background preloader

Mamp

Facebook Twitter

Google Wave Federation Protocol. Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP - install wordpress locally on your mac (or other CMS tools!) File Splitters, freeware and multi-platform: HJSplit. Install PHP 5 Apache MySQL on Windows : WampServer - install wordpress locally (Windows) Htpasswd Generator - Create a htpasswd password. Easy Random CSS Backgrounds. Update: Since I no longer rotate the header images on this site, I have updated this tutorial. Also, I figured I should set up an example page to show how this CSS + PHP tutorial works. You can check out the demo here: This article was prompted by a question asked on the Textpattern forum, regarding how to randomize CSS backgrounds. Download rotator.txt from A List Apart, rename it rotator.php. Thus far, these instructions seem pretty typical for a rotator script, except we’re not going to reference it in our HTML, even though it is the typically suggested method of displaying a random image.

<div id="rotator">&nbsp;</div> The way that Dan has written this snippet of PHP is ingenious. Do not upload files such as Thumbs.db if you are on Windows, or .DS_Store if using a Mac. The <div> can of course be named whatever, with any dimensions you want, and you can easily replace the non-breaking space with the name of your site or section. 120 Tips, Tricks, and Tuts from 2009 Worth your Time | Nettuts+ Now that we're down to the end of 2009, what were some of the best web development and design tutorials and articles from the year? We'll take a look at 120 of them! Jump to a Month January How to Build a Login System for a Simple Website In today's video tutorial, we'll be building a login system with PHP and MYSQL. Run Your Own TinyURL Service With Phurl Jan 13th, 2009 in Other by Thord Hedengren URL shortening services are a must if microblogging services like Twitter are to work.

Slice and Dice that PSD In today's video tutorial, we'll be slicing up a PSD, dicing it for the web, and serving it on a warm hot plate. The Definitive Guide to Creating a Practical jQuery Plugin In this article weíre going to be building our very own jQuery plugin step-by-step from scratch; jQuery makes this task exceptionally easy for us, giving us a simple method of packaging up our scripts and exposing their functionality, and encouraging the use of scalable and reusable object-oriented techniques. February.