Solving PHP MySQL UTF-8 issues
By Mary Lou on
Heres a list of actions you should do in order to get PHP + MySQL working with UTF-8: 1. Database: CREATE DATABASE db_name CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET u
CSS button with hover effect
By Mary Lou on
Inspired by the nice download button on the jquery homepage I created this button with a hover effect. It uses opacity options for all browsers. You can see a demo h
Free Web 2.0 style glossy buttons
By Mary Lou on
Here is a set of some colorful glossy web 2.0 style buttons in png format (size: 203 px wide, 71 px high). You can use them as you like!
JavaScript browser detection
By Mary Lou on
Here is some very useful javascript for detecting the browser that is accessing a page:
PHP function that returns the exact age
By Mary Lou on
Here is a simple PHP function that returns the exact age of a person given his/her birthdate: function age($month, $day, $year){ $y = gmstrftime("%Y"); $m = gmstrfti
CSS Gmail style labels
By Mary Lou on
Ever wondered how to generate some cool gmail labels in css? Here is an attempt to imitate the little labels used in gmail. Three tiny colorless images are used to c
Cool CSS-only registration form
By Mary Lou on
Here is a very simple and cool registration form. A lot of times I was searching for some registration or login form that is easy to adapt. Here comes my contributio
Simple CSS chart for dynamic content
By Mary Lou on
This is an example of a very simple CSS + one tiny image chart. The result will look like this: Insert the follwoing style into the head of your html (or add it to y
Simple CSS: Update box for category or posts
By Mary Lou on
Let’s create a simple and clean box that shows the updates in a category (or anything you might like it to use for). The result looks like this: Starting with
JavaScript: Changing location or stylesheet according to device or browser
By Mary Lou on
Developing web applications for mobile phones sometimes brings the need to just create separate content for different devices. Some time ago I had to create a web