When it comes to accepting online payments and other sensitive information over the web, normal HTTP just doesn't cut it. It's an insecure method of communication where everything is sent over the wire in cleartext – it's completely trivial for anyone in a network...
Many people think the Internet and the web are the same thing. In fact, the Internet is simply a global network of computers – the web runs on top of the Internet, and makes it useful for us. So how does the web work? The Invention of the Web. The web was invented by...
As you travel around the web, you'll notice that most sites now have ads in some form or another. Some of them are subtle, but some of them just aren't – in fact, after a while, the ads at some sites can annoy you enough that you'll either block them out entirely or...
Before you can consider the finer points of your design, you need to make the big decisions. Few of these decisions are more important than what colour scheme your website is going to use. If you choose the wrong one, your site will be, in the worst cases, completely...
More websites are starting to offer RSS feeds, and more users are making use of RSS readers instead of visiting every website they want to read individually. But what is RSS, why is it getting popular, and – most importantly –what can it do for you? Read on. What is...
When it comes to web design – in fact, any kind of computerised graphic design – Photoshop has been the standard for years, and remains the market leader. But just what is so great about it? Photoshop's Features. Photoshop was originally designed for print graphic...
I just heard about the new Google Talk service from Google which allows you to talk over your computer to friends/family/clients. I heard an example Chris Pirillo demonstrated on his podcast and I couldn't believe the quality of the sound. Google states “Talk...
I found a great flash mp3 player that anyone can easily install on their site. It works with php, asp and coldfusion driven sites. I believe it only plays mp3's but it does it pretty fast and streams them very nicely. I thought of some very good uses for this player...
I just got back to Norway last week and have been busy enjoying the sun here. It is amazingly warm now and so it's hard to stay inside and work. I have been able to get a little bit done. I'm working on two sites at the moment, doing a bit of redesign on one and a...
I accidently stumbled upon iDevX2My v1.0 from iDevDirect.com which allows you to convert excel spreadsheets to MySQL. If you use spreadsheets or text file databases for any reason and want to import that information into a MySQL database then you should check out this...
