Category Archives: Web Development

Weekly Round Up: Issue 1

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Jason Ashdown

I often hunt around on the internet for the latest information to do with Web Development. Most of the time it goes to my Twitter but I thought it would be great if I could start logging a collection of … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome: Web forms, empty action won’t work!

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Jason Ashdown

After doing some testing, I was wondering why the hell my form wasn’t submitting any POST data in Google Chrome. It turns out that Google Chrome will not “post” to a form when the “action” destination is left blank. Using … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.7

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

The admin interface on the new WordPress 2.7 is impressive. I haven’t had time to play around with it very much, but I really appreciate the automatic upgrade link for plugins. Reduces the time required to keep them up to … Continue reading →

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HowTo Forge: Getting the most out of your Webserver

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

I’ve always enjoyed tweaking my Web Servers, trying to get the most out of them, but sometimes it can be very tedious and frustrating… long, late hours of troubleshooting problems. Enter HowTo Forge! HowTo Forge is website that provides pre-compiled … Continue reading →

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Name that AJAX Framework!

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

I have been delving into the Javascript Frameworks yet again. When I think of Javascript Frameworks, I automatically think “AJAX”, but that actually is just a part of what they are. When I think of Javascript Frameworks, these 4 come … Continue reading →

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PHP Mantis: The Bug Tracking Tool!

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

For those budding PHP developers out there, you want to run your eyes over this! http://www.mantisbt.org/ Mantis is a free Bug Tracking tool like Trac but without the SVN fuctionality. Why is this useful? There are several reasons. It’s a … Continue reading →

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CL Auth gets updated to v0.2.5

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

The latest version of CL Auth now includes example files to help you understand how to use the functions. You can download the lastest version CL Auth v0.2.5 now.

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A List Apart: Survey 2008

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

I’ve just completed taking the “A List Apart” survey for 2008. It was a set of 48 quick questions about what its like to be a web designer. If you are a web designer, I suggest that you show your … Continue reading →

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PHP Validation class for forms

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

Just to top off my daily posts, I have been perfecting a PHP Validation class over the past few months. At work I tend to do a lot of registration forms for competitions, subscriptions, newsletters, contact forms etc. So I … Continue reading →

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Lytebox with javascript Exif Data

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jason Ashdown

Recently I had to integrate a photo gallery for one of my work projects Sony Alpha, a new digital SLR camera from Sony. My task was to display both the Exif data and the image at the same time. For … Continue reading →

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