Web Development

How to Generate an Image Captcha

How to Generate an Image Captcha

By tom, 19.02.08

Everyone hates spammers, how they sleep at night I don't know... Maybe they are so rich they can afford to buy those special space age mattresses that mold to fit your shape, or machines that imitate the sound of the ocean! (OK I got that from a film). But one…

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Give your site an MOT

Give your site an MOT

By tom, 18.02.08

We often have clients asking us to check out their site and see if there are any bits we'd suggest improving or changing, so I thought I'd just list my quick top things to check out for and make sure your site has. This is far from exhaustive so please…

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Checking your site on Safari

Checking your site on Safari

By tom, 15.02.08

There's an increasing number of Mac users who are impossible to ignore. I may even become one myself at some point as they do look pretty nice! If like me you've always coded websites on a PC in the past you might have been forgiven for 'over-looking' the small percentage…

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Magical list generator using jquery

Magical list generator using jquery

By lisa, 20.11.07

Just found this simple but effective javascript code, utilising the invaluable jquery library to create linked select lists. You select the first list and it magically goes off and generates the options in the 2nd and 3rd lists. This in itself isn't anything particularly ground breaking, but this code connects…

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Resources for Web Design (tutorials, tools, code libraries, templates and more)

Resources for Web Design (tutorials, tools, code libraries, templates and more)

By tom, 7.11.07

Some great links to resources for design tutorials, inspiration, tools, code libraries, browser bugs, galleries, templates, articles and web forums. http://www.softwaredeveloper.com

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Future-proof your CSS with Conditional Comments

Future-proof your CSS with Conditional Comments

By tom, 5.11.07

Anyone who has ever made a website, then tried to make it look the same for everyone will have come up against the nightmare that is cross-browser compatibility. Things are no doubt easier than they used to be. Back in the days of ie4/5 and Netscape you practically had to…

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Creating a Google Sitemap

Creating a Google Sitemap

By tom, 18.10.07

When I first heard about Google sitemaps I have to admit, I was a little skeptical. I didn't see why we should have to make Google's life easier. Surely it's Google's job to index our site, not the web developers job to spoon feed it information! Infact if practically any…

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