Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet (V1)
14 September 2006 | 172 comments | code, howto, cheatsheet, development, regex, regexp, expressions, reference, programming, tips, regular
Regular Expressions are very powerful, and many people find their unusual syntax hard to get to grips with. This A4 reference serves as a guide to regular expression patterns and options.
Ten Ways To Improve Your Website Conversion Rate
12 June 2006 | 152 comments | conversion, howto, business, marketing, design, tips, web, webdesign, usability, seo, ecommerce, tutorials
Why worry about getting twice as many people to visit your site, when it can be far easier to double the number of sales from the people already visiting? Here are 10 ways to improve your website conversion rate.
Online Marketing for Beginners
19 May 2006 | 115 comments | web, marketing, article, business, howto, webdesign, blog, seo, guide, search, optimization, tutorials, toread
Wondering why you should hire someone to market your website and how they should go about doing it? Hopefully this article can help.
Why sites usually drop in the SERPs and what to do if it happens to you.
Block Referrer Spam (Updated)
14 September 2005 | 42 comments | howto, webdev, server, spam, referrer, wordpress, htaccess, admin, apache
Referrer spam is becoming increasingly common. At best, it will only render your log files useless. At worst, it can cause your site to be dropped by search engines and your running costs to skyrocket. Here's how to block spurious referrers.
MySQL Cheat Sheet
24 May 2005 | 143 comments | cheatsheet, webdev, development, mysql, reference, programming, web, php, database, guide, sql, webdesign, howto
A quick reference guide for MySQL, including functions (both in MySQL and PHP), data types, and sample queries. Available in PDF and PNG formats.
mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet (V1)
10 May 2005 | 179 comments | howto, webdev, mod_rewrite, development, server, cheatsheet, reference, programming, web, htaccess, apache
A quick reference guide for mod_rewrite, including server variables, flags and regular expression syntax. Also includes examples of commonly-used rules.
CSS Cheat Sheet (V1)
30 April 2005 | 221 comments | webdev, cheatsheet, development, tutorial, reference, tips, programming, design, web, webdesign, css, html, howto
A quick reference guide for CSS, listing selector syntax, properties, units and other useful bits of information.
Password Protect a Directory with .htaccess
15 March 2005 | 98 comments | howto, webdev, security, programming, php, password, protect, sysadmin, htaccess, website, apache, directory, generator
A tutorial explaining how to retrict access to a directory on a web server using .htaccess.