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March 6th, 2010

Creating Unique Styles for WordPress Pages

In WordPress 2.8, there is one small but very useful feature, both for WP web developers, and for bloggers. This is an opportunity to change the appearance of any individual page or group of pages without the need to write either the functions/conditions on php or install plugins. All you need to do is simply add your desired style to your css file.

Posted in Featured, PHP, Server Side, Wordpress
By Nick Plekhanov

February 7th, 2010

Our Sponsors Rock! A Thank You From Dev-Tips

Our recent giveaway was a gigantic success, and it just would not have been possible without some amazing people. I'd like to take a moment and individually thank every sponsor that made this fun giveaway possible.

Posted in Client Side, Featured, Site News
By Drew Douglass

January 28th, 2010

AJAX and PHP, Building Modern Web Apps – Book Review

As many of you know, I'm a huge fan of reading actual web development books to increase ones skills. Sometimes, you just need to step away from the computer and read an actual physical book. I recently had the pleasure of reading AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications - Second Edition, and I absolutely loved it. I'm going to take some time today to go over the some of the book, and what I feel it has to offer the average reader.

Posted in Books, Client Side, Featured, Javascript, Resources
By Drew Douglass

January 6th, 2010

Dev-Tips Turns 1! The Huge Giveaway Bash Begins!

Recently, we wrote about Dev-Tips turning one year old, and asked for items to be donated for a giveaway bash. I'm thrilled to say the response has been absolutely overwhelming. I have been stunned by everyones kindness and will to donate an item or product. With that said, I published the first post for Dev-Tips one year ago today. We've got 11 amazing items and products to giveaway to some of our readers, let the giveaway begin!

Posted in Books, Client Side, Featured, Resources, Site News
By Drew Douglass

January 5th, 2010

Introducing Minerva – A Creative Portfolio Theme

Recently, I teamed up with very talented designer and personal friend Baz Deas to form a small and fun ThemeForest team. We came up with a name, DesignThirst, and have released our first premium HTML template on ThemeForest. Minerva, the name of the theme, is a premium and very fresh corporate/portfolio theme. Just check out some the features!

Posted in Client Side, Downloads, Featured, HTML/CSS, Resources, Site News
By Drew Douglass

December 30th, 2009

Dev-Tips Turning 1 Soon, Big Giveaway Bash Planned!

On January 6, 2010, Dev-Tips turns one year old. It's hard for me to believe it's been almost a year now that Dev-Tips has been up and running with quality web development articles from numerous authors. There are so many great people and readers that got us this far, that we'd like to plan a giant giveaway and need your help! Read on to find out how you can get in on the fun!

Posted in Client Side, Featured, Site News
By Drew Douglass

December 30th, 2009

Winner of PHP Book Giveaway & Future Giveaways Announced!

We recently had an awesome giveaway on Dev-Tips for a chance to win PHP For Absolute Beginners by Jason Lengstorf. Today we will announce the winner as well ad briefly discuss future giveaways!

Posted in Client Side, Featured, Site News
By Drew Douglass

December 19th, 2009

Awesome radio button grouping with jQuery

I was asked to do something rather interesting with some radio button inputs the other day. I haven't come across this particular problem before and google didn't return anything helpful, so I decided to share what I came up with.

Posted in Client Side, Featured, Javascript, jQuery
By Barry Roodt

December 8th, 2009

PHP For Absolute Beginners Reviewed + Giveaway!

Recently, fellow web developer and friend, Jason Lengstorf wrote and published (by Apress Publishing) PHP for Absolute Beginners.

Jason was kind enough to send me a copy for my own reading and enjoyment. Now that I've finished, I'll be quickly reviewing the book and then giving away a free copy to one of our readers, courtesy of Jason Lengstorf and Apress Publishing! Read on to find out more about the book and how to win the giveaway!

Posted in Featured, PHP, Resources, Server Side
By Drew Douglass

December 4th, 2009

5 Must Bookmark Websites for Web Developers

We all have our favorite websites lined up in Google Reader, often, we don't get the time to go through as many of the sites and articles that we would like. However, there are some sites related to web development that are essential to keep up with. Today, we will go through 5 must bookmark websites for web developers.

Posted in Featured, Server Side
By Drew Douglass