In the process of refactoring some MySQL queries in some PHP code, I came across some interesting syntax for field aliases in the existing code and poked around a bit…

HTML offers 3 types of lists as such: the ordered (numbered) list, the unordered (bullet) list and the (lesser known) Description List. In the Codepen below I have created 3…

The blockquote tag’s default styling results in a block-level block of text with a left indent. The following HTML code: results in the following: HTML <blockquote> (with a Shakespeare parody)…

Fonts can be wonderfully creative and a small change in style and layout can provide an elegant looking web page or document. However, from time to time the function of…

I have no experience with NoSQL databases and was curious to learn a bit more, with the goal of using MongoDB on a Heroku project. Here is a brief outline…

In the post Starting simple CSS I left off with a basic CSS rule. Your formatting requirements will quickly require you to add to your CSS skills to achieve your…

Most software these days offer some kind of on-screen notifications and modern websites are no exception. jGrowl is a jQuery plugin that allows you to add such notifications to your…

This is a very cool jQuery plug-in that I implemented on a project that had a bit of AJAX going on. In line with providing feedback to the user, while…

� can usually be found at work at my PC cursing Microsoft. 90% of the time Internet Explorer is the guilty party — but today � was provided with some…

I have blogged before about simplicity in code: how the simplest solutions are usually the best, and I normally put it down to elegance. I have the following table:tblTagstagID (int,…