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PHPMaster: Creating a Mobile Photo Blog, Part 1

Thumbnail It seems like everyone these days is texting away on their mobile phone or updating their social network status every 5 minutes. It’s no surprise that the convenience of being able to access the Internet from anywhere at any time has made sharing messages and pictures so popular. I can’t imagine going anywhere without my cell phone on the off chance that something interesting might happen and I can document it as if I were the first news reporter on the scene. This is the first article in a two-part series in which I will show you how to create a photo blog as part of your personal website which you can update from your phone simply by sending an email. Continue reading

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PHPMaster: PHP is Moving to Git (Eventually)

Thumbnail Just over two years since its move from the antiquated CVS to Subversion (SVN), PHP is once again on the move : this time, to Git . Well, eventually. The migration from CVS to SVN was a huge one and took many months. Continue reading

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How to Add Featured Image Thumbnails to Your WordPress Theme

547-wordpress-thumbnailsCraig’s latest WordPress tutorial describes how to add featured image thumbnails of any size to your theme files. Continue reading

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How to Make WordPress Easier for Clients By Removing Unnecessary Menu Options

In Craig’s latest WordPress tutorial he explains how to write a custom plugin which removes items from the main administration menu. Continue reading

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RubySource: Confessions of a Converted PHP Developer: Animal Abuse

Thumbnail Sometimes the functionality of a library or set of classes that you’re working with is 99% perfect for the job, but the last 1% requires modification of some of the core assumptions made in the code. Altering code can cause maintenance frustrations down the track and extending code can cause maintenance frustration right away, but Ruby provides us with a flexible way to modify code with less damage. In converting to Ruby I realized how strict PHP is in its class hierarchy. Continue reading

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HOW TO: Choose a PHP Framework for Your Next Project

There’s no doubt that web frameworks have exploded in popularity over the past few years, and while it’s likely that a large part of… Continue reading

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Security Flaw Found in Tumblr, Company Says It’s Now Fixed

It started with a tweet Saturday morning, sounding an alarm of a security breach in the popular microblogging platform Tumblr. “OMG… The… Continue reading

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The Top 8 Web Development Highlights of 2010




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