Posts Tagged ‘web development’
PHP 5 HTML to PDF Converter – dompdf
May 4th, 2006
There’s a pretty cool PHP 5 tool that converts HTML to PDF called dompdf. So what do you need to run this app? Well first you will need to download dompdf from Digital Junkies website. Your server needs to be running PHP 5 with the DOM extension enabled. There is also an option of installing additional fonts. Read the installation documentation to find out how to do this.
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JavaDB: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come?
May 4th, 2006
There was a blog entry on ZDNet a few days ago regarding JavaDB. JavaDB is a relational database management system written in Java. Apache has its own version named Derby. The JavaDB system will be included in Sun’s Solaris Enterprise System.
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Google Calendar Tips
May 3rd, 2006
Google Calendar has been out for a few weeks now and people have gotten a chance to use the system. Stopdesign has a collection of tips to help you use Google Calendar more efficiently. They also have a few tips for Mac users hesitant to switch from iCal to Google Calendar.
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Fox Buys Two Internet Start-Ups
May 2nd, 2006
According to CNET News.com, News Corp.’s Fox Interactive Media has purchased Newroo and kSolo two start-up companies that let users remix music and media on the Internet. Newroo allows users to add information from websites and blogs and add it to their own site. kSolo allows users to record audio over song recordings.
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MyNewPlace Promises Easier Apartment Hunting
May 1st, 2006
CNET News.com reviewed a Web 2.0 site for people searching for housing called MyNewPlace. The site allows blog postings by its communities and also shows Google maps of the apartments locations. People can get information regarding apartment choices without needed to registering for the site. The renter receives $150 in rebate money if they sign a rental agreement and the owner of the units pay a fee to list the unit.
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Web 2.0 Meets The Enterprise
April 28th, 2006
CNET News.com had an interesting article about Web 2.0 in enterprise. The corporate world has been slow to adopt technology such as blogs and AJAX, but it finally seeing the importance of using Web 2.0 in their businesses.
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IE7 For XP Beta 2: Has Firefox Met Its Match
April 27th, 2006
Microsoft has released the second public beta of its Internet Explorer web browser. They say its more stable than first public beta. Information Week has an in depth review of Microsoft’s web browser.
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CSS Animation
April 27th, 2006
There is a fun little demo of CSS animation using hovers on CSS Play. It’s a pretty simple example but it’s definitely pretty clever. He says it’s the first CSS animation that he knows of and I can’t recall any that I remember so maybe he’s right. In any case maybe it will invoke some inspiration in your designs.
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The Cost of Comment Spam in Your Blog Posts
April 26th, 2006
I have been following Darren Rowse’s blog ProBlogger for a few months now. I guess you could say he gave me some inspiration into moving into the whole blog format and for the most part I’m glad I did. It’s a great way to get my views out and an easy way to keep my sites updated. In his post, the Cost of Comment Spam he mentioned that he has seen some people give up on preventing spam in their comment posts.
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Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
April 23rd, 2006
Anyone who has been following web technology the last couple of years has had to have heard or used the term AJAX that stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. Jesse James Garrett coined the term in 2005, but the technology has been around long before that. AJAX has been so popular that there have been conventions and trade shows focused around the topic.
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About Me
Brandon Quintana has been actively involved in web development for the past 12 years. Proficient web programming languages include XHTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript.
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