June 2004
Three items in today’s blog: 1. Vacation. I’m going on a much needed vacation until July 5. No Internet, no voice mail, no email. Just time to relax and recharge. Part one of... Read More
First, thanks for all the friendly, welcoming comments to my previous blog! As I looked at some of the initial questions posted, I thought I should start out sharing a deep, dark personal secret.... Read More
I recently spent some time speaking with a popular Yankee Group analyst who covers the enterprise sector in the US, focusing in on open source and where the movement may go in the next few years.... Read More
Macromedia have announced a limited offer of a reduction on the price of Studio MX 2004 Upgrade and Full versions with Flash MX 2004 Pro. The offer also extends to DevNet Pro Subscribers and runs... Read More
Thanks to David: phpFS (php Function Search) – adds a search “drop down” for finding functions in the PHP manual. Where I bungled, David gets it right…... Read More
If you've ever toyed with the idea of learning ColdFusion, now's the time! Eric explains why, explodes the myths, and looks to the language's future as he makes the case for ColdFusion.Read More
Big companies with big sites, big userbases, and big wallets should lead the way in terms of accessibility. But, as Trenton explains, major sites - from Amazon to Google – can and do make... Read More
The strange thing the PHP success story is it’s had, more of less, $0 spent on on advertising / marketing. So when I post a blog with a cheeky title like this one, it sticks out… Anyway,... Read More
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175004 If you haven’t already, please take a look at the above forum thread. It’s a great one about conversion rates. I know that the... Read More
Disclaimer: this has been said before in different ways – e.g. search for separating navigation from structure or separating behaviour from structure – just adding my spin. The notion of... Read More
SQL Server 2000 Reporting Service Pack 1 is out today. Biggest improvements have made to the report rendering engines, but, here’s an overview of the big changes in this release: # Excel... Read More
I am excited to be part of the SitePoint community and to have this chance to blog regularly about things that I enjoy doing! I have a feeling that while I’m sharing what I know about design... Read More
Another day, another article; this time I’m concentrating on shifting simple functions from an AS1.0 based environment to an AS2.0 environment. The concepts are easy enough to pick up so that... Read More
ActionScript 2.0, introduced with Flash MX 2004, is the new object-oriented scripting language that has Flash developers in a spin. Climb aboard the AS 2.0 bandwagon as Steve explains its... Read More
