Create a dynamic Twitter Signature with PHP.
Today, I’m going to show you how to use PHP and it’s GD library to create a dynamic signature that you can use on forums, blogs, etc, that contains your latest tweet. This will be a simple script, you can adjust it yourself later. To begin, you’ll need a background image, we’ll use this one: [...]
Build your own Search Engine with BOSS
Back in July, Yahoo! started offering the BOSS service, an open search platform. Using the BOSS API, developers have access to Yahoo’s entire search index to create custom search engines. The goal with BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is simple — foster innovation in the search landscape. As anyone who follows the search industry [...]
DevShed.com: Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails differs from other technologies in the aspect that, while other enterprise technologies give more stress on configuration, RoR stresses convention, thus eliminating the need for lengthy configuration files based on XML. The base of RoR being Ruby gives it one more advantage, the advantage of working with a Very High Level Language. [...]
Zend Developer Zone: Ajax Chat Tutorial
This tutorial is a step by step introduction to creating a lightweight chat application using XML as a storage medium. As personal motivation, I develop PHP games as a hobby. In pursuit of that hobby I’ve found that offering a flat threadless forum in such games tends to result in heavy usage as players attempt [...]
DevShed: Creating an RSS Reader: the Reader
In a new tutorial from DevShed today, they walk you through the creation of a simple (very simple) RSS reader in PHP. In this article we are going to discuss how to create a PHP-based RSS reader. It would be helpful if you know something about XML, but not really necessary. RSS documents have three [...]
The Shrek Model of Web Design
Websites are like onions, you see, since websites have layers. And ogres are like onions, since ogres have layers. Websites are designed by web designers. Ergo – web designers are like ogres. So, let’s explore why web designers are like ogres. Firstly, let’s see why we say that websites are like onions, with layers, in [...]
