Curtis Dicken

Intro to Traffic Analysis for Web Developers Web developers often use website analysis as an important tool for search engine optimization (SEO), as well as a method of finding out which content is generating interest on their sites. This tutorial will show you how to use Alexa.com to gain a broader picture of your website […]

Introduction to WordPress Blogging Just about everyone has heard the term blog. In simple terms a blog is basically an online diary which provides the blogger with a medium to post their thoughts on everything from recipes to politics to technical subjects. Since the first blogs began to appear in the mid 1990’s, they have […]

Introduction Just this month Morgan Stanley released their most recent epic, “The Mobile Internet Report”. The sequel to their “The Internet Report” that was released in 1995, this behemoth is 424 pages or 659 slides if you prefer to cover the material presentation style. It takes a look at recent trends of the mobile internet […]

Introduction to Tool Tips The Tooltip is as commonplace on the web as the hyperlink these days. Tooltips are commonly used to provide an extra bit of information when you hover over an image, hyperlink or even a block of text. The basic tooltip technology is built into virtually all modern browsers and is simple […]

Introduction to Creating Wizards Good web design is not just about making your website beautiful; it’s also about being user-friendly. One of the most common tools for a user-friendly website is the Wizard. In this installment we’ll create a wizard for subscribing to some websites. We’ll use JavaScript to manipulate display and styles to make […]

Introduction to Validation In the first part of this series Checking Your Work: Validating Input, we built the basic scripts required to validate some of our example form elements using JavaScript. We wired the JavaScript to our form, created a method to display a message box and inline text when a validation error occurs, and […]

Introduction to Validating Using JavaScript Whether you are accepting input for something as simple as a guestbook or something as complex as an employment application, it makes sense to check the user’s input before committing it to a database or even an email. There are two basic types of validation: server-side and client-side. In this […]

Introduction to Website Security Since the internet explosion of the 90’s many people and government agencies have been watching how information, especially personal information, is collected and distributed through the continual advancements in technology. Those concerned with protecting individual rights and privacy have been educating the public on how to keep their private information safe. […]

Introduction Recently we did an article on the top 10 Twitter apps. Well, in order to be fair to all you Facebook addicts, we thought we would offer up the top 10 Facebook apps which we decided to break up into two categories, Entertainment and Utilities. We’ll also explore how to go about creating your […]

Introduction to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Ever wanted to add RSS to your website but never really understood how RSS feeds worked or how to implement them? In this article we’ll give you a simple RSS generator that is made from HTML and JavaScript. We’ll show you how to use it to generate a feed, […]

Introduction to Affiliate Programs Affiliate programs have been around since the internet big bang, however, today’s affiliate programs are quite different than the original incarnations. While you won’t be making $5.00 per click any more, you can still generate a decent income from affiliate programs using the tips in this article! How Affiliate Programs Work […]

Introduction If you are reading this article while sitting under your rock then you probably have never heard of Twitter. For everyone else, you have either heard of or participate on Twitter.com. In this article we’ll take a quick look at 10 of the most popular Twitter apps, find out how to make your own […]