Author: Allison Day

PHP: Getting Loopy

Have you ever played hangman? I used to, all the time. Especially when I was bored, and didn’t have a book to read or anything else to do. This was before the 24/7 connection of computers and iPhones, of course. If you haven’t, let me explain: hangman is a simple little word game. One person… Continue reading PHP: Getting Loopy

PHP: On One Condition…

For the last couple of weeks, we’ve talked about functions and variables in your PHP code. But that’s not nearly all that there is to PHP. After all, there’s more to functions than just passing variables around (we have to do something to these variables, else what’s the point?) and functions aren’t the only way… Continue reading PHP: On One Condition…

PHP: Variables

Last week we talked about what functions are in PHP, and I promised that this week I would explain more about what goes into a function and why on earth there are so many dollar signs in PHP code. So to put things into context before we jump right in, remember that we were discussing… Continue reading PHP: Variables

PHP: Getting Functional

Last week I introduced you to the elePHPant, and showed you how to differentiate the PHP in your code from everything else. But that doesn’t actually tell you what’s happening between the PHP tags… which is kind of the entire point of learning about PHP, right? So today we begin to dissect the elePHPant, and… Continue reading PHP: Getting Functional

To Table or Not To Table? That Is The Question.

Imagine this scenario: you’ve decided you want a website, and you set out to code it completely from scratch (It certainly is possible–I’ve done it in the past–but with the great themes available these days, why bother?). You know you want the header at the top, a sidebar or two, the content in the center,… Continue reading To Table or Not To Table? That Is The Question.

HTML: A Classy Identity

If you look at the HTML code of any modern website, you’re likely to see a lot of <div> elements. A whole lot of <div> elements. A lot of coders use <div> elements to format the layout of their websites. But what does a <div> element do? By itself, not much. All a <div> element… Continue reading HTML: A Classy Identity

HTML: A Few Basic Rules

For the last couple weeks we’ve been going through an introduction to how websites work by diving in head first (no pun intended) and looking at working code. While this does help you understand how your website works and how to customize the head section for your own website, there’s also a lot it doesn’t… Continue reading HTML: A Few Basic Rules