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Blog Posts
CakePHP CakeFest 2009 Berlin
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Tagged: Website, General
Look out Berlin! You're going to be invaded by hoards of eager to learn CakePHP nerds.. I don't know how one prepares for that kind of scenario.
CakeFest is exciting. Being somewhat remote here in Australia, and with finances not so great at the moment overall, attendance is shakey for me.. But there is no doubt I will be keeping up to date as the event happens by hanging out online in IRC and keeping up to date on the google groups and such.
CakePHP fieldsets to keep your forms organized
Friday, 20 March 2009
Tagged: Website, General
This one is pretty simple, but useful for keeping things organised and easy to understand for your users when going through longer form sets.
The fieldset element isn't used as much as it should be. Its great for grouping content, and allowing a mental breakup for the user to make forms easier to comprehend. Guess what, CakePHP makes it super easy to implement!
Using jQuery to highlight required fields
Friday, 20 March 2009
Tagged: Website, General
One of the things that can get to be a pain in the bum to manage is the little indicator element that your designer has chosen to indicate required fields in a form.
The designer I am currently working with likes to use an asterisk to indicate a required field, and while that is not a problem, it gets fiddly and frustrating to manage down the line as form fields and required data changes through the evolution of a website. jQuery to the rescuse with a cross browser solution for CakePHP, inspired by the :after CSS pseudo class.
New website launched on time!
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Tagged: Website, General
It has been a very very busy week. With work, personal life, and getting this site ready to launch. I don't recall ever being as tired as I am now. However, we have a result, and that is the site in its fancy new design with the core functionality included.
It feels like a bit of an anti-climax, as there are a few articles / posts that I wanted to make before launch that describe the construction and development of this site from the design phase through implementation and deployment. I'll get to these soon. For now, its great to have a new fresh presence online after over 6 years of the same old site!
Resolutions for 2009
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Tagged: Website, General
Yeah, yeah... New years resolutions. Who really expects to stick to them, or for them to be remembered for more than a couple of weeks? Lose weight, stop [insert bad habit], rah rah...
The reason I am posting this publically, and so late in January, is that I want the resolutions I list here to be monitored by you, the reader, and I wanted the list to be developed post-hype. I've often thought about new years resolutions around the celebratory new year date, and never really stuck to them.
