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How do I enlarge my image without losing quality?

lherrou07/15/2009, 12:00 AM

by Todd L'Herrou As you might guess, this is a common problem, and a common type of question. Unfortunately, small images or highly compressed images (including JPG format images in particular) provide very little to work with when trying to enla

Topic: Images & Photo SoftwareTags: enlarge image jpeg jpg gif quality photoshop irfanview resize

Views: 29978Comments: 22

jQuery AJAX-Enabled Forms in Modal Dialog

anoyes12/13/2009, 12:00 AM

It's a problem I'm sure many of you have faced in developing web applications.  You've got a form to add a new something - perhaps a customer or an item in a to-do list.  When the user clicks that link to add a new item, a new page loads, they fill

Topic: JqueryTags: jquery, ui, dialog

Views: 26803Comments: 20

Convert string to number / Convert number to string in JavaScript

DanRollins09/25/2009, 12:00 AM

This EE article provides JavaScript examples of conversion from string to integer, string to floating-point, and number to string.  We'll also look at some related topics, including how to format numeric output with two decimal places, and one way t

Topic: JavaScriptTags: javascript, JScript, convert to string, convert to integer, convert to floating point, format currency, toFixed, parseInt, toString

Views: 16670Comments: 3

Flash - Collision Detection using ActionScript 3.0

Crackpack05/09/2009, 12:00 AM

This is intended to introduce all collision detection principles in flash, their strengths, weaknesses and workarounds. The main method for Collision Detection in flash is using hitTestObject. But unless you'll be pushing rectangular shapes without

Topic: Adobe FlashTags: Flash, ActionScript, hitTest, collision, detection

Views: 16623Comments: 7

How To Resolve "An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist" on an IIS 5 server

Tray89606/21/2009, 12:00 AM

Here are the symptoms: You start receiving calls from users that one of your legacy web apps isn't coming up, so you log into your IIS 5 server to check it out.  When you pull up the services, you notice that the WWW Publishing service isn't runn

Topic: Microsoft IIS Web ServerTags: IIS

Views: 15765Comments: 2

AjaxControlToolkit’ TabContainer control’ Javascript functions.

sand198002/25/2010, 12:00 AM

In this blog we will start with a common requirement for the tab container control i.e. setting focus to a tab using javascript and later at the end of this blog we will also see some important javascript functions available with ASP.NET AJAX Tab Co

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET AJAX, TabConainer, ASP.NET

Views: 14411Comments: 0

Getting Flex Builder for Linux working with Eclipse 3.5 Galileo

danyul_c07/08/2009, 12:00 AM

First things first - Preparation We need all the part for this install and it's much nicer to have them all on hand when you need them so here's what's required. Download Eclipse 3.5 32 bit (I like the Classic flavour) from here. Download Fle

Topic: Adobe FlexTags: Flex Builder, Linux, Ubuntu, Eclipse, Jaunty

Views: 13403Comments: 1

ASP.NET : Mobile Device Detection and Redirection

amimpat01/19/2010, 12:00 AM

This article explains approaches for ASP.NET mobile development to determine if an HTTP request is coming from a mobile phone and then redirecting the request to a page optimized for a mobile browser. Examples in below article are in c#.net Me

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET, Device Detection, Browser Detection, ASP.NET Mobile, Mobile Web

Views: 11867Comments: 34

Use AJAX ModalPopupExtender in GridView or other data controls

prairiedog04/08/2009, 12:00 AM

AJAX ModalPopupExtender has a required property "TargetControlID" which may seem to be very confusing to new users. It means the server control that will be extended by the ModalPopup, for instance, if when you click a button, a ModalPopup displays,

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET, AJAX ModalPopupExtender

Views: 11657Comments: 2

How to make your own Joomla template

V4nP3rs1301/07/2010, 12:00 AM

Here is a tutorial for making your own Joomla templates. Note before reading, you should have some existing knowledge of web development using HTML and CSS. Design your template in a graphics program like Adobe PhotoShop or Corel Draw for examp

Topic: JoomlaTags: joomla, joomla 1.5, template, html, css

Views: 10303Comments: 8

Spring Jersey Integration

rajkumar_pb04/21/2010, 12:00 AM

Hi,      I've been learning Spring and Jersey for the past few months and to say in simple, i am pretty much impressed with these frameworks. Many developers feel it awkward to implement a RESTful Web Services with such a popular Web Application Fr

Topic: Web FrameworksTags: Spring 3, Jersey

Views: 9933Comments: 2

Checking for valid IP addresses using JavaScript Regular Expressions

HonorGod06/28/2009, 12:00 AM

There are times when an Internet Protocol (IP) address needs to be verified/validated.  What are examples of valid IP addresses? 127.0.0.1 1.2.3.4 192.168.1.100 The pattern is that we have 4 integer values (from 0 to 255) separated by period

Topic: JavaScriptTags: JavaScript, RegExp, Regular Expression, IP Address

Views: 9747Comments: 11

Hide/Show Validator Callout Control Using Javascript

sand198004/06/2010, 12:00 AM

In this article we will see how to show and hide a ASP.NET AJAX’ (AJAXControlToolkit) ValidatorCalloutExtender control using Javascript.  Below is an .aspx page with a validator callout control. <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeF

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET AJAX, ValidatorCalloutExtender, ASP.NET

Views: 9706Comments: 16

ERROR: "Acrobat Failed to connect to a DDE server"

bhwithun01/07/2011, 12:00 AM

 Can Be Caused By Disabled Services I have encountered a problem viewing PDF files using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  For the longest time, PDFs might launch or might not.  Sometimes they took about 15 minutes to appear after launching them. After som

Topic: Adobe AcrobatTags: adobe acrobat, acrobat, DDE, error

Views: 9028Comments: 2

PHP - Prevent SQL Injection

abolinhas05/26/2009, 12:00 AM

SQL injection vulnerabilities have been described as one of the most serious threats for Web applications. Web applications that are vulnerable to SQL injection may allow an attacker to gain complete access to their underlying databases. Because

Topic: PHP and DatabasesTags: php, mysql

Views: 8963Comments: 14

PHP Client Registration, Login, Logout and Easy Access Control

Ray_Paseur02/03/2010, 12:00 AM

Introduction A frequent design pattern question for new PHP developers goes something like this, "How do I handle client registration and login?"  It's done in every framework and CMS, and all of them use a similar pattern.  This article builds the

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: login, client validation, session, cookie, password

Views: 8762Comments: 47

Mouse Wheel Programming in JavaScript

DanRollins01/16/2010, 12:00 AM

In this article I'll describe cross-browser techniques for using the mouse wheel (or "scroll wheel") in your JavaScript programming for HTML pages.  I'll show example Javascript for option selection and image zooming. The mouse wheel is generally

Topic: JavaScriptTags: mousewheel, scroll wheel, DOMMouseScroll, onmousewheel, pentominos, wheelDelta, Dan Rollins

Views: 8316Comments: 9

Working with Modal Popup extender control.

sand198008/08/2010, 12:00 AM

This article discusses the ASP.NET AJAX ModalPopupExtender control. In this article we will show how to use the ModalPopupExtender control, how to display/show/call the ASP.NET AJAX ModalPopupExtender control from javascript, how to show/display/cal

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Modal Popup Extender

Views: 8168Comments: 24

Adding Split MySQL database read/write capibilities to Drupal 5

mwecomputers11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

Drupal 5.x currently does not have a production-ready patch bundle to allow for split read & writes for a MySQL master/slave replication setup. After reading a open discussion/thread on the Drupal site (http://drupal.org/node/147160) and a doing a b

Topic: Web-Based CMSTags: drupal, mysql, replication

Views: 8033Comments: 1

Trimming strings in Javascript

quincydude11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

User input plays a big role on webpages. It acts as an interface between users and the server. Handling user inputs is important as we need to ensure what data can be sent to the server and we cannot expect what the user will send. One of the most c

Topic: JavaScriptTags: Trimming, trim, strings, Javascript

Views: 7992Comments: 7

Client side input validation with Javascript

quincydude11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

Html Form is the main way for users to interact with server side. It can bring a lot of functionalities to web sites such as searching, data storing and different kinds of calculations. However, page involving user inputs also implies users can do s

Topic: JavaScriptTags: Client side, validation, Javascript, form

Views: 7769Comments: 2

Setting up IIS7.5 in Windows 7 to run Classic ASP Web Sites

carrzkiss09/21/2010, 12:00 AM

Hello, all! I just recently started using Microsoft's IIS 7.5 within Windows 7, as I just downloaded and installed the 90 day trial of Windows 7. (Got to love Microsoft for allowing 90 days) The main reason for downloading and testing Windows 7 is t

Topic: Active Server Pages (ASP)Tags: IIS, Windows 7, Classic ASP, IIS7.5, Windows 7 Classic ASP, IIS7 Classic ASP

Views: 7768Comments: 19

HTA - Hypertext Application tutorial

DanRollins06/27/2009, 12:00 AM

Use HTAs for rapid testing, early development, and in-house deployment. This article describes how to create an HTA (Hypertext Application).  To illustrate a common scenario, we will open an ADO recordset and display some of it in an HTML table -

Topic: Miscellaneous Web DevelopmentTags: HTA, ActiveXObject, ADO, WScript, WshShell, MSHTA, SQL, script, JavaScript

Views: 7658Comments: 9

Handling Date and Time in PHP and MySQL

Ray_Paseur11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

The DATETIME Tower of Babel Human beings can read dates and times in a variety of ways.  We readily understand such things as September 5th, 2010, and we know that it comes before November 11th, 2010,and after May 9th, 2010.  We have shorthand conv

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: PHP, MySQL, date, time, mktime, strtotime

Views: 7386Comments: 49

20 Tips to Optimize your ActionScript

moagrius12/15/2009, 12:00 AM

Introduction This article is primarily concerned with ActionScript 3 and generally specific to AVM2.  Most suggestions would apply to ActionScript 2 as well, and I've noted those tips that differ between AS2 and AS3. With the advent of ActionS

Topic: ActionScriptTags: AS, ActionScript, AS3, Optimization, Performance

Views: 7033Comments: 18

Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in PHP

gr8gonzo03/08/2010, 12:00 AM

This article is intended to cover some of the more advanced topics of object-oriented programming (OOP) in PHP, and is intended to follow up on my previous article covering the basics of OOP in PHP. Specifically, this article will teach you all abou

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: object-oriented programming, OOP, PHP, get, set, accessors, mutators, interface, extending, classes

Views: 6937Comments: 10

Scrollable fixed size table cell with CSS

quincydude11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

Table is a very common element used in web design. It can bring neat and tidy designs to web pages. As dynamic web pages(php, jsp, etc) are now very popular for web building, a lot of web designs involves filling up dynamic content into table cells

Topic: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Tags: Scrollable, fixed size, table cell, CSS, html

Views: 6823Comments: 1

Advanced DOS batch pitfalls

Qlemo05/21/2009, 12:00 AM

The following is a collection of cases for strange behaviour when using advanced techniques in DOS batch files. You should have some basic experience in batch "programming", as I'm assuming some knowledge and not further explain the basics. For some

Topic: Windows Batch ScriptingTags: DOS, batch, inconsistency, file redirection, delayed expansion

Views: 6386Comments: 20

Registration and Email Confirmation in PHP

Ray_Paseur10/17/2010, 12:00 AM

One of the frequent application design questions goes something like this: "How can I confirm when a client registers on my web site?" The registration might be for general use of a self-administered site like a forum, or for attendance at a spec

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: PHP, MySQL, Registration, Confirmation, Activation, Email, Hnadshake

Views: 6241Comments: 2

Simple ASP.NET download page

PaulHews03/11/2010, 12:00 AM

Download the code and data for this sample application. There are times when you need to track downloads of a particular resource from your server.  While IIS maintains logs of each HTTP request, it would be painful to use them to track downloads

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET 2.0, track downloads

Views: 5649Comments: 10

5 Tips For Getting a Job Interview at an SEO Company

Duncan_H02/25/2010, 12:00 AM

I recently wrote a post over at Fresh Egg about getting into digital media, but more specifically getting into SEO.  I thought it would be useful to elaborate on that post a little and write about what it takes to actually land an interview with an

Topic: Internet Search Engine OptimizationTags: SEO, Search Engine Optimisation, Digital Marketing, Job Interview, Job Application

Views: 5593Comments: 14

6 Wordpress SEO Plugins You Need

dhwake02/12/2010, 12:00 AM

WordPress has made it easy to create scalable sites based on their powerful CMS, but as great as WordPress is, there are some SEO issues that haven’t been addressed out of the box.  Fortunately these problems can be solved with a few plugins.  The f

Topic: WordPressTags: wordpress, seo, plugins

Views: 5339Comments: 19

Hex Maze Part 2

DanRollins09/24/2011, 12:00 AM

In Part 1 we covered the hexagonal maze basics -- how the cells are represented in a JavaScript array and how the maze is displayed.  In this part, we'll add logic to find the solution to the maze using a depth-first search, and we'll animate the ac

Topic: JavaScriptTags: JavaScript, hexagonal maze, maze solution algorithm, HTML, depth-first searching, Dan Rollins

Views: 5222Comments: 7

Submitting a multidimensional array from a form to PHP via POST

mltsy02/12/2010, 12:00 AM

After much searching on the subject myself, I've found that many people have wondered whether it's possible to submit a multidimensional array from an HTML form to a PHP script.  And for some reason, all the articles answering this query are convo

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: nested array, multidimensional array, PHP, form, POST array

Views: 5216Comments: 1

URL Routing with reverse rewriting with Framework 3.5 sp1

zadeveloper01/30/2010, 12:00 AM

Introduction This article will explain how to use URL Routing dot Net Framework 3.5 sp1 (and I guessing eventually framework 4) and C# ASP .NET. URL Routing is the ability to format your url strings into friendly names and using the data pass

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP C# URL Rewriting URL routing

Views: 5213Comments: 1

Using the Google Maps API in PHP

Ray_Paseur06/30/2010, 12:00 AM

You can use the Google Maps API to easily draw "static" maps.  This lets you present location-aware information to your web and mobile clients.  Static Maps have a great advantage - they are rendered as a standard image.  There is no Javascript or C

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: GIS, GPS, Geocode, Map, Location, Mobile, Proximity, PHP

Views: 4998Comments: 10

HTTP Request Status Fails Drupal 6.13 Solution

ejobity07/23/2009, 12:00 AM

Note: This applies to Drupal 6.13 One day after installation of Drupal 6.13 i got this error: HTTP request status Fails Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. Th

Topic: DrupalTags: Drupal

Views: 4994Comments: 1

Redirecting from non-www to www domains in Apache

ShaneJones11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

In my time as an SEO for the last 2 years and in the questions I have assisted with on here I have always seen the need to redirect from non-www urls to their www versions. For instance redirecting http://domain.com to http://www.domain.com

Topic: Apache Web ServerTags: Apache, non-www, www, non-www to www

Views: 4974Comments: 3

What to do when Blogger kills FTP access in March 2010

BMilneSLO02/06/2010, 12:00 AM

This how-to not only gives you some answers on what to do when Blogger.com discontinues FTP support, but offers up some solutions for bloggers on a Blogspot subdomain looking to move to their own domain.   According to an email I received the othe

Topic: BlogsTags: Blogger, blogs, FTP, WordPress, Blogspot

Views: 4972Comments: 4

Memory Limit in PHP

logudotcom11/24/2008, 12:00 AM

Some times, we may experience memory related issues like Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 567745 bytes exhausted or even out of memory. These errors occur because of limiting the memory to utilize more from the web server. It is a common issue

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: memory_limit, php memory issues, clear memory php, Allowed memory size

Views: 4748Comments: 3

Disable text selection and right click in html / asp.net pages

ajaysharmaapjs02/10/2010, 12:00 AM

This article explains how to make it harder to copy a html page's content (text/images). It is almost impossible to totally prevent displayed content from being copied, after all, someone can simply start typing if they are really determined. But we

Topic: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)Tags: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, ASP.Net

Views: 4713Comments: 13

2D Arrays in JavaScript

DanRollins07/25/2010, 12:00 AM

This article shows how to create and access 2-dimensional arrays in JavaScript.  It includes a tutorial in case you are just trying to "get your head wrapped around" the concept and we'll also look at some useful tips for more advanced programmers.

Topic: JavaScriptTags: 2-dimensional arrays, tutorial, populating an array, square brackets in JavaScript, new Array(), Dan Rollins

Views: 4644Comments: 10

How to Get Backlinks

dhwake11/12/2009, 12:00 AM

Backlinks, links pointing to a site, are a critical part of an SEO campaign as they directly effect a large portion of search engines' ranking algorithms. Links are what help search engines determine the amount of authority and trust rank that they

Topic: Internet Search Engine OptimizationTags: Backlinks, Link Building, SEO

Views: 4578Comments: 24

A Tactical Guide to Onsite SEO Best Practices

dhwake06/17/2009, 12:00 AM

 Search Engine Optimization It is important to understand that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a process, it is not a project.  Search Engines are dynamic; their ranking algorithms are frequently changed, and other sites are being updated wi

Topic: Internet Search Engine OptimizationTags: SEO, Search Engine Optimization

Views: 4571Comments: 38

jQuery 1.4 live() and submit event

julianmatz05/10/2010, 12:00 AM

by Julian Matz As of jQuery 1.4 the .live() method supports custom events as well as some standard JavaScript events that it previously didn't support. Among these is the submit event. Unlike other event listeners, the .live() method also work

Topic: JqueryTags: jquery, live, submit, ajax

Views: 4566Comments: 13

Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web

tinaalice04/11/2010, 12:00 AM

Now that Expression Web 4.0 is free if you buy or have the full version of Expression Web 3.0, now is the best time to  migrate from FrontPage to Expression Web. Perhaps you have an older version of Expression Web or are still thinking about it.

Topic: Expression WebTags: frontpage, expression web, migrating

Views: 4542Comments: 8

File Upload In silverlight using Web service (.asmx)

MeetuChoudhary09/13/2009, 12:00 AM

In My Article File Handling in Silverlight I have discussed that we can use file upload using the Isolated storage of Silverlight. We also have another way using the classic (.asmx) Web services or WCF. Here I am discussing about the classic .as

Topic: WPF and SilverlightTags: Silverlight, asmx, web service

Views: 4421Comments: 5

Fonts, Web Design, and the Holy Grail

lherrou09/20/2009, 12:00 AM

by Todd L'Herrou At some time or another, most web designers struggle over the issue of how to display a specific font on a website. In general, for website text to display in a specific font face in a client browser, the client computer MUST ha

Topic: Miscellaneous Web DevelopmentTags: fonts, web design, embedding, sIFR

Views: 4372Comments: 18

URL Aliasing, Redirection, Rewriting and Reverse Proxying using Apache HTTPD

arober1110/31/2010, 12:00 AM

Over the last year I have answered a couple of basic URL rewriting questions several times so I thought I might as well have a stab at: explaining the basics, providing a few useful links and consolidating some of the most common queries into a sing

Topic: Apache Web ServerTags: Apache, mod_rewrite, rewrite, redirect, reverse proxy, proxy, mod_alias, ErrorDocument

Views: 4346Comments: 5

Publishing you websites using ANT scripts

Roonaan05/15/2009, 12:00 AM

Are you into PHP development and curious how you can make your life easier when publishing your website? Do you sometimes worry you might forget to remove debug lines? Or you spend unnecessary time to double check you haven't accidentally uploaded '

Topic: Miscellaneous Web DevelopmentTags: php, ant, yui, deployment, css, javascript

Views: 4335Comments: 10

A Beginners Guide to Social Media Marketing

seiko_0802/03/2010, 12:00 AM

      For those seeking a guide on how to implement Social Media Marketing (SMM) I would like to save you some time and direct you to an article I wrote called, “Social Media Best Practices – Twitter & Facebook”. For those seeking a guide on what is SMM

Topic: Internet MarketingTags: SEO, Social Media, SMM, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, Facebook

Views: 4297Comments: 8

'Command Prompt Here' on Explorer Context Menu

DanRollins06/26/2009, 12:00 AM

Programmers and system administrators often find it necessary to get to a command prompt (a "DOS box") in a certain directory.  This article describes how to set up a context menu for Windows Explorer to do that.   When finished with these simple st

Topic: DOS and WindowsTags: Command prompt, DOS box, Explorer, Cmd, context menu, batch file

Views: 4269Comments: 12

[Video] Create Dynamic Images with PHP and GD

gr8gonzo11/03/2009, 12:00 AM

Creating your own images on-the-fly isn't hard at all, especially with the help of PHP and GD. GD is a graphics library (http://www.boutell.com/gd/) , and PHP has an extension that gives easy access to the major GD functions, giving you the abil

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: php, gd, video, truetype

Views: 4265Comments: 16

Windows Mobile Emulator and Internet Connectivity

pgnatyuk10/01/2009, 12:00 AM

This article shows how to setup the internet connectivity on Windows Mobile Emulator.   I assume that you already have Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Mobile SDK's and the emulator installed. The emulator is available with Visual Studi

Topic: Windows MobileProgrammingTags: Windows Mobile Emulator, Internet

Views: 4263Comments: 22

KAFKA: A Simple CAPTCHA Implementation

Badotz12/19/2009, 12:00 AM

After investigating several CAPTCHA solutions, I found none of them to my liking. Some were web services, susceptible to downtime; others were too costly, or required image manipulation or PHP on the server (I'm a staunch JavaScript fan - I use it o

Topic: JavaScriptTags: CAPTCHA, JavaScript, simple, KAFKA

Views: 4180Comments: 59

What is near me? Proximity calculations using PHP and MySQL

Ray_Paseur12/21/2010, 12:00 AM

Introduction Many companies offer products or services that cannot be delivered over the internet (think Starbucks or a hospital emergency room).  It is important for these companies to be able to tell clients how to find their retail outlets.  Oft

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: Geolocation, geocode, latitude, longitude, distance, Haversine

Views: 3981Comments: 13

Import and Export datas from JSON string to Oracle with Java Stored Procedure

leakim97103/22/2010, 12:00 AM

Hello EE members, I'm proud to propose to you this article which will demonstrate to you how to import and export data between an Oracle Database and a basic JSON string. As you read, please keep in mind this is not regarding the storing of th

Topic: JSONTags: JSON Oracle database import export Java Stored Procedure

Views: 3925Comments: 37

Collections of Records in JavaScript

DanRollins08/08/2010, 12:00 AM

When you need to keep track of a simple list of numbers or strings, the Array object is your most direct tool.  As we saw in my earlier EE Article, typical array handling might look like this: var aNames= ; // create an array alert( aNames ); //

Topic: JavaScriptTags: associative array, map, object properties, records and fields, array, constructors in JavaScript, Dan Rollins

Views: 3919Comments: 9

Ajax way of Session TimeOut / Extension

MuraliKanth11/10/2009, 12:00 AM

Hello World !, Thanks : My Sincere thanks to @Michael Male who encouraged me to write an article on this in my  blog. Introduction:       There are several technical issues a developer may face in his everyday routine. Many of it would

Topic: Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX)Tags: Ajax, Session Timeout, Session extension

Views: 3857Comments: 11

PHP: FOR vs WHILE

cr4ck3rj4ck11/21/2008, 12:00 AM

<step="1" title="PHP: FOR vs WHILE?">The age old debate of FOR vs WHILE has raged on for years and has had numerous people arguing for both types of loop. Programmers striving to make their code as efficient and fast as possible have been trying to

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: php, for, while, loop

Views: 3843Comments: 8

Social Media Best Practices - Twitter & Facebook

seiko_0801/29/2010, 12:00 AM

      The current buzz around the marketing world is “Social Media Marketing” or “SMM”. Many companies are having great success while others are still struggling to either get momentum going or still vying with executives for permission to pursue this un

Topic: Internet MarketingTags: SEO, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, SMM, Twitter, Facebook

Views: 3824Comments: 23

How to Cluster IIS 6 Web Servers

Tray89612/28/2009, 12:00 AM

First of all, clustering IIS is something you should rarely consider doing. In almost all cases, Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) is a much better solution when you need to provide high availability for your web applications.  There are sit

Topic: Microsoft IIS Web ServerTags: IIS, Clustering

Views: 3823Comments: 6

Software Uninstallation using WMIC command line

xxdcmast11/10/2010, 12:00 AM

Recently I have been answering a lot of questions like this in IT forums that I frequent. The question posed is usually something along the lines of "We have software X installed and need to uninstall it for reason Y" or some other variant of the sa

Topic: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)Tags: WMI, WMIC, MSIEXEC, Software Uninstall

Views: 3780Comments: 5

Cartoon a Picture Using Illustrator and Photoshop

jeremyjared7411/25/2010, 12:00 AM

Turn A Profile Picture Into A Cartoon Using Photoshop And Illustrator This tutorial will teach you how to make a cartoon style image out of a regular picture. I have tried to keep the tutorial as simple as possible. I used Adobe CS4 for this tuto

Topic: Adobe Creative SuiteTags: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Design Tutorials, Image Effects

Views: 3752Comments: 12

Using FAXCOMEXLib to send a fax in .Net 2005, version 2.0, with a Windows XP computer

MrJesse3403/17/2010, 12:00 AM

I finally figured out a combination of things that allow the Microsoft Fax Service COM Type Library to work in ASP.NET.  I just kept trying different things, and finally got it.  If you're having this problem, try the following: Be sure you have

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: FAXCOMEXLib, faxing, .net, com interop

Views: 3730Comments: 17

How to Insert Code Snippet on Blogger

hongjun11/22/2008, 12:00 AM

I have always wanted to share on "How to Insert Code Snippet On Blogger". I thought it would be good if I can share this "How-To" with all of you guys out there. If you were to do a Google search with the right keyword, you should be able to find

Topic: BlogsTags: Blogging

Views: 3720Comments: 2

Auto-suggestion textbox control for your webpage

patsmitty08/14/2010, 12:00 AM

An auto-suggestion control saves your users some typing.  It's a sort of combo-box that keys on the user input to automatically present a list of matching options.  You've seen the functionaity on the Google main page:  As you type, it displays a dr

Topic: PHP and DatabasesTags: php, html, javascript, mysql, suggestion box, list of values, database

Views: 3687Comments: 9

Creating a custom event listener in AS3

blue-genie02/13/2010, 12:00 AM

I come across a lot of question about how to access things in the document class from a movieclip, or accessing something from a movieclip in the document class. It took me a while to figure this out but once I did it makes life so much easier.

Topic: ActionScriptTags: AS3, actionscript, flash, custom events

Views: 3666Comments: 10

Extending a Membership Provider

sand198004/18/2010, 12:00 AM

Lots of people ask this question on how to extend the “MembershipProvider” to make use of custom authentication like using existing database or make use of some other way of authentication. Many blogs show you how to extend the membership provider c

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET, Membership Provider, Provider model, web service, websevice, MembershipUser, MembershipProvider

Views: 3649Comments: 5

Reading Files Into Your Web Page With JavaScript

rdivilbiss06/26/2010, 12:00 AM

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved." Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the wonderful things about the web is that it makes it so easy to look

Topic: JavaScriptTags: JavaScript File Read, asynchronous page update, XMLHttpRequest, Msxml2.XMLHTTP, read csv file

Views: 3602Comments: 14

Hex Maze

DanRollins09/24/2011, 12:00 AM

This article describes a JavaScript program that creates a maze made of hexagonal cells.  In Part 2, we'll extend the program by adding a depth-first search algorithm that solves the maze.  The Hex Maze program is unusual and visually impressive sin

Topic: JavaScriptTags: JavaScript, HTML, array, honeycomb, recreational programming, Dan Rollins

Views: 3521Comments: 18

The WordPress Projects You Haven’t Heard About: WPMU, BuddyPress, BBPress, BackPress

BMilneSLO01/28/2010, 12:00 AM

Like there are many different versions of Wordpress, there are also a handful of related side projects WordPress users should be familiar with.   All of these projects are open source and GPL licensed, which means there are few restrictions to us

Topic: WordPressTags: WordPress, Blogs, Blogger, CMS, CSS, BuddyPress, BBPress, BackPress

Views: 3480Comments: 10

Affordable Web Design: Adding Video to Your Site

jason117806/25/2009, 12:00 AM

The broadband era has fundamentally changed the way we consume media.  As little as five years ago, video on a web site was reserved for a select few with access to unlimited bandwidth and disk space and no small amount of technical know-how.  Thing

Topic: Miscellaneous Web DevelopmentTags: video, flv, web design, youtube, free software, open source, flash video

Views: 3426Comments: 21

PHP Frameworks Review (Zend, CodeIgniter, Kohana, CakePHP)

atannus07/31/2009, 12:00 AM

After answering a question on this matter, I decided to publish a little article on this subject. Many people find themselves wondering which framework to choose for developing PHP apps. The bottom line is: You don't have to choose - learn them a

Topic: PHP FrameworksTags: Zend, CodeIgniter, Kohana, CakePHP

Views: 3407Comments: 2

SEO FAQs: Microsite or Root Domain, That is the Question

jhoekman08/26/2011, 12:00 AM

Many times, I come across people who own various domains in addition to their primary domain and are simply redirecting them to their primary domain.  These people often consider building a microsite on those domains (a smaller site dedicated only t

Topic: Internet MarketingTags: seo, URL, micro site, domain name, ranking

Views: 3353Comments: 32

Create Your Own Wordpress Theme

jeremyjared7401/30/2011, 12:00 AM

How to create your own WordPress Theme Before I begin with the theme design tutorial, I would like to give you the basics of what is required to make a WordPress Theme. The most basic WordPress theme only requires 2 files: a style.css file and an

Topic: WordPressTags: Wordpress, Blog, Custom Theme, Wordpress Tutorial, CSS

Views: 3336Comments: 38

Custom Cursors in Flash CS4

Carnou03/26/2010, 12:00 AM

There are times in your Flash CS4 application when you want more than a simple pointer or a hand, and it's hard to find an ideal walk-through to tell you what to do.  I spent a few days recently learning my way around making custom cursors in Flash,

Topic: ActionScriptTags: custom cursor cursormanager cs4 as3 flex flash "no class registered for interface"

Views: 3283Comments: 0

Hide/show html elements using CSS and Javascript

quincydude11/20/2008, 12:00 AM

Sometimes, web designers want to do some "fancy" stuff on their pages, for example, toggle and allow the display of certain elements (say a form, or pictures).It not only provides fancy feeling to users, but could also make them feel a clear and sim

Topic: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Tags: Hide, show, html elements, CSS, Javascript

Views: 3266Comments: 10

WordPress 2.9: What to Expect When Upgrading to WordPress 2.9

BMilneSLO12/22/2009, 12:00 AM

The community spoke and the WordPress core development team listened. When the WordPress team convened to discuss upcoming media features for WordPress 2.9 last July, it polled the community to get a feel for what features should be considered a

Topic: WordPressTags: Blogs, WordPress, CMS

Views: 3237Comments: 7

Force ASP.NET web application to use SSL

prairiedog07/09/2009, 12:00 AM

If your ASP.NET application requires SSL, then you should make sure that user uses https: instead of http: to access your application, and your ASP.NET application should have the ability to automatically switch to the secure mode (https) if user co

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags:

Views: 3202Comments: 3

Sorting Arrays and Collections in JavaScript

DanRollins08/18/2010, 12:00 AM

In this article, we'll look how to sort an Array in JavaScript, including the more advanced techniques of sorting a collection of records either ascending or descending on two or more fields. Basic Sorting of Arrays First, let's look at the

Topic: JavaScriptTags: Array.sort, JavaScript object, lexical sort, sorting numbers, sorting dates, Dan Rollins

Views: 3156Comments: 6

Using  Coldfusion  in built AJAX  & JSON  Functions to submit and validate a form

srikanthmadishetti11/27/2009, 12:00 AM

This article  is about submitting  form through  ColdFusion.Ajax.submitForm to the action page and send a response back in JSON format which later can be decoded using ColdFusion.JSON.decode. By this way you can avoid the usual page refresh for subm

Topic: Cold Fusion Markup LanguageTags: Coldfusion

Views: 3108Comments: 1

Adding blog entries, RSS feeds to a Facebook page

BMilneSLO09/30/2009, 12:00 AM

A question that came up at the office today, and regularly comes up on Experts Exchange, is "How do I add blog entries to my Facebook page?" The easiest way I've found to automate this process, without having to use a third-party app or manually

Topic: BlogsTags:

Views: 3089Comments: 7

Making a simple AJAX shopping cart

NurAzije06/14/2010, 12:00 AM

Making a simple AJAX shopping cart Couple years ago I made my first shopping cart, I used iframe and JavaScript, it was very good at that time, there were no sessions or AJAX, I used cookies on clients machine. Today we have more advanced techno

Topic: Scripting LanguagesTags: AJAX, WhizBase, Shopping Cart, Sessions, Scripting Language

Views: 3075Comments: 5

Testing web applications and web services

shalomc11/25/2008, 12:00 AM

Quite often, your web application, web site, AJAX code or web service does not work in the way you expect it to. In these cases, it may be necessary to "look under the hood" of the http protocol and to look at either client requests, server replies

Topic: WebApplicationsTags: wsdl, proxy, http, web service, soap

Views: 3046Comments: 1

The Google Panda Algorithm Update Part 3 – Panda 2.0

freshcontent08/24/2011, 12:00 AM

On April 11th, 2011, Google’s next iteration of the Panda algorithm was rolled out to English language queries in the USA, and the original Panda update was rolled out to all English language queries from around the world.  This update caused  addit

Topic: Internet MarketingTags: Google Panda2.0 SEO SearchEngines

Views: 3008Comments: 3

PowerShell and the EventViewer

mkbean01/14/2010, 12:00 AM

With PowerShell 2.0 being released with Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 there are plenty of fun stuff to do.  Although what I'm about to show you is not specific to PowerShell 2.0 but it a great way to pull info from the Event Viewer. When I'm prese

Topic: PowershellTags: PowerShell Event Viewer

Views: 2978Comments: 0

Magic Quotes (a bad idea from day one)

Ray_Paseur07/21/2011, 12:00 AM

Both Easy and Powerful How easy is PHP? http://lmgtfy.com?q=how+easy+is+php  Very easy.  It has been described as "a programming language even my grandmother can use." How powerful is PHP?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP  Very powerful.  But..

Topic: PHP Scripting LanguageTags: PHP, MySQL, Security, Portability, External Data

Views: 2948Comments: 6

Control Visible Menus with web.sitemap

tiagosalgado04/14/2011, 12:00 AM

A quick way to get a menu to work on our website, is using the Menu control and assign it to a web.sitemap using SiteMapDataSource. Example of web.sitemap file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <siteMap ...

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: asp.net, c#

Views: 2947Comments: 3

Setting default submit button for Enter Key using jQuery

jagadeesh_motamarri10/07/2009, 12:00 AM

To Start with ... One of the most annoying things in developing web pages is handling the 'Enter Key' for form submission. The 'Enter Key' makes form submission so easy that the user always tend to use it. The easiest and the most intuitive way

Topic: JqueryTags: jquery, javascript

Views: 2937Comments: 6

Email any iFrame or Div as an email in your applications using javascript and forms

maestropsm04/06/2011, 12:00 AM

I've been trying to accomplish this for a while and it just struck me yesterday how to accomplish this task. I have done searches all over the internet looking for ways to email pages from my applications and finally I have done it!!! Every single s

Topic: JavaScriptTags: javascript, Email, iFrame, Div. forms

Views: 2907Comments: 9

PowerShell: Where do I start?

DaleHarris01/05/2011, 12:00 AM

This article is intended to be a 2 part Primer to get someone up and running quickly and efficiently in Powershell, but also including small useful tips that you might not find elsewhere.   One of the things I see often is people starting out usi

Topic: PowershellTags: Powershell, Beginners, Scripting, Microsoft

Views: 2905Comments: 13

Reading a Series of Webpages With JavaScript

DanRollins07/18/2010, 12:00 AM

This article shows how to read a single webpage's HTML into a string variable, and it also shows how to automate a sequence so you can read and process a list of webpages.  I was tasked with reading and parsing a series of webpages to collect some s

Topic: JavaScriptTags: XMLHttpRequest, responseText, onreadystatechange, asynchronous, setInterval, HTA, gadget, Dan Rollins

Views: 2841Comments: 7

How to make a  database-driven frontpage slideshow

NurAzije08/09/2010, 12:00 AM

It is becoming increasingly popular to have a front-page slider on a web site. Nearly every TV website,  magazine or online news has one on their site, and even some e-commerce sites have one. Today you can use sliders with Joomla, WordPress or

Topic: Scripting LanguagesTags: HTML, JavaScript, slideshow, slider

Views: 2810Comments: 5

Creating and Consuming Web Service in ColdFusion

srikanthmadishetti06/30/2009, 12:00 AM

A web service is a software related technology that facilitates machine-to-machine interaction over a network. This article helps beginners in creating and consuming a web service using the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) and associated applica

Topic: ColdFusion Application ServerTags: ColdFusion, Web Services, CFC, ColdFusion Component, CFFunction, CFComponent

Views: 2772Comments: 33

Can I have a date?

HonorGod03/02/2009, 12:00 AM

No!  Not that kind of date. :-)  That wasn't meant to be a pick up line. This article is about displaying dates in different formats regardless of the browser being used.  If you let the browser's JavaScript engine format a date object for you, t

Topic: JavaScriptTags: javascript, date object, format date

Views: 2754Comments: 30

Conditional Statements for IE (Internet Explorer)

FDMilwaukee01/07/2010, 12:00 AM

I often run into questions on Experts Exchange asking "Why does my site look different in FireFox than it does in IE"  and "My site looks great in Firefox/Safari, but looks messed up in IE".  I often suggest a quick fix for people, and that is to us

Topic: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)Tags: web browser, Internet Explorer, Firefox, web authoring

Views: 2754Comments: 22

Display confirmation from code behind before continuing a process in ASP.NET (part one)

codingbeaver01/15/2010, 12:00 AM

I noticed that many developers asked this question or similar: After a user clicks a button on a page, my application performs some check, then prompts user for confirmation, then based on user's response, my application will either continue the pro

Topic: Programming for ASP.NETTags: ASP.NET AJAX ModalPopupExtender

Views: 2679Comments: 2

Fix 401.1 Error when browsing a website using integrated authentication directly from the server

Tray89606/21/2009, 12:00 AM

Today I came across an interesting issue that had me pulling my hair out.  I was troubleshooting a new internal web site which uses integrated security instead of anonymous.  When browsing the site from my laptop, I was able to access it with no iss

Topic: Microsoft IIS Web ServerTags: IIS, Security

Views: 2655Comments: 9

File Handling In SilverLight

MeetuChoudhary09/12/2009, 12:00 AM

In real time programming I have yet to see any application which does not need to work with files in one or the other way. Every programming Language gives a way to handle files, and so does Silverlight. Here we are going to discuss about the techni

Topic: WPF and SilverlightTags:

Views: 2642Comments: 5

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