GIMP Crashes on Windows Vista

29th
Jul
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As a Linux user I was quite surprised to see GIMP crash on Windows Vista when using certain features like “Colourise”. I’ve never had a problem with GIMP on various Linux distributions so I wasn’t sure if there was a bug in the Windows build or something up with Windows in general. With no updates available and nothing on Google I started thinking it was something to do with Windows and permissions.

HTML Country List for Select Drop Down

25th
Jul
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A list of countries for using in select drop-down lists in HTML forms.

Image Formats and Saving Images for Websites

23rd
Jul
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I was recently asked (by my girlfriend who’s learning HTML) what image formats to use on websites. After trying to explain things such as transparency in GIFs I thought it would be best just to write it up.

PHP URL Rewriting Without Apache and mod_rewrite

15th
Jul
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Recently I was put in a situation where I had created a dynamic site that, prior to launch, needed Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URL’s. Without any admin access to the IIS server I was working on, no IIS modules/filters and extremely limited access in the control panel I came up with a method of URL rewriting purely in PHP without Apache and mod_rewrite.

5 Essential Web Development Addons for Firefox

12th
Jul
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Firefox excels when it comes to addons and there is over 121 million on the official website. Shifting through them I’ve come up with 5 essential addons for web development that are available cross-platform, some you’ve probably heard of but nevertheless important to put down.

Search Engine Friendly (SEF) & Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): The Difference

2nd
Jul
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As a website developer I was confusing the practice of SEO with what I like to term SEF (Search Engine Friendly), something which I believe is a common misconception out there. I thought I would help define the clear differences by writing this as it’s something of great interest to me at the moment.

Embedding Flash with valid XHTML Strict

2nd
Jul
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A quick example on embedding Flash objects in valid XHTML Strict.