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Bulk HTML Validation

Brian Reich — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:46:27 +0000

I’ve recently been working on a WordPress project in which I made the mistake of starting with a commercial theme that, while beautiful and feature-rich, was a complete mess in terms of code quality. HTML validation is always a requirement on my projects, but a poorly-written WordPress theme combined with WordPress’ own tendency to butcher code by inserting poorly nested <p>’s (more on that later) can make validation a real chore. The W3C’s Validator is [...]

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Subnet Calculator in 9 Lines of PHP

Brian Reich — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:39:05 +0000

I’ve been spending a lot of time studying for my Microsoft 70-642 exam, an important part of which is subnetting.As an intellectual exercise I wrote a subnet calculator. Enjoy: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 function subnet($hosts) { $bits = decbin($hosts) + 2; // Add 2 for Network ID and Broadcast $hostBits = strlen($bits); // find how many bits it takes to represent it $cidr = 32 - $hostBits; // Find slash-notation [...]

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JavaScript Errors in Internet Explorer? It’s Probably a Comma’s Fault

Brian Reich — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:36:07 +0000

If you're testing JavaScript code that seems to work in Firefox, Chrome, or Safari but not in Internet Explorer, a stray comma is probably to blame. This article explains why the problem occurs and offers some tips on how to avoid it.

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Add an Image to an Ext.TabPanel’s Header

Brian Reich — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:50:29 +0000

A short tutorial explaining a simple way to add logos and other background images to Panel headers in the ExtJS JavaScript library.

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Use a Frame-Busting Redirect To Authorize Facebook Applications

Brian Reich — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:54:40 +0000

While developing a new Facebook application I stumbled upon a very common app development bug: redirecting users to authorize your app from within an Iframe-based Facebook application. This post explains how to easily solve the problem

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Making the PHP Curl Extension Work on Windows

Brian Reich — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:58:35 +0000

Earlier tonight I was setting up some development tools on my new laptop and ran across a problem that I had never seen before. When I began testing an application that uses the Facebook API (which depends on the CURL library), PHP insisted that the CURL extension was not loaded. I checked and double-checked that my php.ini file was correct (it was) and that the rest of my extensions were loading (they were). Finally after [...]

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Removing Keys from an Array in PHP

Brian Reich — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:03:52 +0000

Every wish PHP had a function like array_remove_keys() to delete one or more keys and their values from an array? This post shows you how to construct one using just a couple of lines of code.

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What is HTML?

Brian Reich — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:16:34 +0000

Most people have heard the term HTML and have a general idea that it has something to do with the web. But as someone who wants to create the web you need to have a better understanding. This article will explain what HTML is and why it’s important, and it just might do it without boring you into a coma. What is HTML? Defining HTML is by far the most boring part of understanding it, [...]

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A Reponse to “Web Programming is Hard!”

Brian Reich — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:47:24 +0000

A response to another developers blog which discusses the fact that WEB DEVELOPMENT IS HARD, or at least very different from desktop development.

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Overcoming Scope Limitations in jQuery AJAX Callbacks

Brian Reich — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:26:38 +0000

This tutorial explains how to overcome the scoping limitations of jQuery's AJAX callbacks using closures.

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