Archive for December, 2009
CSS3 XHTML Template
Dec 24th
Since the implementation of CSS3 into some of the modern browsers, eg. Webkit based browsers and Firefox we’re starting to see more and more websites use CSS3 to style the pages. I have made an example of how we can use “Rounded Corners” in CSS3 in a modern layout. I have provided the download at the bottom of the page.
The layout is a standard two column layout with a header, two menus and a footer – I have rounded the corners using the CSS3 standard of border-radius and added sample dummy content to the pages. Feel free to modify and use this template as you wish.
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Google Gears: LocalDB Example
Dec 24th
I have recently been playing around with google gears; Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser such as interacting with the desktop, storing local data and running Javascript in the background. Here is a simple link manager I created to test out the LocalDB usage.
In this example I have made a link manager, where you can add/delete links from categories – as well as add/edit/delete existing categories. I have been using JQuery to automate some things, so if you use any of this code at all make sure JQuery is loaded beforehand.
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Teamspeak 3: Connection Class
Dec 21st
Due to the recently released Teamspeak 3 BETA I have made a connection class in PHP to communicate with the server and fetch back information that I can display in a visual format. I have included a download ZIP for this that includes the PHP code, styles and icons used.
The full package includes a stylesheet and icons, see the archived file at the bottom of this post.
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Google Chrome Extensions
Dec 12th
Google chrome have just released a BETA version of the extension gallery. You can check it out here. There are many good extensions already released. I have listed below some of the more interesting ones.
Speed Tracer (By Google) is one of the more advanced extensions available, this will provide you with detailed graph analysis of the speed that web pages are loaded.
Speed Tracer is a tool to help you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications. It visualizes metrics that are taken from low level instrumentation points inside of the browser and analyzes them as your application runs. Speed Tracer is available as a Chrome extension and works on all platforms where extensions are currently supported (Windows and Linux).
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Cloud Storage: Ubuntu One
Dec 7th
I came across a free (and paid) cloud service from Ubuntu; the creators of the popular OS Ubuntu Linux. You can have a free account and have 2GB’s worth of storage costing you nothing. If you happen to run the Ubuntu OS, One integrates with the desktop; providing ‘drag and drop’ functionality for backing up files.
More information below.
Basic Tutorial PHP/MySQL (Part 1)
Dec 7th
One of the most requested tutorials are those that explain how to connect and use a MySQL database server with PHP code. I have written a basic tutorial showing how to perform MySQL queries with PHP.
So you’re wanting to use a database with PHP to store your data? MySQL is a great open-source RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) that is widely available on many web hosting packages. Before we start make sure that you have access to both PHP and MySQL on your hosting package.
PHPCache Release
Dec 5th
I have been working on a small class to cache functions in PHP. I have come up with a class that will allow you to convert any standard function into a cached function with just one line of code. The main advantage is if you are using a Linux based server for running PHP, as I have included (by default) for the cache files to write straight to the system RAM that greatly increases performance. Check out the code below.
This is the first release of the file up to now so if you have any problems let me know.
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Game Server Manager Project
Dec 5th
Game Server Manager (GSM) started life as a very simple system for managing Linux based game servers. The early versions all worked via shell scripts and whilst this worked very well managing the servers requires an understanding of Linux. GSM was created to remove the requirement for any Linux knowledge in setting up and managing game servers.
You can view this project here: Game Server Manager website
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