June 2004

Panther, PHP, MySQL

If you have Mac OS X 10.3 and would like to set up PHP and MySQL on your own machine then this tutorial for setting up WordPress on Mac OS X is exactly what you want. I followed the instructions exactly and the whole install went really smoothly. [Thanks to: alexking.org/blog]

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Spam info

Randy Cassingham’s Spam Primer addresses “The basics of spam, how they got your address in the first place, and what to do now.”

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Essential reading for web designers

Maxine Sherrin says: Developing with Web Standards from 456 Berea St is the most thorough and well organised resource I have seen on this subject. Covering it all from why you should be using web standards to methods, guidelines and best practices this document is a fine example of one of my favourite mantra: why [...]

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Two columns, and even three

If you’ve struggled with two- or three-column layouts then Creating Liquid Layouts with Negative Margins at A List Apart will help.

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Photoxels tutorials

The front page of the Photoxels website is rather confusing, but find your way to the tutorials and you’ll reach much superb information. These are short, to-the-point articles dealing with one subject at a time. At the moment there are about 20 tutorials, including: Aperture Correct Exposure Fill-In Flash Frame Your Picture Focal Length White [...]

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Firefox keyboard shortcuts

Using Firefox 0.9 on Windows XP or on Mac? Go to Help — Keyboard Shortcuts and (among other things) you can move between tabs with the keyboard. There are heaps of other keyboard shortcuts there too. Control Tab Control Shift Tab

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