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When is Thanksgiving?

Sunday November 22, 2009

Although there is no specific PHP function to give you the date of Thanksgiving in any given year, we know that in the USA it always falls on the forth Thursday in November.  Using this information we can create a script to tell us on what day Thanksgiving will fall.  Read More.  

How do I put my PHP files on my Web Host?

Monday November 16, 2009

How do I put my PHP files on my Web Host?  You followed the tutorials and have started making PHP programs, but now you need to know how to add them to your web hosting so the world can see them!  [read answer]

Getting Loopy!

Thursday November 12, 2009

A loop is a series of commands that will continue to repeat over and over again untill a condition is met. These conditions could be to execute until a statement becomes false, or simply to execute once for each of the variables you have. Read more about Loops!

Why aren't my cookies working?

Friday November 6, 2009

If your cookies aren't being set, one very common problem is that something is being sent to the browser before the cookie. The cookies need to be in the header and come before any HTML.  Read More.

How To: Insert Ads Only After the First Post

Monday November 2, 2009

If you use WordPress like I do, and are looking to add in adsense (or any other type of advertisement) but only want to display it after your first post (not after every single post on the home page) then this helpful article is for you.  I know you can also do the same thing with plugins, but this show you where to do it right your code, and it's very simple!

Daylight Savings

Sunday November 1, 2009

It's not just your home clocks you need to change today... if you live in an area that observes daylight savings time, you can also adjust the clocks on your website. This can be done in the in the date function using the I (capitol i) setting. This should be set to 1 when entering daylight savings and to 0 when leaving it.

What CMS Do You Use?

Friday October 30, 2009

I had tried a lot of different softwares for my personal website, before settling on WordPress and Gallery2.  Do you have a personal website that you use a content management system for?  Please share with us what you love and hate about your CMS!

Pregnancy Due Date Calculator

Monday October 26, 2009

The estimated due date of a baby is calculated by adding 266 days to ovulation, or 280 days to the first day of the last menstrual cycle. For our calculation, 280 days is converted to 24192000 seconds.  Read More.  

Wordpress Plugin Upgrades

Wednesday October 21, 2009

Do you do your Wordpress plugin upgrades manually, or do you use the automatic updater?  The automatic upgrades can be nice, but they can also cause problems.  For more information about how to use automatic upgrades click here.  

Print or Echo

Thursday October 15, 2009

Our Print or Echo question is our most popular reader response.  We ask you, do you generally use Print or Echo?  Want to reply, or see what your fellow readers picked?  Answer now!

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