Feature Category Archive

Main stories. This is more than just a quick bloggable blurb, this is the stuff you want to read/should read/I am designing the site around to try and let you know there is some good content in-between my ramblings.

Technorati Reaction Counter API Function


A simple PHP function to help you query the Technorati API and find out how many reactions Technorati has seen other sites have about your content!

Popularity: 7% [?]

How many Diggs? Intro to Using the Digg API


Playing with API’s is fun, here’s a quick demo of how to use the Digg API to find out how many times an individual page has been Dugg. Super easy to implement anywhere using PHP5.

Popularity: 25% [?]

Start Using Delicious and FeedBurner API, Quick and Easy!


Using the FeedBurner and del.icio.us API’s and feeds you can add the number of FeedBurner subscribers or del.icio.us bookmarks to any of your sites of blog pages with just a little PHP and ingenuity!

Popularity: 48% [?]

I’m Officially a Guest Blogger on the Lifestream Blog


I’ve done a guest blog at the Lifestream Blog. Go check it out now, or I’ll fight you ;)

Popularity: 49% [?]

Relative Dates in WordPress Templates


One of my favorite trends online is using relative dates like ‘1 week ago’ or ‘4 days ago’ instead of the standard June 11, 2008. I find it helpful in really getting a feel for the freshness of an entry or comment and it’s super easy to implement in WordPress.

Popularity: 51% [?]

Ninedays Is Getting a Makeover


A quick little lesson about how to test a new theme in WordPress and perfect it for your use without making it live to the public. Best part is: you don’t have to install a new copy of WordPress!

Popularity: 53% [?]

Open Links to a Different Site in a New Window with Prototype


Using the JavaScript library Prototype I can easily make any external links open in a new window, as well as change the rel=”external” links to open in a target=”_blank” window!

Popularity: 67% [?]

Making Firefox’s Location Bar More Useful


I’m making Firefox work better for my needs. I use the location bar as a Google search bar and now I can customize it with keywords to do a search through php.net, my own site, or any other search. I can also just use keywords to pull up specific bookmarks.

Popularity: 67% [?]

Block Tracking and Detect WordPress Login


An update to the function I use to block my tracking scripts, not it blocks tracking form my previews and forces preview query strings and whenever I am logged into the WordPress admin.

Popularity: 45% [?]

PHP Serialize, What’s it Do? What’s it For?


An explanation of how the PHP serialize() and unserialize() functions can be helpful for you as far as storing a PHP array in a MySQL database and still begin able to attain it’s PHP variable qualities quickly upon retrieval.

Popularity: 27% [?]