There are many ways to produce a text rotating effect on a webpage. What this effect details is the random changing of content or text every time the page is loaded. You can achieve this effect by using javascript or many other web scripting languages in use today, however I chose to use php for my rotator simply because of its reliability. Since php is executed on the server, you don't have to worry at all about the user's browser not supporting the script. The script is pretty straightforward, there arn't any special tricks in it that somebody with a firm knowledge of php programming wouldn't already know. But simplicity is sometimes the best way to approach something in a programming sense. continue reading...

Over the past few days I have been working on a way to create a scrolling single page portfolio. I have done this by using various jquery plugins such as the position absolute scrolling script, easy slide v1.5, and of Pretty Photo just for looks. I created this webpage simply to learn how something like this was done. Therefore I am putting up a download option for any developers who find this and might be curious enough to pick it apart themselves. Overall I think I was pretty successful in creating what I set out to accomplish, and I honestly think that scrolling webpages are pretty damn cool. continue reading...

If you have ever attempted the daunting task of creating and managing your own website from scratch, then you know how tedious it can be to make a change across every page. Furthermore the task of setting an active class to the individual pages that are active in the navigation is another pain that can easily be avoided with the use of some simple php. continue reading...

With the world wide web evolving on a day to day basis, it is important to keep up with the current web trends. One modern web trend is the use of web 2.0 styled buttons. These buttons are often shiny and attractive, but how are they made? Well to start off we will be deciding on the basic function of the button, what it does, what shape it will be, what style we wil use, and most importantly what color. In order to receive the desired effect you must have very clean and eye-catching colors in your button, otherwise people are likely to overlook them. The example to the right displays green, red, and blue glossy web 2.0 buttons. continue reading...