For months I’ve been looking for a media streaming solution which works on Apple Mac OSX and Sony Playstation3. There’s an abundance of products available on Windows but a definite lack of options for the Mac user - well at least ones which don’t require advanced knowledge of OSX or messy workarounds.
Until, I stumbled upon [...]
We want to jump on the bandwagon and create our very own iPhone application. We’ve put together a high-level brief (download link below) describing how the application should work and what we require from a developer.
If you’re an iPhone developer and are interested in working with us on this project please contact us or leave [...]
There’s a very different technique for creating HTML email compared to traditional web pages due to the very nature of email and the abundance of email clients available. Designers have to step back in time with their techniques to ensure good formatting across the board.
Here’s a few pointers and best practice guidelines to help you [...]
Regular visitors will have noticed that we’ve not posted anything for a while (in fact a whole 6 months!). There’s no excuse for this but (I’ll make one anyway), we’ve been rather busy working for our clients over the last few months. However, we’re back and better than ever with a brand new blog platform. [...]
I’m often asked which is better: .htm or .html. This (extremely!) short article discusses the differences between the two file types and which is the correct one to use.
So what’s the difference and which is best?
The short answer
There is none. They are exactly the same.
The long answer
Both .htm and .html are exactly the same and [...]
A small tutorial and example script to validate the format of an e-mail address. This is very useful when capturing e-mail addresses from visitors.
If you’re using the e-mail address to send out important information then it’s advisable to ask the user to enter it twice, to account for misspelling.
<?php
#email address to validate
$email = “name@domain.com”;
#validate format
if(!eregi(”^[_&a-z0-9-]+(.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+
(.[a-z0-9-]+)*(.[a-z]{2,4})$”, [...]
We’re currently moving from PC to Mac and part of this process involves transferring our email from Microsoft Outlook 2004 to Apple Mail. This is by no means a straight forward process when you have 2GB worth of email spanning 7 years! That was until we came across a tool named MessageSave by TechHit! Read on…
For those [...]
Ever wondered how websites can tell you how far it is from one UK post code to another? This tutorial will tell you everything you need to know about adding this cool feature to your website using PHP and MySQL. Warning - although there is complex maths involved, no clever maths knowledge is required.
How it [...]
As far as website accessibility tools go, Bobby by Watchfire WebXact is one of the most popular and, in our opinion one of the best. We use it all the time to test our websites for accessibility compliance. Sadly, Bobby has been taken underground and since 1 February 2008 it’s no longer available to the [...]
This is the first part in our series of niche website design articles. The purpose of a niche website is to get lots of targeted traffic and make money from pay-per-click advertising or affiliate schemes. Following the launch of 2 niche websites; Telescope Advice and Lawn Mower Advice, we are discussing the techniques used to identify a niche [...]