Template Engines Fundamentals for PHP
Today, I thought I would change the pace a bit and dive into something a little more on the technical side: PHP Template Engines. For those of you who are not programmers, let me give you a basic rundown what I’m talking about. Let’s take a PHP-driven website. The content is being created dynamically, probably [...]
How To Hire a Developer
Today, most businesses want a website. Some already have one. Others want one. They don’t want to hire IT staff and probably can’t afford any. And in most cases, an in-house IT staff, especially for your typical small business, just isn’t necessary. But, that doesn’t mean that you have to go without or will be [...]
Website Automation - Getting More Done
Many of us who work on the internet these days are one-man shows. Speaking for myself, I have people doing work for me throughout the country, but locally in my office I am currently the only person. As any sole business owner can attest to, running a business this way makes you a true jack [...]
Shopping for Shopping Carts
Over at PC Mechanic, I have been, for some time, running an online store which I programmed myself. That store was functional and it served well for some time. Being that I custom-coded the whole thing, I could also make everything work exactly how I wanted it. This was nice. However, the store had a [...]
A Look at AJAX
AJAX is one of the newest buzzwords circulating in the field of internet development. We’ve all known it for a long time as a cleaning agent. Its funny how this field loves to use names with other meanings (i.e. SPAM). However, in this case, it stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XML. In short, AJAX is [...]
Why PHP?
As many of you know, I do all of my web programming using the PHP programming language. There are quite a few other web programming languages out there, though, including Java, .Net, Cold Fusion, Perl, Ruby and others. I am partial to PHP, though, and there are reasons why I think this language has a [...]
The Prevention of SPAM on Your Website
One of the big issues with setting up any website is how to prevent SPAM. Simply put, if you directly publish your email address on your website, it is likely to be picked up by software robots and added to spam lists. These little robots act just like search engine robots. They scour the web, [...]
6 Tips to Secure Your Website
Most people on the internet are good, honest people. However, there are some people browsing the internet who derive fun from poking around websites and finding security holes. A few simple tips can help you secure your website in the basic ways. Now, obviously, the subject of data security is a complicated one and way [...]
