Book Review: Firefox Hacks
"Firefox Hacks" by Nigel McFarlane, published in March of this year, is the latest in the Hacks series from O'Reilly Media. Never having read any book in the series I wasn't sure what to expect. On the other hand, like many people in the business, I know Firefox (FF) and enjoy using it because it is standards-compliant and very user friendly.
Web Page Excerpts Using CURL
The significance of links to external web pages can be lost if those pages have a lot of clutter. If your server supports PHP, this article will show you how to extract and present only specific elements from an external page using the CURL package.
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MySQL Queries to Remember
Being a web developer requires that you have a variety of skills and perform a number of different jobs. There may be long periods when you are working with databases and then extended stretches when you are not. Consequently, being a Jack of all trades means that query syntax may not always be at your fingertips. For this reason a reference of useful MySQL queries comes in handy.
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Site-Specific Search: Quick & Easy
A site-specific search capability is a nice feature to be able to add to a web site. If a site is large and content-rich such an addition can be an indispensable aid. However, creating your own search engine can be intimidating even for an experienced web programmer. This article will show how to create a site-specific search engine. No programming skills will be required to implement the code presented here but the reader should be familiar with HTML and would benefit by having some understanding of scripting languages.
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Review of CSS Cookbook
Like many developers, I am familiar with O'Reilly books and have come to expect high quality material from this publisher. I know their "Cookbook" format of books, having made extensive use of the "PHP Cookbook". To top it all off, my standard reference for CSS is published by this publisher. So, needless to say, when trying to decide upon another CSS book I was naturally drawn towards O'Reilly.
