Mitchell McKenna - tagged with webdev http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Redis Caching Counts with PHP and Redis http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/7788/redis-caching-counts-with-php-and-redis

Redis is an open-source, in-memory, key-value data store. This article goes over how new startup forrst.com is using Redis to store counts on likes and comments to reduce database queries in activity streams.

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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:07:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/7788/redis-caching-counts-with-php-and-redis
Nivo Slider - The Most Awesome jQuery Image Slider http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/7059/nivo-slider-the-most-awesome-jquery-image-slider

9 unique transition effects. Simple clean & valid markup. Loads of settings to tweak. Built in directional and control navigation. Packed version only weighs 7kb. Supports linking images. Keyboard Navigation. Free to use and abuse under the MIT license.

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Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:23:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/7059/nivo-slider-the-most-awesome-jquery-image-slider
Debugging a CodeIgniter application with FirePHP http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5974/debugging-a-codeigniter-application-with-firephp

"FirePHP extends FireBug functionalities to show log or error messages coming from your PHP application. These messages won’t be printed on the application interface but instead on the FireBug console."

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:26:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5974/debugging-a-codeigniter-application-with-firephp
11 Useful Online Tools for Better CSS Development http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5354/11-useful-online-tools-for-better-css-development

"Whether you’re a CSS pro or just learning, it’s important to have a good set of tools to speed up and simplify your development."

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:44:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5354/11-useful-online-tools-for-better-css-development
A Guide to Mobile Web Design Tips and Tricks http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5277/a-guide-to-mobile-web-design-tips-and-tricks

"Having a mobile-optimized web site can really make your site stand apart from the pack. We’ve put together a toolkit of resources for the designer and non-designer alike to get you started. "

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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:37:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5277/a-guide-to-mobile-web-design-tips-and-tricks
20+ Brand New and Incredibly Useful WordPress Plugins http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5193/20-brand-new-and-incredibly-useful-wordpress-plugins

"With more than 7000+ plugins, WordPress is the most extendable Content Management System available; in fact, "WordPress is infinitely extensible" as Matt Mullenweg says. In this post, we'll examine twenty-one really useful plugins to take your blog to the next level."

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/5193/20-brand-new-and-incredibly-useful-wordpress-plugins
W3 Total Cache | Advanced WordPress Cache Plugin http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4394/w3-total-cache-advanced-wordpress-cache-plugin

"Trusted by many popular blogs like: mashable.com, webdesignerdepot.com, freelanceswitch.com, noupe.com and others — W3 Total Cache improves the user experience of your blog by caching every aspect of your site and reducing the download time of your theme."

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:22:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4394/w3-total-cache-advanced-wordpress-cache-plugin
FireQuery | Firebug Add-on http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4283/firequery-firebug-add-on

"FireQuery is a Firefox addon integrated with Firebug. jQuery expressions are intelligently presented in Firebug Console and DOM inspector. Attached jQuery datas are first class citizens. Elements in jQuery collections are highlighted on hover. jQuerify: enables you to inject jQuery into any web page"

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:38:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4283/firequery-firebug-add-on
Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet Explorer 6 Bugs http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4257/ultimate-ie6-cheatsheet-how-to-fix-25-internet-explorer-6-bugs

"Stop. Ok, I feel your frustration. You're a web developer and you're ready to tear your hair out because you have to support Internet Explorer 6, but, to put it tactfully, IE6 doesn't support you. You've spent hours on it, but you just can't seem to get your layout right. I can empathize. I can also help."

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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:41:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/4257/ultimate-ie6-cheatsheet-how-to-fix-25-internet-explorer-6-bugs
15 very useful PHP code snippets for PHP developers http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3742/15-very-useful-php-code-snippets-for-php-developers

"Following are list of 15 most useful PHP code snippets that a PHP developer will need at any point in his career."

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:30:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3742/15-very-useful-php-code-snippets-for-php-developers
5 Fun and Practical Htaccess Solutions http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3531/5-fun-and-practical-htaccess-solutions ]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:16:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3531/5-fun-and-practical-htaccess-solutions 10 Useful Wordpress Cheat Sheets http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3034/10-useful-wordpress-cheat-sheets

"Useful Wordpress Development and design Cheat Sheets for wordpress theme designer ."

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Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:53:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/3034/10-useful-wordpress-cheat-sheets
Entity Code - A Clear and Quick Reference to HTML Entities Codes http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2829/entity-code-a-clear-and-quick-reference-to-html-entities-codes ]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:30:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2829/entity-code-a-clear-and-quick-reference-to-html-entities-codes Flexigrid - Web 2.0 Javscript Grid for jQuery http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2772/flexigrid-web-20-javscript-grid-for-jquery

Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/flexigrid/ A more complete PHP example by Kevin Kietel: http://sanderkorvemaker.nl/test/flexigrid/

CodeIgniter example by Armorfist: http://flexigrid.eyeviewdesign.com/ ASP example by Synergiq: http://jamesowers.co.uk/asp-tutorials/57/flexigrid-with-asp/ Ruby on Rails example by Nick Fessel: http://www.nickfessel.com/

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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:52:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2772/flexigrid-web-20-javscript-grid-for-jquery
Coding a Clean Web 2.0 Style Web Design from Photoshop http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2715/coding-a-clean-web-20-style-web-design-from-photoshop

"In this web development tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a web page template from a Photoshop mock-up from a previous tutorial called "How to Create a Clean Web 2.0 Style Web Design in Photoshop" using HTML/CSS and the jQuery library."

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Fri, 29 May 2009 10:15:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2715/coding-a-clean-web-20-style-web-design-from-photoshop
Wordpress Theme Development Frameworks http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2693/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks

"designed to speed up the process of designing and coding a Wordpress theme by minimizing your time, and balancing your patience, on Wordpress’ back-end code that is repeated within every theme.

This post is not about finding the best framework, it is about finding the right framework that works for you."

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Thu, 28 May 2009 10:14:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2693/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks
The Ruby Toolbox: Know your options! http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2595/the-ruby-toolbox-know-your-options

"Ruby developers can choose from a variety of tools to get their job done.

The Ruby Toolbox gives you an overview of these tools, sorted in categories and rated by the amount of watchers and forks in the corresponding source code repository on GitHub so you can find out easily what options you have and which are the most common ones in the Ruby community."

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Mon, 18 May 2009 15:02:00 -0700 http://mitchmckenna.com/items/view/2595/the-ruby-toolbox-know-your-options