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Build a MySpaceID Application

August 10th, 2010 | No Comment

MySpaceID allows MySpace Users to easily come into your site and get going by bringing their identity with them. By allowing Users to link their MySpace account with your site, a Developer can enable social functionality. This guide is designed …
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Build a MySpaceID Application

MySpace Open Search API

July 4th, 2010 | No Comment

The MySpace Search API allows you to search MySpace for user, videos, images, and music. With an individual feed for each search item. It is designed to function like a search on the MySpace website and to have a response …
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MySpace Open Search API

Get started with jQuery Tools

May 20th, 2010 | 2 Comments

It’s so easy to go on the hunt for a plugin for a project and end up with multiple plugins all doing different things maintained and managed by separate developers, but wait there’s a common solution to this problem with …
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Get started with jQuery Tools

20 Complete scripts to download

April 7th, 2010 | 11 Comments

I’ve put together a nice little collection of scripts over the past year or so, and have decided as it’s approaching summer in the UK (sorry winter in Australia!) to do a download bundle of 20 assorted scripts where you …
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20 Complete scripts to download

Translate your site in 52 languages

January 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments

Is your site reaching audiences that would probably rather content in their native language? we’ll there’s a simple solution which models itself on the popular social sharing site AddThis. TranslateThis developed by Jon Raasch, a front-end web programmer from Portland, …
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Translate your site in 52 languages

Using Highcharts JavaScript Library

January 12th, 2010 | 30 Comments

There are some great JavaScript graph libraries out there and one that’s recently come to my attention is Highcharts.com which is compatible with both the jQuery and Mootools frameworks. To get started point your browser here where you can download …
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Using Highcharts JavaScript Library

Build a JSON and PHP product gallery

January 7th, 2010 | 15 Comments

As the title describes we’re going to look at making cross domain ajax requests using JSONP I’m also going to show you how to get data from a MySQL database and encode it into a JSON string which can be …
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Build a JSON and PHP product gallery

JavaScript link tracking with Google Analytics

December 12th, 2009 | 5 Comments

Google Analytics is great to tracking your site traffic. I started out using Statcounter.com to track my site visits, but over the years i’ve wanted more information so I switched over to using Google Analytics. Google provides an excellent dashboard …
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JavaScript link tracking with Google Analytics

Win a copy of ‘Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework’ Christmas giveaway

December 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments

“Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework” shows you how to use the powerful Zend Framework to build websites with amazing speed and efficiency. Embracing a teaching strategy of learning by doing, showing you how to build website features you’ll …
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Win a copy of ‘Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework’ Christmas giveaway

Using Memcache With PHP

November 6th, 2009 | 12 Comments

I want to just start this little post with that fact that I don’t know all the ins and outs of using Memcache but I have enough knowledge to just about get it working. I have access to a Mediatemple …
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Using Memcache With PHP

Key web development skills

November 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments

API Knowledge A key tool for any budding web developer is API knowledge. It’s good to familiarise yourself with a variety of application interfaces. I started out using the Twitter REST API with PHP and CURL when twitter first launched …
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Key web development skills

Steps to learning a new programming language

October 27th, 2009 | 18 Comments

Learning a new programming language can be daunting to say the least. I’ve recently cracked it when it comes to jQuery. I wouldn’t say Im a pro by any stretch of the imagination but I can successfully build applications. It …
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Steps to learning a new programming language

Does your office have a weather system?

October 17th, 2009 | 6 Comments

I wrote a post a while back when I purchased my iobridge module which you can use to control switched and sensor. After that post I had my module rigged up in my office at home just monitoring the room …
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Does your office have a weather system?

Build a MySpace video widget

October 16th, 2009 | No Comment

In this tutorial we’re going to take an RSS feed from the top videos page on MySpace and make a widget to display the latest videos using jQuery pagination, ajax and a spot of PHP to parse the feed. The …
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Build a MySpace video widget

IoBridge Module

June 11th, 2009 | 5 Comments

A few months ago i purchased the ioBridge module which allows you to control electronic devices over an internet connection anywhere in the world. I’m intrigued at the collaboration of the internet with real life electronic devices, and being able …
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Build an API

May 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments

If you type in a URL to a web site in your browser and that URL returns data in a structured format, then a basic API is already in place. For example, when you access an RSS feed, you’re essentially …
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Introduction to OAuth

April 15th, 2009 | No Comment

OAuth allows you to share your private online resources (photos, videos, contact list, bank accounts etc..) stored on one site with another site without having to hand out your username and password. There are many reasons why you should not …
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Display your Feedburner stats

March 20th, 2009 | 5 Comments

I’ve been away for the last week. My wife and I bought a flat in North London and finally moved in on March 16th. So I’m currently without the internet and won’t have it until the end of March which …
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Using the Twitter Search API

January 30th, 2009 | 63 Comments

Twitters new search feature is great for finding interesting people and topics to follow. So i wrote a script to get search results from twitter and display them on your site. This could be integrated into an existing application or …
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Google Ajax API

January 26th, 2009 | No Comment

Google provides a great set of javascript api’s to interact with its service. The Google service allows you to integrate maps, local search, dynamic feed content, and graphs and charts, into your website or blog. To start using the service …
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