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Stripping HTML tags from content with PHP

Friday 23rd October 2009, 06:46 PM
It may sometimes be useful to remove the html tags from a portion of text, for example when you want to display a snippet of text in a paragraph, or add it to an xml feed with breaking it. There are a couple of ways to do this. The most obvious, and blanket solution, is to use the strip_tags() function in php.
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Link Icons for external links and different file types

Thursday 24th September 2009, 09:56 PM
Sometimes you might find yourself with a number of different types of links on your website, from external links, to links opening a new window, links to pdf or document files, or links to print the content of a page. It is important from a user interface perspective to identify these links to your users before they click on them.
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Using PHP to read files from a directory

Monday 31st August 2009, 08:15 PM
It’s a really simple, and actually powerful, tool which can help create a list of files, or even a dynamically generated music playlist or photo gallery.
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Styling submit buttons with images

Wednesday 26th August 2009, 09:43 PM
There are a number of ways to create fancy looking Submit buttons, whether using html or css. Here’s how I would create an accessible and user friendly submit button
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What I am looking forward to in CSS3

Monday 15th June 2009, 09:21 PM
Implementation of CSS3 is highly anticipated throughout the web, with a lot of designers already using some of its attributes on browsers that will allow it (ie, Safari). Just like HTML5, it's pretty polarising. I for one am looking forward to properly getting my hands dirty with it (rather than just messing about in my spare time), even though that may be a long way away.
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Using Images in Navigation

Monday 11th May 2009, 09:59 PM
In designing websites, one of more artistic ways to make a site more interesting to the user is to employ the use of images, as opposed to plain text. One particular area where this can be effective is in navigation elements. There are a number of different techniques employed in creating beautiful, image based navigation elements.
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