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Category: Web Design & Development

HOW-TO: Use Lynx to run a PHP script in a Cron Job.

There are times in a web developers life cycle where you need to create a PHP script that does some maintenance to your site.  In my case, I needed a script that cleanly backed up a MySQL database and email it to the client in question.  It’s a fairly simple process, and I know that [...]

Install PHP Pear (Mail) on Ubuntu

I had been hunting around looking for a MySQL backup script that I could provide to a few of my users that simply dumped the DB, compressed it and email it to the client as an attachment so they had the piece of mind that they had a backup.  Upon much searching, I decided that [...]

Websites all designers should know about

Websites all designers should know about

As a designer developer, there are a few sites that I visit on a regular basis that I either gather inspiration from, post works to for critiquing, or just enjoy reading. This is a small working list, but these are the basics.

Swatch – Color Swatch App

Swatch – Color Swatch App

For a designer and web developer, one of the more intricate things to deal with is colors. From needing to match existing background colors, to being able to find hex equivalents. Mac’s are known for their little intricate apps for uses just like this, and low and behold I found a nice app that not [...]