Archive for “2005”

On this page the following entries were made in the “2005” time-frame.


PHP and form processing

Posted Sep 26th, 2005 by Rich

I hate PHP form processing, I really hate php form processing.
I am currently adapting a form creater and processor, and I am beginning to really hate forms. Though I am learning a whole lot about how to write an if statement, or two (or fifty…).
My only satisfaction being that once finished I don’t have to [...]

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php sessions

Posted Sep 8th, 2005 by Rich

When writing php scripts and using sessions remember you have to start them in all files, including those you include in the script…
Remembering that would have saved me a little bit of time today!
Maybe one day I’ll learn to write code properly as opposed to muddling along like I do at the moment.

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Accessible Shopping Cart

Posted Aug 16th, 2005 by Rich

Up to now the number of shopping cart systems that are accessible i.e. valid xhtml and WAI AA has been low.
I only know of 2 Karova and Trading Eye. However the downside is that they are not cheap.
During the last few months I have been attempting to rectify this situation and will soon [...]

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Thunderbird and moving emails

Posted Aug 3rd, 2005 by Rich

I get a fair bit of email, all of which I leave in my main inbox until it is dealt with. After which I then move that email to the relevant place. Problem is Thunderbird doesn’t like quick mouse movements and any secondary, or deeper, menus disappear. I then have to into slow motion to [...]

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Accesskeys: useful or not?

Posted Jul 22nd, 2005 by Rich

John Foliot and Derek featherstone over at Wats.ca have long queried the usefullness of accesskeys, and have some very nice articles surporting their claims. More reasons why we don’t use accesskeys from December 2003 is just one of these.

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Tidybot

Posted Jul 11th, 2005 by Rich

W3C and WDG both offer validators for download. Every now and then I go and look at the instructions, and shudder with horror. Installation of these things is not easy, and I still don’t think I have the necessary knowledge to be able to do so successfully. Although not usable for many pages Tidy, an [...]

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