Archive for December 2009
Flashden 3D Ambient XML Gallery
his is what my 3D like engine can be for a “gallery section”.
This is a 3D enabled gallery which uses Flash Player 10 3D engine. The gallery features:
- next, previous and info buttons for every image. these can be found on the right, left and top sides of the containing box;
- links available in description text for each image;
- next, previous thumb portions;
- slideshow;
- swfs for thumbnail and image. (Note: i tested this with simple shape tweened animations).
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Google Auto Sitemap Generator Script for PHP and MySQL
AutoSitemap is an easy way to generate a Google Sitemap XML document for your website, forum or blog that can map unlinked or database generated pages not reachable by the crawler method. Simply install the script, add the tracking image so that it is displayed on every page of your website and then register your sitemap URL with Google. It works by capturing the HTTP referer when serving the tracking image.
Features :
XML sitemap for Google and URL list text file
output for other search engines
Map unlinked or database generated pages that crawlers miss out!
The Best Free Icon Sets of 2009
In 2009 we’ve witnessed many talented and generous designers creating tons of amazing stuff and giving it away for us to use. We’ve already shown you all of the best free fonts from this past year. Now we’re going to show you the best free icon sets. There were plenty of free sets created this year, but these stand above the rest in terms of quality and usefulness.
7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails “by Derek Sivers in Opinion”
SUMMARY: I spent two years trying to make Rails do something it wasn’t meant to do, then realized my old abandoned language (PHP, in my case) would do just fine if approached with my new Rails-gained wisdom.
INTRO / BACKGROUND:
Back in January 2005, I announced on the O’Reilly blog that I was going to completely scrap over 100,000 lines of messy PHP code in my existing CD Baby (cdbaby.com) website, and rewrite the entire thing in Rails, from scratch.
Ten PHP Best Practices Tips that will get you a job
The last couple of weeks have been quite the experience for me. I was part of a big layoff at my former company, which was interesting. I’ve never been in that position before, and it’s hard not to take it personally. I started watching the job boards, and a nice-looking full-time PHP position caught my eye, so I sent out a resume and landed an interview. Before the face-to-face portion, I chatted with the owner and head programmer on a conference call, and they ended up sending me a technical assessment quiz. One particular question caught my eye on this quiz… it looked something like this:
Find the errors in the following code:
<?function baz($y $z) {$x = new Array();$x[sales] = 60;$x[profit] = 20:foreach($x as $key = $value) {echo $key+” “+$value+”<BR>”;}}?>
