this is what we came up with. How well do you think we've captured the SitePoint readership?
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Build Your Own Data-backed Personas
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 19 2009)
When Matt created the SitePoint Personas, he combined two different methodologies, and it worked surprisingly well. Here, he describes the process he followed, and explains how you might do the same when designing your own web sites.
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Share Media on Twitter Using Flex, Part 1: The Basics
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 18 2009)
In this first part of a three-part series, Andrew shows us how we can write a Twitter app in Flex and PHP.
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Nifty Navigation Tricks Using CSS
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 12 2009)
Unless you limit yourself to one-page web sites, youll need to design navigation. In fact, navigation is among the most important parts of any web design. In this collection of ready-made solutions Rachel steps us through styling horizontal and vertical menus, tabs, buttons, lists, and links with CSS -- and making sure they're as accessible as possible!
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Get Shorty: Trim the Fat with ColdFusion
Explore Article SitePoint (Aug 5 2009)
Tired of the same old URL shorteners like TinyURL, tr.im or bit.ly? Ever wished you could run your very own URL shortener? In ColdFusion, its probably easier than you think.
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Flash Catalyst: Mockup to Masterpiece, Part II
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 28 2009)
In the first part of this series, Andrew showed us how easy it is to mock up an application interface in Adobe Illustrator and Flash Catalyst. In part II, we'll add the rest of the code.
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Flash Catalyst: Mockup to Masterpiece, Part I
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 22 2009)
Flash Catalyst is an amazing new tool from Adobe that reinvents the process of building Rich Internet Applications. In this tutorial, the first of two parts, Andrew demonstrates building a nifty music library app using Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder, and, well, very little code at all.
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Cameron Adams on Designing Google Wave
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 20 2009)
When Google Wave was announced in May, it showed the potential to reinvent the way we communicate online. SitePoint caught up with Cameron Adams, who designed the user interface for Wave, to talk about the process he followed and the challenges he faced.
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What's New in ColdFusion 9?
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 15 2009)
The ColdFusion 9 beta is finally here, and theres plenty to get excited about. In this article Kai reveals what you can expect from the next generation of Adobe ColdFusion. If youre up to a challenge, test your knowledge of whats new in ColdFusion with our quiz!
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How To Store Adobe AIR Application Preferences Using JavaScript
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 14 2009)
Adobe AIR has a comprehensive JavaScript API, including methods for reading and writing to the file system. In this article Andrew will show you how easy it is to make your AIR application remember your users' preferences.
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How To Handle File Uploads With PHP
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 10 2009)
A common challenge faced by PHP programmers is how to accept files uploaded by visitors to your site. In this bonus excerpt from Chapter 12 of the recently published SitePoint book: Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL (4th Edition), youll learn how to accept file uploads from your web site visitors securely and store them.
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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using Php & MySQL, Part 4: Publishing MySQL Data on the Web
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 9 2009)
In this chapter youll bring together PHP and MySQL, which youll have seen separately in the previous chapters, to create some of your first database driven web pages. Youll explore the basic techniques of using PHP to retrieve information from a database and display it on the Web in real time. Ill also show you how to use PHP to create web-based forms for adding new entries to, and modifying existing information in, a MySQL database on the fly.
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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site using Php & MySQL, Part 3: Introducing PHP
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 8 2009)
Here's where the fun really starts. In this chapter, we'll introduce you to the PHP scripting language, which can be used to easily build dynamic web pages that present up-to-the-moment information to your visitors. Readers with previous programming experience will probably be able to get away with a quick skim of this chapter, as we explain the essentials of the language from the ground up. This is a must-read chapter for beginners, however, as the rest of this series relies heavily on the basic concepts presented here.
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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using Php & MySQL, Part 2: Introducing MySQL
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 7 2009)
Although we're sure you'll be anxious to get started building dynamic web pages, this chapter begins with an introduction to databases in general, and the MySQL relational database management system in particular. If you've never worked with a relational database before, this should definitely be an enlightening chapter that will whet your appetite for things to come! In the process, we'll build up a simple database to be used in later chapters.
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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using Php & MySQL - Fourth Edition
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 2 2009)
This classic, hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles and techniques needed to build a fully functional database-driven Website using PHP and MySQL has been revised for its fourth edition. It remains essential reading for the budding developer.
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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site using Php & MySQL - Part 1: Installation
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 2 2009)
Before you can start building your database-driven Web presence, you must first ensure that you have the right tools for the job. In this first chapter, Kev will tell you where to obtain the two essential components you'll need: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database management system. He'll also step you through the set-up procedures on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and show you how to test that PHP is operational on your Web server. You'll even get to write your first PHP-driven web page.
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Yes, You Can Use HTML 5 Today!
Explore Article SitePoint (Jul 1 2009)
Is HTML 5 really too far away to worry about? Bruce Lawson doesn't think so -- you can start using HTML 5's new structural elements right away.
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