Browsing articles for: July, 2010

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Creating an Auto Updating Data Slider With jQuery

On 07.18.2010 by | 4 comments

I received an email yesterday asking me if I could replicate Twitter’s auto updating popular tweets widget that they have on their front page. So instead of just sending an email back I thought I’d make a tutorial.

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Measuring The Speed Of PHP Scripts

On 07.08.2010 by | no comments

It’s always useful to run speed tests on your scripts to check how fast they are running, and so that you can then measure any improvements when you are optimizing scripts. Here is how I do it, plus a few tips.

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Creating A Stylized Pull Quote or Blockquote Using CSS

On 07.05.2010 by | 10 comments

Creating a stylized pull quote or blockquote can sometimes require images & additional elements. In this tutorial I am going to show you a simple method of creating a simple but stylized pull quote or blockquote using only CSS.

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Creating A Polaroid Effect With CSS

On 07.02.2010 by | 6 comments

I was recently asked how to create a Polaroid photo effect using only CSS & no layout based images. After creating it I though I’d share it with the world, just to show how easy it is.