Articles & Opinions
Writings to educate, amuse and inform; some are (very ranty) opinion pieces and others are researched articles and recommendations on my specialist subjects (such as PHP and website promotion).
Trends/Fads
- Valid HTML Trend
- Internet Cliques
- Trendy JavaScript
- Personal Website Ads
- Internet Begging
- Your Tutorials Aren't Helping
Accessibility & Usability
Coding & Site Management
- PHP Security Checklist
- PHP Security Tips
- HTML vs. XHTML
- Jem's Top Traffic Tips
- Jem's Top Five SEO Tips
- Promoting Your Website
- Splash Pages
- Unsafe PHP Scripts
PHP Beginner's Guide series
In addition to page-based coding articles, the following series is a beginner's guide to PHP structured in blog post form over several months. Subscribe to my blog so as not to miss out on the next guide.
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part One (PHP basics: common terms, and variables)
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part Two (Mathematical operators and ‘echo')
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part Three (Comparison and Logical operators, and the if construct)
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part Four (Understanding arrays and foreach)
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part Five (Getting to grips with for loops)
- Beginner's Guide to PHP - Part Six (Understanding basic function syntax and scope)
Other
Although I tend to write about subjects as they come to me, you're free to suggest a topic if you have one in mind.


