I’ve been doing a bit of WordPress development recently, and I’ve finally worked out how to do something that’s been bugging me for a while. How do you automatically insert something after the first, second or third (etc etc) post? For example, showing Google ads after the second post? (more…)

I’ve built my first properly functioning PHP webapp! This is a proud moment for me… I’ve coded ‘applications’ in the past, but I’ve always forgotten about them half way, or come to a dead end with some tricky coding.
For some bizarre reason, I like to create little apps using PHP, learning stuff as I go along from the likes of PHP.net, Trevor Davis and a few others - which broadens my understanding of the net. Plus it’s fun making things that work! (more…)

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is it worth paying attention to, or should it be condemned to be yet another acronym conveniently forgotten about by web designers? I mean, is it even the designers problem?
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There are two web applications that I’ve been using a lot recently which I want to tell you about. The first is something called Coded Preview. It’s a very simple (and free) application which enables you to upload a flat website concept, and display it centered, tiled, with a background or whatever - all on a private address. (more…)
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