posts tagged ‘tip’

keep your dev with the live

August 17th, 2009

When I develop a website I like to keep the development area in a subdomain (dev.bradleycushing.com) or one level back (bradleycushing.com/dev/). This way when it’s time to move my files over and make em’ live, I don’t have to do anything but upload. Make sure to keep your assets folder in the live area so those paths (icons, includes, etc.) won’t have to change either.

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jazz up your headings

July 10th, 2009

These headings are more jazzy than as jazzy as John Coltrane my friend. Subtitles can serve as a great descriptor, especially if your post titles are random snipets of nothing like mine. This code is for the title and subtitle in the life section.

heading (x)html (<h1> and <span>)

<h1>life <span>in the shadows</span></h1>
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php ob_get_contents(); buffer

July 7th, 2009

Found the dope resource when trying to store a php include inside a variable. There is a little more to it than I first thought, but not much more. Content Management Systems are built and rely upon this simpleness.

php buffer (with includes)

<?php ob_start(); // start buffer
include ('include.php');
$content = ob_get_contents(); 
// buffer contents to variable
ob_end_clean(); // end buffer and remove contents
echo $content; ?>
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