Client Site Redesign Implemented - Looks Great

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 I have just finished a project for a client specialising in Computers and Peripherals to take their osCommerce based site (though heavily customised) and apply a fresh new design to the existing site. Read On →

Ultimate Design Test - Five Second Test

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 came across this and its so cool and easy I had to blog about it straight away.. http://www.fivesecondtest.com/ Basically people see a screenshot of your design and then get 5 seconds to ‘take it in’ and give you feedback on which bits they managed to assimilate. Read On →

Xdebug Display Full Details on var_dump()

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 Xdebug is an excellent addition to a PHP developers arsenal. However when debugging large arrays etc, the truncating can get in the way. To stop Xdebug Read On →

Web Usability Testing Tool

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 came across userfly, looks like an interesting tool. Would appreciate any feedback in the comments from people who’ve used it. http://userfly.com/

NetBeans IDE Shortcuts

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 I really like NetBeans IDE for coding PHP. However there are lots of hidden features which are only accessible via keyboard shortcut. This page lists a bunch of them. Read On →

Curl 404 but Fine in Browser + Solution

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 I just hit an intriguing situation where a page that was perfectly viewable in my browser was not visible via curl. I scratched my head and messed around testing the page in variety of online proxy services and local web browsers. Read On →