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Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Htaccess, Apache, And Rewrites! Oh, My!

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As a web designer or developer, it is important to know how to use the htaccess file to your advantage. It is a very powerful tool, and can even work as a deterrent for bandwidth thieves, exploits, and hackers. Below are some common examples of rules to consider when developing websites. We hope you find them useful.
Jump To Redirect Example

1. Rewrite Engine
2. Basic Redirect
3. HTML to PHP
4. Remove File Extensions
5. Add WWW To Domain
6. Remove WWW From Domain
7. Add Trailing Slash
8. Remove Trailing Slash
9. Remove Query String
10. Remove Trailing Question Mark
11. Remove Trailing Index File
12. Remove Index File From URL
13. HTTP to HTTPS
14. HTTPS to HTTP
15. Deny Access To Htaccess
16. Enable Caching
17. Disable Caching On Dynamic Pages
18. Example Htaccess File

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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Put Your Content in My Pocket

A List Apart: Articles: Put Your Content in My Pocket

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave with Osama bin Laden, you know that Apple is selling an iPhone and that it’s a hit. Apple is well on its way to selling ten million mobile Internet devices by the end of 2008. Besides being a great phone, the iPhone also includes a sophisticated new Safari browser. This version is touted as “the most advanced web browser on a portable device” and from what I’ve seen, it deserves this accolade.

So what does this mean for you? Millions of visitors accessing your content on a small display with very high resolution. At some point in the near future, you’re going to want to take a look at your current site design to make sure that it looks good and works well on this new device and its Mobile Safari browser.

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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Rediscovering the Button Element

Particletree » Rediscovering the Button Element

As is, the input with the type=”submit” is either too ugly (Firefox), a little buggy (Internet Explorer) or completely inflexible (Safari). The solution for most is to use image inputs and create the damn things ourselves. And it’s unfortunate, because then we’re reduced to the tedious tasks of opening up Photoshop every time we’re in need of a new button. What we need is something better—something more flexible and meant for designers. Lucky for us, the solution already exists and all it needs is a little love. My friends, let me introduce you to my little friend : the

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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Uni-Form

Uni-Form is an attempt to standardize form markup (xhtml) and css, “modularize” it, so even people with only basic knowledge of these technologies can get nice looking, well structured, highly customizable, semantic, accessible and usable forms.

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Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Digital Web Magazine - Push my `button`

Digital Web Magazine - Push my <code>button</code>

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

The Form Assembly - Free Web Form Templates

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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Web Usability - Accessible Data Tables

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Monday, November 29th, 2004

Tizag Tutorials

Tizag Tutorials provide beginner explanations of HTML, CSS, and PHP.

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Friday, April 16th, 2004

Developing Wireless Content using XHTML Mobile

XML.com: Developing Wireless Content using XHTML Mobile [Apr. 14, 2004]

This article will show you how to create XHTML Mobile Profile documents that render on multiple devices. We will also demonstrate how set up an XML-based multiserving framework. Finally, we will show you can transform your XHTML to WML without having to make any changes to your XHTML code.

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