PHP Into Compiled C++ - Hip Hop by Facebook

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Very interesting this one: http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?story=358&blog;=1 With HipHop we've reduced the CPU usage on our Web servers on average by about fifty percent sounds good to me :) HipHop for PHP isn't technically a compiler itself. Read On →

Magento How to Change the Favicon

Every Magento based site I seem to look at is still using the default Magento favicon. Whilst its cool to advertise that you are using Magento, perhaps you should be advertising your own business! Its actually very easy to do - here’s a step by step guide: 1. Create your Favicon. First create a roughly square image with your logo in it, then upload it here to create your favicon itself: http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ 2. Read On →

Zend Framework - Reusing Prepared Zend_Db_Statements

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub If you use Zend_Db_Statements directly as well as using the Zend_Db_Table family of classes for Active Record et al then you might find the following little tip useful. Read On →

Zend Framework UK

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Currently working on a big Zend Framework project so I though I would have a breather and do a little blog post targeted at anyone looking for a UK based Zend Framework developer. Read On →

Google Stop Supporting IE6

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Just saw this story on the BBC site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8488751.stm

Magento Line Up Grid View

If your Magento front end looks a little untidy with Add to Cart buttons not lining up on the x axis, this little bit of extra CSS might sort you out: add a min-height to the ‘.catalog-listing h5’ CSS rule for IE6 you can use: height: auto !important; height: 60px I haven’t tried this but a friend who knows his CSS recommended it as a solution to something that has Read On →