Ah, I had one of those moments yesterday where I visited a website and it just screamed “review me”. About 9 hours later and I finally think I’ve finished. That is, unless I decide to “have a moment” and add to it. I won’t post the entire review in this post as that would a)… read full entry »

I’ve been working on tutorialtastic over the past two days because creating the page, writing the page, uploading the page, etc can get incredibly tedious — in fact it puts me off publishing tutorials in the first place (some of you see this as a good thing, you can shut up :p). Anyway, the scripting… read full entry »

I’ve been keeping an eye on my referral logs since I released BB3.1 so I know who’s using it and so I can keep track of potential bugs or ideas for new features (thinking about BB3.2 already!) So, when I came across a forum earlier and saw the words “I refuse to use Bella Book”… read full entry »

Reviewed: Vixx Site URL: furious-angel.com I’m reviewing your default layout. It’s hard to sum up a first impression when I see a site at least three-four times daily to check to see if there’s any new weblog updates. You must be doing something right to keep me coming back so regularly though. There’s something so… read full entry »

I have known for a long time that there is a difference between the load time of a site using inline styles and a site using a stylesheet: I didn’t realise how much difference! I uploaded my own without finishing things off, really — I’d forgotten to move my style to a stylesheet and hadn’t… read full entry »

I’ve been thinking about this PHP style switcher business, as well as what I’m going to do with BellaBook3.1 to get it safe and secure, ready for release. I have been trying to figure out the best way to have this PHP styleswitcher without disturbing browsing. I *think* because it’s a server-side language it is… read full entry »

To those who brought it up, yes I am aware that the site loads ‘plain’ (without colour) when you first visit if you’ve not seen the new layouts before. This is to do with the cookies in the JavaScript style switcher, at a guess. Anyway, to get past this simply refresh or choose a theme… read full entry »

I was going to take part in the 2005 National Novel Writing Month but dropped out a week into November after realising I had far too much on (what with job apps, etc.) and yet have still been receiving the NaNoWriMo e-mails: I’m too lazy to untick a box on the appropriate page. Anyway, I… read full entry »

If you’re using FA-PHPHosting, PHPClique, PHPCalendar, PHPCurrently, PHPFanBase or PHPQuotes there’s security risks that need to be addressed. You can find more information on Amelie’s website. I knew I spotted something dodgy with phpFanBase about mid-October, when I spent so much time staring at it helping Ang.nu to convert. I e-mailed the creator and never… read full entry »

With all the things that went wrong with the reboot design, it’s a laugh a minute over here I tell you. Firstly, I password protected the site an hour or so before I rebooted on October 31st to allow myself time to get the layout and new pages/etc up without ruining the surprise and filling… read full entry »