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These articles are intended to address various needs of internet users, graphic designers, and web developers. If you have a particular topic of interest, or you are a web developer currently struggling with a web project, feel free to contact us with your points of interest. We will review the requests, and if we can help, write an article on the topic.

PHP Round Numbers By Half Tutorial

By Bill Krom, On October 30 2010

While working on an interesting contest poll / voting system for wiki-pet.com. I needed to develop a function that will round numbers to the nearest half, since the poll will allow half star voting. While seemingly simple at first glance, this is the kind of problem that may cause you some extra unneeded frustration in your hectic day. Wiki Pet[...]

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Twitter Feed Application Tutorial

By Bill Krom, On October 12 2010

So I was looking over the Twitter API the other day, and I noticed they have officially switched their system to the Oauth protocol. All 3rd party applications now need to go through a complicated (while better) hand shake process before being granted access to account information. This is a giant leap forward for Twitter, but it may leave most ave[...]

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BizLab Version 3.0

By Bill Krom, On August 14 2010

Being a web developer, I tend to design and re-design the BizLab website over and over again. The website has had many faces in the past few years and the last major version was built during the monstrous Wiki Pet project which, needless to say, didn't allow much time for the development of this sometimes neglected website. The latest version o[...]

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Web Standards.. What's the big deal anyway?

By Bill Krom, On August 10 2009

Consider this: You are building your first home somewhere tropical, like Puerto Rico. It's a pretty house on the outside and everything inside seems to be in its place. Hurricane season arrives and WHAM! your roof flies off with the first Level 2 wind burst to come your way... It seems your contractor forgot to install the mandatory hurricane strap[...]

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GoDaddy.com Web Hosting Review

By Bill Krom, On August 09 2009

There are hundreds of companies that offer web hosting services today. While most seems to offer a similar product, there are many details behind the scenes that are critical to your ability to maintain a well performing website. I have listed a few of these important features below: - Uptime guarantee: the higher the better (look for 99.9%) - [...]

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The Browser Experience

By Bill Krom, On August 08 2009

Before we begin, i would like to define a few of the terms you will see quite frequently in this short article. A "browser" or "web browser" is a software program used to view web pages on the internet. Popular brands include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari. Want to skip the article and just download [...]

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