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CSS3 and more – The compatibility Holly Grail?

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I think that with the more popularity that CSS3 gains and the more standard it becomes, one of the mysteries is what browsers support is offered for the new features in the release.

Luckily if you are looking for a pretty cool, and up-to-date compatibility listing of CSS selectors and pseudo selectors browser compatibility, then i think that this is a good link to take a look at.

They offer a pretty in-depth look at all the various css selectors, with their releases from 1 to 3, and lets you know EXACTLY if there is explicit support for that particular browser. Continue reading →

New Youtube channel!

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After a long time i finally decided the time was right to setup a new youtube channel to put out the a lot more videos. I think its personally a faster way to blog, easier to understand and not to mention the SEO benefits.

I think that i will keep the content on the channel primarily web development based, and this time if i am going to be presenting at the next Seattle PHP meetup again i can always put it online.

Well do enjoy the first post, it is another jQuery and Google Maps video, as i have noted before, i am amazed at the the number of people who end up here searching for both jQuery and Google Maps but to keep them coming here is link to the youtube channel, and check out the post if you are looking for another plugin. Continue reading →

WordPress 3.0 Beta Released, get it while its hot!

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The long wait is now over, WordPress have announced via their blog that the new version WordPress 3.0 Beta is now available for download by the public. This is pretty exciting considering that we will also being seeing Drupal 7 some time soon too.

The final version of WordPress 3.0 is due out later in WordPress, but in a move to release early could also be beneficial for WordPress and the community for a number of reasons: Continue reading →

Chance for free iPad from Digg + new iPhone app

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Well i guess that is has been long overdue but today Digg actually announced they have finally released their iPhone app, and it is available for download.

Although it may seem that this is a bit late, the news announcement on the official company blog also stated that generous guys at Digg would also be giving away a chance at a FREE iPad too! Continue reading →

jQuery 3-D plugin jParallax

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So as i was working on getting the site updated and ready, i was going through some links and just checking out some resources. Finally i stumbled upon, what may be for me the most exciting Jquery plugin in recent memory!!!

What could be so great? well it is this jQuery plugin called the jParallax. I think to really understand its best to answer the age old questions: Who, What, Why, Where, How, When. Continue reading →

jQuery Google gMap Plugin

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I think with the growing trend and movement towards geolocation based services, like on Twitter, and Foursquare google maps applications are going to need to be geolocation specific. What this means is that there may need to be some rewriting of some older maps or it could just be a chance to refactor and upgrade, at what would seem an ideal time considering some of the utilities and libraries available.

Now when you are looking for a plugin or functionality from a library your needs have grown or may be more specific. For example having the ability to dynamically populate and remove custom markers, or even for performing transitions on the map. Continue reading →

Zend Framework + WordPress

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Introduction

Often it is the case that you want to get extra functionality when you are coding a WordPress plugin or even adding some enhanced functionality such as grabbing images using Amazon S3‘s storage system or including flickr images with functionality that you may not find available with many other plugins available.

As a result you often end up including a number of different libraries that may include the functionality that you are looking for. However, in the long run what ends up happening is many of the libraries need updating, but because of real mechanism to alert you that an update is needed other than you manually checking. As a result the risk and potential for exposure to security threats greatly increases. Continue reading →