Cheat Sheets
CSS (V2)
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The second version of the CSS Cheat Sheet, a quick reference guide for CSS, listing selector syntax, properties, units and other useful bits of information.
HTML
HTML is the language of the web. It is the semantic support on which websites depend. This A4 reference lists the various tags available to the web designer, as well as a selection of useful character entities, attributes and events.
Microformats
Microformats allow us to add more information to our documents on the web, embedding semantic data in web pages that can then be parsed and used in other applications. This reference sheet contains an overview of the most often used microformats.
ASP / VBScript
A quick reference guide for ASP / VBScript, containing functions, collections, regular expression syntax and other useful bits of information.
HTML Character Entities
I'm forever looking up character codes, so this cheat sheet was a no-brainer. This contains a list of the assigned character codes in HTML, with an example of how they are displayed, and description.
JavaScript
A quick reference guide for JavaScript, listing methods and functions, and including a guide to regular expressions and the XMLHttpRequest object.
MySQL
A quick reference guide for MySQL, including functions (both in MySQL and PHP), data types, and sample queries. Available in PDF and PNG formats.
CSS (V1)
A quick reference guide for CSS, listing selector syntax, properties, units and other useful bits of information.
PHP (V1)
I'm fed up with having to visit php.net to look things up. This A4 cheat sheet is designed to sit by your desk and make your life easier.
RGB Hex Colour Chart
A free, printer-friendly RGB Hex colour chart for web designers.
Articles
Writing Secure PHP, Part 4
The fourth part of the Writing Secure PHP series, covering cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery and character encoding security issues.
Ten Ways To Improve Your Website Conversion Rate
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
Wondering why you should hire someone to market your website and how they should go about doing it? Hopefully this article can help.
Writing Secure PHP, Part 1
Learn how to avoid some of the most common mistakes in PHP, and so make your sites more secure.
The Box Model For Beginners
An explanation of what the box model is and how it is treated by different user agents.
Background Images for Beginners
Everything you ever wanted to know about using background images in CSS.
Accesskeys for Beginners
Accesskeys enable a user to navigate a site using keyboard shortcuts, improving both the usability and accessibility of your site.
Printer Friendly Pages for Beginners
Most designers create printer friendly pages by creating two seperate pages for each single page of information. This article will teach you how to do the same with CSS and no duplication.
Blog and Lab
Preload Images with CSS
How to preload images using CSS and so avoid delays with rollover effects.
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23 December 2004 | 57 comments | code, rollover, webdev, howto, preload, web, design, image, webdesign, images, css
View Page Structure
A tool that outputs the structure of a page. Makes working with CSS (especially resolving inheritance issues) much easier.
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12 October 2004 | 26 comments | imported, code, xhtml, tool, cheatsheet, design, webdesign, useful, tools, resources, css
Text Readability Scores
A tool to give an indication of how easy text is to read, using the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG and Automated Readability scoring systems.
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07 July 2004 | 141 comments | design, language, literature, readability, reference, resources, tool, tools, usability, webdesign, writing
28k and 56k Modem Emulator
Regardless of your connection speed, this will show you how your site loads on PCs with older connections.
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29 June 2004 | 65 comments | webdev, development, web, design, usability, modem, webdesign, tools, accessibility, optimization, testing
Faux Columns for Liquid Layouts
Using CSS for layouts can be a problem when using backgrounds for two columns that are not of equal length. This article expands on the solution to this problem from AListApart.
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22 June 2004 | 30 comments | tutorial, html, fluid, layout, reference, liquid, design, web, faux, webdesign, css, hacks
Email Address Validation
How to validate email addresses according to ISO standards with PHP.
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01 June 2004 | 200 comments | code, development, email, php, programming, regex, regexp, security, tutorial, validation, webdesign
PHP DateDiff Function
VBScript's DateDiff function is a powerful way to express differences between dates, and PHP lacks a similar function. Here's a replica of VBScript's DateDiff function in PHP.
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20 April 2004 | 74 comments | webdev, php, datediff, date, script, webdesign, programming
VBScript Date Format Functions
Date formatting in VBScript is not quite as powerful as PHP. This function gives you plenty more ways to format dates and times in VBScript with the minimum of effort.
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15 March 2004 | 68 comments | scripts, development, reference, programming, vbscript, javascript, time, unix, date, asp, vb, webdesign
UK Counties Select Box
A populated select list (input box) with the counties of the UK as options.
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15 February 2004 | 27 comments | development, webdesign, resources
US States Select Box
A populated select list (input box) with the states of the USA as options.
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14 February 2004 | 26 comments | select, webdev, development, html, reference, resource, design, forms, webdesign, states, resources
Countries Select Box
A populated select list (input box) with the countries of the World as options.
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24 October 2003 | 31 comments | list, select, countries, html, resource, design, forms, webdesign, form, resources
