How to Create an AJAX Based Voting System

This tutorial describes how to create a voting system with stars like below. We assume you have a web server that can run php scripts, a MySQL database, and a browser with javascript enabled. function HoverStars(item, star) { var starCount; for (starCount=1; starCount Read More →

How to Use .htaccess to Easily Mask Links

This guide assumes you have already setup a website running on an Apache based webserver. If you are using IIS you will need a third party plugin such as IIS Rewrite. Often times you may want to redirect links from your site as opposed to linking directly. This has a few benefits: If you need to change a link’s address you only have to change it... [Read more]

Creating Icons for Your Site

Icons are a great way to establish an identity for your website. On nearly all browser, when you set an icon for your site it will appear next to your site's URL and next to a bookmark. Icons are small (16x16) graphics files saved with the extension .ico. They were first used on Internet Explorer and most browsers haves ince added support for website... [Read more]

Installing Wordpress 2.7

Start off by downloading Wordpress from the official Wordpress download page. All the files come in a single zip file. Open the zip file and extract the files. In most zip programs you can just drag and drop the files into a folder. Once they are extracted, copy them to your website via FTP. If you are installing locally, copy the files into your document... [Read more]

Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Windows with WAMP (The easy way)

This tutorial explains, step-by-step, how to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows the easy way using WAMP. WAMP is an all-in-one program bundle that includes preconfigured versions of Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Start off by downloading the latest version of WAMP from the WAMP download page. A warning message appears warning you not to install with... [Read more]

Installing MySQL 5 on PHP 5 on Windows

This tutorial explains how to install MySQL server and get it to work with PHP. MySQL is a free database management system that is used by the majority of web applications today. You can install MySQL by itself, but much of its usefulness comes from using it together with PHP. This tutorial assumes you have already installed and configured Apache web... [Read more]

Installing PHP 5 for Apache on Windows

This tutorial walks through the process of installing PHP 5 on Apache for Windows. This tutorial assumes you have already installed Apache web server, if you have not then please consult our Installing Apache section. First, download the latest version of PHP from the official website. You can install PHP from the Zip archive but for this article we... [Read more]

Installing Apache 2.2.x web server on Windows

This short tutorial explains how to install Apache 2.2.x on any computer running Windows. Apache web server is the number one web server in use today used for both large and small sites. Apache is used for large commercial sites as well as smaller sites. Apache is free, and available for nearly every operating system. Having your own apache server is... [Read more]

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