I am a professional website and mobile application developer located in Peterborough, UK and working in London, UK.
This is a cool 3d modelling and animation library with some cool examples such as these birds: Mr Doob Canvas Geometry Birds It seems pretty cool, time to get into browser based 3d. See more examples and download three.js at Three.js Github
Codeigniter’s model structure is a bit complicated and doesn’t quite work in the ways you would think it should. However, I have extended the default model class to include some helpful functions which should be available to all models. It is by far the easiest and most comfortable way to use models in Codeigniter that [...]
Codeigniter comes with a nice way of dealing with views and such as part of its MVC structure. However, it gets a bit more complicated when you want to replicate layouts, for instance if you have a header and footer, and don’t want to have to copy the code for this into lots of different [...]
This is very easy to do, and yet is so difficult to find info on around the net. Follow this guide to build functional custom WP_Querys and loops with the correct pagination using WordPress’ built in functions. Firstly you need to define your WP_Query. Importantly you don’t want to use the $wp_query variable. This may [...]
I recently had this error. There was lots of information on the internet, but nothing that could help me with my specific case. It would appear that a session file is not accessible anymore and this is causing the error. Aside from the error itself, I was only seeing this error on one particular browser [...]
Syncfusion are currently offering their “Metro Studio 1″, which features 600+ royalty free Windows Metro-style icons for free. It has a face value of $499 (~£320), so is a steal for nothing. Syncfusion do not state whether this is a time limited offer, although all the information would point to it being a permanent offer. [...]
I’ve just bought myself a brand new Macbook Air. I went for the 13″ model with 4GB RAM, 1.7Ghz i5 and 128GB SSD (or, as the guy in the shop so eloquently put it “the entry level model”!!!). Its the best thing to ever happen to me (with the notable exception of all the other [...]
Box, the main competitor to Dropbox and my favourite personal cloud storage service, is currently giving away 50GB with their updated Android app as long as you register and sign in on the Android app before March 24th. You also get a file size bump up to 100MB from 25MB. This is an offer Box [...]
This is something I’ve come across a few times, and something I’ve had a few people ask me from time to time. Unless you’re using C#, and/or want a huge headache, this is probably your best option, and works very effectively. The trick is to use HTML, CSS, save the file with a .doc extension [...]
This is my favourite CSS trick at the moment. Floated elements are so useful, however, they also cause so much annoyance when you have to find ways of clearing them to allow content to start properly further down the page. Normally I would create a new element below the floated elements which would clear the [...]