Passing variables from JavaScript to a server side language like PHP is a common task at the heart of many Ajax applications. Since the variable will be passed as either post data or a query string, it's important to encode the variable such that it can be decoded correctly...

One of the inherent weaknesses of Drupal is the setup time involved to get a project up and running. D7 has remedied this somewhat by adding many commonly used contributed modules to core, but the issue of setup/maintenance time does not stop there. ...

After writing some proof of concept code and showing it to a co-worker a while back. He pointed out a weakness, which, is something I have gone back and seen that I have repeated in multiple places. This weakness / faux pas of mine is not using Javascript (specifically...

If your reading this, you've probably witnessed how long it can take to transfer files via FTP (current standard was adopted in October 1985). Your FTP client will tick away the seconds of your life while you patiently wait 20-30 minutes for that 50 MB folder worth of...

While attempting a DB export from a Drupal site via drush, I hit an obvious problem. OS X's mysql and MAMP's mysql are not equal. to access MAMP's mysql from the command line (and drush), you can create a .my.cnf file in your home directory and save the...

Recently, when creating an Email Template for Designer Pages, I killed a few perfectly good moments banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what i was doing wrong. The Scenario: Using litmusapp...

Is your shell unable to locate your git-upload-pack or git-receive-pack when working with a remote repo on shared hosting? When a client's host (Hostmonster) recently upgraded from openSSH4 to openSSH5, it locked us out of pushing/pulling via GIT with "git-upload-pack:...

As a New Yorker, I pretty much have a love/hate/love relationship with the MTA. However, from a design perspective, I do really like the work that has been put into the new cars. There are multiple interactive maps, video screens, and current stop indicators that make...

Mozilla gets most things really, really right. However, one of the minor annoyances is the outline that Firefox places on every <a>, ...

A good CSS reset file is one of the most helpful things you can have in your front-end arsenal. Debugging cross-browser CSS issues will be a much, MUCH simpler process It will save you from having to explicitly redeclare things like ...