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Monthly Archives: November 2009

CSS Buttons: Simply Buttons V2

Thanks to Jack for posintg this. And from the official Simply-Buttons V2 site: Benefits Buttons size to fit text. There are 3 states: Inactive, Active, and Hover. They look and behave the same way in every browser and operating system. … Continue reading

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Ekini Edit: A gEdit Scheme / Vim Scheme that is dark and suitable for low-light conditions

A dark scheme with reduced glare and improved readability. The scheme is called Ekini Edit, it is based on the Zendburn and Thankful Eyes. UPDATE: Wow, this post has recently been getting a lot of attention from StumbleUpon. Please keep … Continue reading

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Meet my new text editor, Gedit (like Textmate for Linux)

I have new text editor for my Ubuntu box. Meet Gedit. For Ubuntu users, you can use your Synaptic Package Manager to install it. Gedit itself at start is very basic and bare. So, I have come up with the … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Creating your own RESTful Services

Matthew Weier O’Phinney has a very useful post for the latest release (1.9) of Zend Framework. As a followup to my previous post, I now turn to RESTful web services. I originally encountered the term when attending php|tropics in 2005, … Continue reading

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Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development from Packt Publishing

A few months back, I participated in reviewing Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development written by Keith Pope. The book is now published and released. You can get it here: http://www.packtpub.com/zend-framework-1-8-web-application-development This book is for PHP web developers who want … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Handling file uploads with Zend_File_Transfer

Here is a tutorial on how to handle file uploads with Zend_File_Transfer. Like so many of the other powerful components made available through the Zend Framework, the Zend_File_Transfer component is intended to make your life much easier when it comes … Continue reading

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