It’s now 18 months since I got my iPhone and my contract has ran out. Fortunately I realised a few days after my contract was expired that my phone was still working. I thought, no problem, maybe they have just put me on a month by month rolling contract until I change it. Nope!
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I have taken a keen interest in fonts over the last few years, yet so often we look at the brands of companies and do not even think about the thought that has gone into the making of a logo. I have looked at over a dozen well known logos to find out which fonts they use. Follow the links to find out more about the fonts and an insight into why they may have been chosen as a suitable base for the branding of these companies.
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There are many theme switchers out there that do the job just great. Whether you change the theme via a server sided script like PHP or through Javascript most theme switchers do the job of changing the CSS file that styles your content. But what if you want to just change a few of the styles on the page? What if you only want to have to update just one CSS file? Read the rest of this entry »
In my previous article on a simple introduction to JSON I showed how to use JSON to post back to the server, do some calculations and respond with the results rendered in the browser. In this example I will show you a real world example where you can select from a first option list and dynamically populate a second drop down list with items.
Before javascript libraries like jQuery came along asynchronously updating content with AJAX involved writing code which would account for the different ways that browsers posted back to the server with HTTP. Using the jQuery method post, we can easily load results via an HTTP post request with only a few lines of javascript.
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As it’s the new year I have decided this year to push myself to achieve goals set out. Some may call these resolutions. I prefer to think of them as long time goals as resolutions just don’t seem to work with me. Read the rest of this entry »
