08.18.2008 Password Verification and Strength Checker

Password Verification and Strength Checker

This tutorial will walk you through creating a registration form that includes a password strength checker to tell the user how strong (security wise) their password is. This form will also include two password boxes and will verify that the same password has been entered twice to prevent typing the wrong thing into a password box.

Posted in CSS,HTML Tutorials,JavaScriptTutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
08.13.2008 JavaScript Progress Bar 2

JavaScript Progress Bar 2

This tutorial will walk you through configuring a JavaScript based progress bar that can triggered by several things. The last tutorial I did, I mentioned doing it with PHP and the results of a query. That is what this tutorial is going to be about.

Posted in HTML Tutorials,PHP Tutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
08.12.2008 JavaScript Progress Bar

JavaScript Progress Bar

This tutorial will walk you through Configuring a javascript based progress bar that can triggered by several things. You could have it triggered by how many results are pulled back from a database, or you could have it triggered by the length of a textbox (passwords), or even trigger it by checkboxes that are checked.

Posted in HTML Tutorials,JavaScriptTutorials by Mike Maguire
07.27.2008 Hide and Show a Div Using Javascript

Hide and Show a Div Using Javascript

This tutorial will show you how to create a hidden Div and display it with the click of a link. There are a few reasons you may want to hide a Div in a website design. You may want to create a drop down type menu or a box that will show more information when you click a link. Another reason would be for SEO purposes. In theory hiding information in a Div is not against Google’s rules. As long as the user can still see the content when clicking a button you are not displaying different information to the user than you are to the search engine.

Posted in HTML Tutorials,JavaScriptTutorials,Web Development Tutorials by John Ward
07.16.2008 Creating a Form that will Search a MySQL Database

Creating a Form that will Search a MySQL Database

In this tutorial I will show you how to add a simple search box to query a MySQL database. This tutorial is a continuation of the “How to Access a MySQL Database Using PHP” tutorial.
Since writing that original tutorial I have created a local WAMP test environment. I have created the database “test” with a table “testable”. The table contains the following fields:

Posted in PHP Tutorials by John Ward
07.02.2008 Use JavaScript to Check/UnCheck Checkboxes

Use JavaScript to Check/UnCheck Checkboxes

This tutorial will walk you through creating a basic HTML site with several checkboxes on it. Then it will show you how to use a single click on a button to check all objects and un-check all objects using JavaScript.

Posted in HTML Tutorials,JavaScriptTutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
06.30.2008 Receiving Dynamic Textbox Data

Receiving Dynamic Textbox Data

In this tutorial we will be working with PHP and MySQL to insert the data that was inserted into the text boxes on the Dynamically Add Textbox to Site tutorial. We will collect the data and insert the values into a database

Posted in HTML Tutorials,Other Tutorials,PHP Tutorials by Mike Maguire
06.23.2008 Dynamically Add Textbox to Site

Dynamically Add Textbox to Site

This tutorial will show you how to program a button that will add textboxes to your site without having to reload the page that you are one. To do this we will be using JavaScript.

Posted in HTML Tutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
06.18.2008 Setting Up a WAMP Server

Setting Up a WAMP Server

This tutorial will walk you through setting up a WAMP Server using software that can be found on sourceforge for use. First, a little description is an order. A WAMP Server is a Windows Machine that has Apache, MySQL, and PHP on it (WAMP – Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) To install these before you would have to get the installs and binaries and configure them yourself and set everything up which can be a tedious task as well as very time consuming.

Posted in Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
06.16.2008 Styling HTML Tables with TableCloth

Styling HTML Tables with TableCloth

In this tutorial I will show you how to apply some simple style to your tables by applying the TableCloth style sheet and JavaScript file. TableCloth is a free, light way, way to add style to existing HTML tables. It only required two lines of code added to your table. With table clothe you can also modify how the HTML tables react to your input by changing the JavaScript file.

Posted in CSS,HTML Tutorials,Web Development Tutorials by John Ward
06.10.2008 Professional Javascript Based Photo Viewer

Professional Javascript Based Photo Viewer

This tutorial will walk you through installing and configuring Lightbox 2. Lightbox allows you to show your pictures on your site in a whole new light. It gives you a sleek and professional look and is VERY easy to implement.

Posted in CSS,HTML Tutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire
06.08.2008 Installing Code Editor

Installing Code Editor

This tutorial will walk you through installing Crimson Editor (Emerald Editor) which will allow you to work with many types of codes files including PHP, HTML, DHTML, XML, and many more.

Posted in Software Tutorials,Web Development Tutorials by Mike Maguire