Useful Recursion Example - Getting Directory Size

What is Recursion? If you've been programming for a long time already but still haven't tapped into recursion, no one can blame you. Not many programmers use or know about recursion because of several reasons. First, often times you won't find it in crash course books or online tutorials for newbies..

Posted on: June 4, 2008     Filed under: PHP

Developing Ajax Applications with Sajax

Have you ever tried making your web applications super interactive by using Ajax? If you're proficient in Javascript and any server-side scripting language (PHP, ASP, etc.) you wouldn't have any problem and you can probably learn and start developing Ajax-powered web application in a few hours after..

Posted on: May 18, 2008     Filed under: AJAX

Dynamic META Description For Your Wordpress Blog

If you examine Google's search result page, you'll notice that the description (the text under the linked title) displays the page's META description if present. Therefore, putting a different META description in each of your website's pages is important if you want to attract clicks in search resul..

Posted on: May 17, 2008     Filed under: Wordpress

How to Make Web 2.0 Buttons in Adobe Photoshop

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I'm sure you already have heard of the term "Web 2.0" used as a descriptive term for designs. I must admit that at this moment, I still can't describe the details of a Web 2.0 design. But I have already offered Web 2.0 logos and templates to my past clients. So how do I make ..

Posted on: May 15, 2008     Filed under: Photoshop

Basic Webpage Scraping with PHP

I've been using this technique for a while now but it's just recently when I heard the term "scraping". Apparently, people use this as a "black hat" technique to earn some money online, although, I don't have any idea how someone can use this to earn some money online (If you have any idea, your ..

Posted on: May 14, 2008     Filed under: PHP

Toggling HTML Element Visibility Using Javascript

One of the most frequently asked questions in webmasters forums Javascript sections is how one can show and hide a certain HTML element with a click of a link or button. Doing that is actually simple. You just have to alter the element's style declaration, particularly the "display" property. First ..

Posted on: May 14, 2008     Filed under: Javascript