It’s mah birthday!

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me…..blah blah blah…

For my birthday surprise today I will not post a tip. I know, bummer right? :) Today is all about digging into my birthday cake.

Wish me a Happy Birthday on any of my millions of social networking accounts.

http://twitter.com/matthewlking
http://www.facebook.com/matthewlking
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewlking/
http://www.last.fm/user/matthewlking
You get the idea.

Tags: matt king, matthewlking, mattking

5 Firefox plugins for website development

The age old debate: IE vs Firefox? Well, we already know that Firefox is fast taking over IE’s dominance as the favorite web browser – but there are still a those that choose IE because they don’t know any better. I hope that after reading this (if you aren’t already using Firefox that is) you will be convinced that Firefox is the way to go.

First things first, if you are not using Firefox to develop and build your websites you need to start. Firefox is the defacto standard and if you are trying to build a website in IE you are making things 10 times harder on yourself so, let’s make you a better person. (more…)

Tags: css, development, plugins, tools of the trade

Should I use a relative or absolute url?

There is nothing more annoying then moving a website to a new domain name, and finding you, or somebody else, used a ton of absolute links.

Now you have to scour code and articles to fix them, since they are pointing to the old domain. Is there a better solution? Enter, relative links.

oookay, first things first. What’s the difference?

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How to change your php memory_limit

ok, what happened?

If you build websites, at one point or another you will install or run a script and get a blank white screen.  Chances are, you will have this tell-tale look on your face.

Never fear, you have most likely just hit the memory limit on your server.  Memory limits are very important to have.  They help to keep scripts from running out of control or using up all of your free memory.  On the other hand, sometimes you are adding a rather fancy or elaborate feature to your site, that simply requires slightly more memory then the default 8mb that Apache gives you.   Let’s show you how to fix that.

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Tags: hosting, technology

How to install Morph for Joomla

The first video of many about Morph is now ready for you to watch. This one is a quick screencast showing the steps needed to get yourself setup with Morph & Configurator.

We’re working on many more videos about Morph, Configurator and themelets, so make sure you:

• Tell us in the comments below what Morph related things you want to see more about in future videos
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Stay tuned for news about Morph Release Candidate in only a few days time!

Are you running the latest version of Morph, Configurator and themelets?
If not, download it all here!

Tags: configurator, Joomla, Morph, themelets