EFL Geek: ESL & EFL in Korea http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/ My journey to Web Design Mastery en eflgeek@eflgeek.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-12T01:21:00Z changes coming in PHP 6 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/changes-coming-in-php-6/ Coming changes in php 6 Web Design Coming changes in php 6



Several things added and some being removed - what does this mean for me? not much right now, but I do want to learn some basic php in the future and I might need to make some changes to the way I have my php.ini configured. But since it hasn’t been released nor has my host upgraed, I don’t need to worry right now.

Things removed

In addition to having new features, PHP V6 will not have some other functions and features that have been in previous versions. Most of these things, such as register_globals and safe_mode, are widely considered “broken” in current PHP, as they may expose security risks. In an effort to clean up PHP, the functions and features listed in the next section will be removed, or deprecated, from PHP. Opponents of this removal will most likely cite issues with existing scripts breaking after ISPs or enterprises upgrade to PHP V6, but proponents of this cleanup effort will be happy that the PHP team is sewing up some holes and providing a cleaner, safer implementation.

Features that will be removed from the PHP version include:

* magic_quotes
* register_globals
* register_long_arrays
* safe_mode

]]> 2008-05-12T01:21:00Z Client Red Flags http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/client-red-flags/ Potential client red flags - a good post for me to keep bookmarked for future references - i.e. when I start making money in web design. Web Design Potential client red flags - a good post for me to keep bookmarked for future references - i.e. when I start making money in web design.



]]> 2008-05-07T22:43:00Z New RSS Feed & Specificity http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/new-rss-feed-specificity/ I’ve created a new RSS feed that will only dispay entries related to web design. My regular feed will no longer display web design entries unless they are included in another category. You can subscribe to the Web Design RSS if you like. A very useful link for understanding specificity in CSS is here. web_site, CSS I’ve created a new RSS feed that will only dispay entries related to web design. My regular feed will no longer display web design entries unless they are included in another category. You can subscribe to the Web Design RSS if you like.

A very useful link for understanding specificity in CSS is here.



]]> 2008-05-07T02:18:01Z Web design is Math http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/web-design-is-math/ if web design were math, XHTML = addition, CSS = basic algebra and Javascript = quantam mechanics with a dash of super string theory. Essentially, XHTML seems basic, CSS is a little tricky but with practice should get easy and javascript is like talking to an alien from another universe.  Web Design, CSS, javascript/JQUERY, XHTML if web design were math, XHTML = addition, CSS = basic algebra and Javascript = quantam mechanics with a dash of super string theory. Essentially, XHTML seems basic, CSS is a little tricky but with practice should get easy and javascript is like talking to an alien from another universe. 



]]> 2008-05-01T22:18:01Z XHTML templates http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/xhtml-templates/ good XHTML & CSS skeleton templates to use for new projects at particle tree. Web Design, CSS, XHTML good XHTML & CSS skeleton templates to use for new projects at particle tree.



]]> 2008-04-29T13:46:01Z jQuery for Designers http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/jquery-for-designers/ jQuery for Designers javascript/JQUERY jQuery for Designers



The above site was found on the EE forums. I did a quick look at it and decided this is a good site for me to subscribe to. Hopefully I can go from knowing nothing about jQuery to knowing something.

]]> 2008-04-28T21:21:02Z CSS text wrapper http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/css-text-wrapper/ interesting generator for wrapping text into odd and unusual shapes Web Design, CSS interesting generator for wrapping text into odd and unusual shapes



http://www.csstextwrap.com/ found via the idea shower.

and the video

]]> 2008-04-24T13:51:01Z Web Design My column http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/web-design-my-column/ I’ve added 1 new category and 3 subcategories related to web design to this blog: Web Design - CSS - javascript/JQuery - XHTML. I’ll be using these categories to write about what I’m doing in my drive to improve my web design/development skills. To keep the footprint a minimum on the blog I’ll include 95% of the entries in the extended entry and create a separate RSS feed just for those three categories as well as removing them from the regular RSS feed - but that will have to wait until I catch up on grading. So far I have read Principles of Beautiful Web Design, CSS Mastery (twice), and ordered Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional. I found Principles of Beautiful Web Design to be an excellent book. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on color theory and typography. CSS Mastery is really well written, reading it a second time has really helped to clear up some of the principles that I hadn’t really gotten the first time around and I’m looking forward to putting them into practice. I know nothing about Javascript and am looking forward into learning this language and what it can do - hopefully this book is as good as it sounds and an engaging read as well. In other news I’ve just been informed that my next two columns for the Korea Herald are slated to be 1000 words each. I’ll probably write on motivation for one and on professional development for the other. Web Design, KH Column I’ve added 1 new category and 3 subcategories related to web design to this blog: Web Design - CSS - javascript/JQuery - XHTML. I’ll be using these categories to write about what I’m doing in my drive to improve my web design/development skills. To keep the footprint a minimum on the blog I’ll include 95% of the entries in the extended entry and create a separate RSS feed just for those three categories as well as removing them from the regular RSS feed - but that will have to wait until I catch up on grading.

So far I have read Principles of Beautiful Web Design, CSS Mastery (twice), and ordered Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional.

I found Principles of Beautiful Web Design to be an excellent book. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on color theory and typography. CSS Mastery is really well written, reading it a second time has really helped to clear up some of the principles that I hadn’t really gotten the first time around and I’m looking forward to putting them into practice. I know nothing about Javascript and am looking forward into learning this language and what it can do - hopefully this book is as good as it sounds and an engaging read as well.

In other news I’ve just been informed that my next two columns for the Korea Herald are slated to be 1000 words each. I’ll probably write on motivation for one and on professional development for the other.



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