Web site icon on the iPhone, iPad and iPod – create Webclip icon

This short and sweet tip explains how to create a Webclip icon (akin to a Favicon) which is used by the iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch. Typically, when a user on one of these devices adds your web site to their “Home” screen, the web site homepage snapshot is placed as the icon. A better bet is to get a web site icon of your logo to appear on the iPad, iPhone or iPod. More »

Can you use Lightbox with AdSense?

Lightbox is a simple, unobstrusive script that showcases images by superimposing them on a web page. It’s easy to use and can be installed on standard web sites and blogs. Check out my post that showcases the illustrations of popular celebrities by Pablo Lobato to see how Lightbox works; click on a thumbnail to display the larger version of the image. However, I was hesitating in using Lightbox on the site because the web pages also have Google AdSense ads. More »

MySQL login error 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ODBC@localhost

I installed MySQL on a desktop PC (VISTA). But after typing “mysql” at the DOS prompt, I get an error message: “ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘ODBC’@'localhost’ (using password: NO)“. My question is how do I successfully login to use MySQL? I’ve heard of phpMyAdmin – isn’t this better? Thank you
Wayne

You cannot login at MySQL server with a simple mysql command at the prompt. It is bound to result in the MySQL login error 1045 (28000): Access denied error. Actually, the command is incomplete as the login details are missing.

Anyway, this is a very minor issue and can be solved quickly by using the correct MySQL login command at the terminal window.
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Web developer vs. Web designer

As purists would have you believe, web designs and web developers are NOT the same. So one is a designer and the other a programmer? Yes, and there is more. But first, a cool infograph to brighten your day.
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Difference between web designer and web developer

My classmates and I were having a friendly argument on the difference between a web designer and a web developer… or are they the same? Which according to you is a better bet for the future? Could you also let us know is the average salaries of web designers and web developers?
Matthew Richardson

You know, I’ve never given this much of thought. I’ve spent years in the web business and all what I know is self taught. I still buy tons of books and magazines (you should see the monthly bill), read thousands of blogs, forums, newsletters etc. but have never attended a formal web design or a web development class. So what I tell you in this post is primarily shooting from the hip except for the web designer and web developer salary information which has been gleaned off the web (where else?).
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Apache cannot load php5apache2_2.dll: file not found!

When I start the Apache server it’s giving me an error that C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll not found. Can you help me with it?
Ehtesham

After configuration with Apache, a not-so-uncommon error thrown by Apache is “Cannot load php5apache2_2.dll“. This typically means that the web server is not able to locate the php5apache2_2.dll file. More »

Requested Operation Failed! Apache error

I followed your instructions on how to install Apache and they worked fine. The server started without problem. Then I installed PHP and restarted Apache. It gave the “Requested Operation Failed” error. Any ideas? Thanks for the work you did.
Greg

A ‘Requested Operation Failed’ error from Apache generally means something is wrong with the configuration file – httpd.conf. It may also result because another program is using port 80. More »

phpMyAdmin error Cannot load mcrypt extension: problem and solution

I was trying to install phpMyAdmin on a Windows 7 computer and thought it would be a walk in the park. After all, how wrong could I go with simple unpacking of the zip file to the document root? Though I was ‘partly’ right (the process was as easy as I had assumed), a “Cannot load mcrypt extension” error message greeted me when I loaded the phpMyAdmin login page in the web browser – see image below. Below is the solution to this problem. More »

mbstring PHP extension was not found: phpMyAdmin problem

Though installing phpMyAdmin on Windows 7 went off quite smoothly (excepting for a small bump), I got a mbstring PHP extension was not found error when I logged in. The simple resolution to this problem is to change the PHP configuration file and load the extension. More »

Client-side and server-side programming languages – Differences

Before I explain the differences between client-side and server-side programming languages, let me provide a brief on clients and servers. Once you understand what these entities are, it will be easy to grasp how scripts (programs) run on them and, yes, the dissimilarities. More »

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