I was looking at Google Instant Search the other day, and asked myself : What if I do the similar thing to login functionality. I had to try it, so here it is, a jQuery Instant Login and how to do it.
Be hypnotized with pure CSS3 (creating an animated css3 spiral)
This is a guest post by Zoran Jambor, great designer, slicer and front end developer. He'll show you how to create an animated spiral using only CSS3 techniques.
CakePHP from scratch: Introduction to layouts and theming
CakePHP is great for making multiple themes for your application. Today I will show a little bit of theory involving themes, layouts, views and helpers in CakePHP.
Add watermark on image using PHP
Many times my clients ask me to watermark some images on their site, so they protect them. I will show you a simple solution that does it on the fly.
Resource: Orbit – A Slick jQuery Image Slider Plugin
Guys at Zurb made this fabulous image slider jQuery plugin in just 2.8 kB. And it does its function awesomly.
CakePHP from scratch: Reviewing and changing baked code to fit our needs
In the last tutorial, we baked model, controllers and views for our Job board application. Today, we are going to see what exactly was generated and change that code a little to better fit our needs.
Making a shoutbox with PHP, MySQL and jQuery
Today, I am going to make a simple shoutbox using PHP, MySQL and jQuery. I am going to use the PDO for database access and try to explain why is it better that old mysql or mysqli functions.
Resource: jQuery Twitter Widget with @Anywhere support
While lurking through the web, I found this interesting jQuery plugin/widget that simplifies the integration of Twitter services into your site.
Key/value tables and how to use them in PHP and MySQL
Today I am going to explain usage of key/value tables in database design. This has nothing to do with NoSQL initiative or databases. Just an interesting approach to database design with its pros and cons which I will explain through nice example.
4 awesome PHP functions you must use every time
Today, I am going to share four of my favorite PHP methods that I use on top of every application I build. They are really handy and practical.