March 4, 2012
Over the past few months, I’ve been contacted by a good number of readers who have had problems downloading our guides, or why they can’t see the login buttons or comments not loading; and in 99% of cases, it’s because they’re running one these plugins – AdBlock, NoScript, or Ghostery – which I shall hereby refer to as the “trifecta of evil”. Here’s why.
January 5, 2012
If you’ve ever thought about learning computer programming, now might be a good time to start. The developers of Codecademy invite you to make a New Year’s resolution to learn coding through their interactive programming lessons, emailed to you each week. So far, over 117,000 have signed up. Their program, called Code Year, is a straightforward, fairly easy to follow three-part course.
September 21, 2011
For avid Skype users on Apple devices, you need to be careful. There is a vulnerability in the current iOS version of Skype that allows users to get access to your address book. Obviously, this is not the most earth shattering hack, since there isn’t too much a hacker can do with just an address book. Still, I don’t think you or your contacts would want that information in the hands of hackers.
August 17, 2011
Flash used to be the king of web animation, but now it’s been slowly abandoned because of the possible future ruler: a combination of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Even though Adobe is still strongly supporting Flash, it is also beginning to embrace the new alternative. The proof is Edge – the new multi-platform tool from Adobe.
July 9, 2011
The web as we know it is evolving faster than ever before. As of late, HTML5 is coming into the scene, providing the capability of developing highly interactive web apps without the need for the proprietary Flash. Instead, all a user needs is a supported, modern web browser, and they’ll be able to enjoy the best of what the web has to offer.
October 12, 2010
Shopping systems are often slow, bulky systems that can be quite demanding. The exceptions are blog (i.e. WordPress) plug-ins, but even these require advanced control over your webserver and database installs. In short, a lot of work, files and really tough to use with free (limited) webspace. Today, we’ll discuss an alternative. It’s free, super [...]
June 21, 2010
Javascript image rollovers are used to bring interactivity to webpages. The use of the rollover is one of the most popular forms of Javascript on the web. Javascript rollovers (or mouse-over effects) are fairly common on today’s websites and can be used very creatively. You’ve seen them. Images that have been constructed this way change [...]
June 16, 2010
Javascript is an integral part of web browsing and a lot of websites use Javascript for web applications and functions. A question I get at AskTheAdmin.com often is how I can tell if I am using a Javascript enabled browser. I have two quick methods to tell if the browser you are using does or [...]
June 14, 2010
Yesterday, I wrote about what JavaScript is and how it works. Building on the immense popularity of JavaScript these days on the web, a number of libraries have come up to the forefront. So what exactly is a library and why would you want to use one for JavaScript when you can do just about [...]
June 13, 2010
JavaScript has an interesting bit of history. Originally developed at Netscape as Mocha, it came to the forefront with official announcement in 1995. It was then developed independently by different parties, most notable of which was JScript by Microsoft. Obviously a standardized implementation was needed, which led to its submission to ECMA international. Thus ECMAScript [...]
