Jul 23, 2010

Let?s try something different on nettuts+ today. Any designer who has worked with large CSS files will agree that its major weakness is its inability to use variables. In this article, we will learn how to implement variables by using PHP and Apache?s URL rewrite...

Jul 23, 2010

A while back, I read a tutorial by Dan Wellman, which described the steps required to produce a neat Tag-Cloud. Dan?s example largely relied on the jQuery framework to request data and construct the user interface elements. I decided to write his tutorial all over again with the two exceptions of using GWT instead of jQuery, and a different method of choosing...

Jul 23, 2010

The Progress Bar is one of the latest components to be added to the excellent library of UI widgets and interaction helpers built on top of jQuery. It was introduced in the latest version of the library, which at the time of writing is...

Jul 23, 2010

Joomla shouldn?t just be looked at as a CMS but a framework from which to build your applications and accomplish your dreams. Before you jump in and start lacing together extensions to build your site, proper planning and a roadmap is...

Jul 23, 2010

Have you ever wanted to design a beautiful website but just didn?t know how? To be honest, a few years ago, that happened to me too. While browsing the web, I saw so many nice looking websites and wished I had the skills to create such designs. Today I can and I?m going to teach you how to do so too Essentially, it requires a few Photoshop skills and an eye for...

Jul 23, 2010

In my last tutorial, ?A Better Login System?, a few people commented on how they would like to see a tutorial on password recovery, which is something you don?t always see in user access tutorials. The tutorial I am bringing you today will deal with just that. Using mySQLi, we will learn to recover unencrypted and (one-way) encrypted...