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Daily Web Tips- PHP Frameworks 5/5/2011
- jQuery fancybox ‘*.support not defined’ or ‘b.support not defined’ Error 1/9/2011
- Building Dynamic Subdomains 1/8/2011
- Daily Web Tips Not So Daily 10/29/2010
- CSS Only Menus 10/25/2010
- CSS Cheat Sheet 10/25/2010
- The Disappearing Database! ‘MySQL server has gone away’ 10/23/2010
- PHP Data Objects (PDO) 10/22/2010
- jQuery Pop-up – Facebox 10/21/2010
- What is an SSL Certificate and Do I Need One? 10/20/2010
Tag Archives: web development
Domain Name Prices Going Up in 2 Days – Grab ‘em Now!
You only have a couple of days to renew old domains or get new domains at current prices. The base prices will go up on the 14th of January, 2012 for .com, .net and .biz. Most registrars will have to … Continue reading
Firefox Fixed the Pop-up Window Problem on Dual Monitors
YAY Firefox!! I upgraded my browser yesterday and FINALLY, the long-time bug that keeps me from opening up a new browser window on my dual monitor is fixed! I am so excited! I usually work with my text editor open … Continue reading
Posted in building websites, on technical stuff
Tagged browser, building websites, computers, firefox, web browser, web development, websites
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Making Money Building Web Applications
Last week I posted an article about 10 ways to make money from home (or anywhere) with your computer. Number 2 on that list was ‘Web Applications’, which is what I want to discuss today.
Web applications can be the hardest way to get started and take the most money, but can be one of the most profitable. Basically, a web application is a website which provides a service to the user. Facebook would be a good example. Other examples are LinkedIn, MyOutdoorCalendar, CatalogOfDreams, and Dropbox. These are websites, but they deliver more than just information – they allow you to interact with them and they provide you with a service. Until recently, the only way to use software applications like these, was on your local hard drive on your own computer.
Posted in building websites, on living your dreams, on technical stuff, online business, wealth
Tagged building websites, dynamic websites, home-based businesses, interactive websites, make money, money, online business, starting a business, startup businesses, web applications, web development, websites
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Daily Web Tips and Our Trip Out West
As if I needed another blog, I’ve started another so that I don’t bore all of you with all the tips about web development.
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On a more personal note, Matthew and I are getting excited about our trip out west. We spent part of yesterday planning our route to see just how long it’s going to take us and how much money it will take. It’s going to be a LOT of driving and a LONG time away from home, but WOW it’s going to be EXCITING!! I know we will be glad to be back home.
If any of you have suggestions about attractions we might want to see while we are on the road, please let me know! Continue reading
Posted in building websites, on living your dreams, on technical stuff
Tagged building websites, HTML, javascript, out west trip, php, travel, web development
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Updating Your Web Page Without Refreshing the Page
Hopefully, after reading some of my latest posts, it’s very clear that visitors to your site are actually seeing your web page on their local computer.
The page may have been built on the fly at your hosting server using PHP and MySQL and then downloaded to the user’s computer, but by the time the visitor sees the page, it’s on their local computer.
Javascript code in the page may be making the web page more dynamic as well, but the user’s browser is handling the Javascript dynamics.
Since the user is viewing your web page on their local computer, any updates that need to be made to the page requiring PHP and/or MySQL must happen at the server level. This means that something on the page, such as a button or a link, must send another request to the server for the updated information. This used to require a page refresh.
The click of a link or a button would send the message to the server that another page was needed from the server. It might have been the same page with new, updated information, but as far as the server was concerned, it was a new page.
In other words, once the page has been built and sent to the user’s local computer, the only way to interact with the server is to send another request. This used to mean that the user’s browser would send the request and receive a new response to show a new page.
With advances in technology, advances in the languages that we now use for web development, and advances in our web browsers, it’s now possible to update specific sections of a page without refreshing the entire page. This has allowed web developers to create web ‘applications’ instead of just web ‘pages’. Web applications look and behave more like applications that you would run on your local computer. This new technology is called Ajax – Asynchronous Javascript and XML Continue reading
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Tagged ajax, building websites, computers, dynamic websites, interactive websites, javascript, php, programming, servers, web browser, web development, XML
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