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 [...]
It’s now 2008 and we’ve been in business for 7 years, so we feel it’s time for a change. We value our blog readers’ opinions and would like to see what you guys all think about a few logo ideas we’ve been playing with.
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Please leave your comments below:
One of the first things to decide when designing a website is how wide you’re going to make it. When using a fixed width (as opposed to a fluid layout) we need to decide exactly how many pixels we’re going to make it. Unfortunately, like most web design techniques, it’s not an exact science therefore [...]
Ever wanted to see who was responsible for giving us the server-side scripting language, PHP? Thought so. So here’s a handy tip for displaying the names of the folks who were responsible, right from any PHP script.
To view the PHP credits simply add the following URL variable to the end of the URL of a [...]
During a recent project, we had to compile a definitive list of counties within the UK (excluding Northern Ireland). This proved harder than we’d anticipated so we thought we’d publish the list in both CSV and SQL formats. Aren’t we lovely?
CSV for List of UK Counties
Download CSV: uk-counties.csv (2KB)
SQL for List of UK Counties
Download SQL: uk-counties.sql (13KB)
The SQL creates [...]
osCommerce is an open-source (free) fully featured e-commerce website. It’s one of the most popular online stores due to its features, price, additional modules, and the massive community of helpful developers and users. This tutorial goes through the basics of installing the store from scratch onto your website.
Before we start you will need to make [...]
Usability is an integral part of any website and is just as important as accessibility and search engine friendliness. So many websites are shooting themselves in the foot with poor usability by making it difficult for users to navigate, access material, and even purchase products. Why then, do so many websites simply ignore the usability [...]
phpBB is an open-source (free) fully featured bulletin board and forum. It’s one of the most popular forums due to its features, price, additional modules, and the massive community of helpful developers and users. This tutorial goes through the basics of installing the bulletin board from scratch onto your website.
Before we start you will need [...]