Tutorial Category Archive

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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% [?]

Lighting the Egg Photograph


Lighting a white egg on a white background is a fun strobist exercise. I [over]documented my attempt. Five slightly tweaked lighting setups with photos of the setup and produced image. You should give it a try and share your attempt!

Popularity: 33% [?]

Change Rel External to Target Blank using Prototype


Use javascript to make XHTML valid rel=”external” act like target=”blank” in a snap using the Prototype JavaScript library.

Popularity: 38% [?]

Setting Up Amvona AS-V306 Background Stand w/ Muslin Background


My first video entry, showing you how quick and easy it was for me to setup my new background stand I purchased from Amvona.com

Popularity: 31% [?]

Setting up an International Multi-Language Site


Sometimes there’s a need for a website to be available entirely in multiple languages. Here we take a look at setting up such a thing, using a single PHP page with a switch statement to display one of five language translations. Using the .htaccess file we also make the URL’s look good while still maintaining minimal pages.

Popularity: 39% [?]

Multiple Select Drop Down Menu in PHP


It’s very easy to take what we did back in January for reusable PHP drop down menu code and make it work for multi value select elements.

Popularity: 90% [?]

Photographing Flowers - The Strobeless Approach


I’ll walk you through a still-life, flower photo shoot I did. Including reflecting the subject on glass and a mirror, and achieving a solid background with items I had lying around my place.

Popularity: 44% [?]

.htaccess Redirect a Directory to a Subdomain and Force WWW


It’s really easy to force the www for your website URL and to redirect a directory properly to a new subdomain address. Just give it a shot, organize your directories!

Popularity: 32% [?]

Populating the Regions, Divisions and States MySQL Tables


The relationships between states, divisions and regions are simple but need to be setup properly from the start. Here we’ll walk though the setup.

Popularity: 17% [?]