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This guide takes you through the process of converting a website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5 using the Fiverizer software. (Fiverizer is a program that I wrote to convert my own websites, all of which were also in XHTML 1.0. It may be downloaded and used free of charge.) ...

You know, it's fuy how the big milestones can sneak up on us. Just as I was putting the finishing touches on my recent Headless Hashnode tutorial, I realized it's been 15 years since I started this blogging jouey—and what's more, I was just 1 post away from blog update 500! It got me thinking about how this whole blogging adventure has shaped my career in web development. I’ve had the same enthusiasm for sharing my experiences as I have for coding, and what better way to commemorate this occasion than to share a bit of that story? Getting started It all started back in 2009 as a university student studying web design at the since-closed Hull School of Art and Design, An early assignment was ...

Suppose you find yourself in a situation where you need to disable or intercept a console command in Laravel. This tutorial will primarily focus on how to intercept the php artisan migrate command. We'll delve into the command method app/Console/Keel.php and explore how to prevent the migrate command from executing any actions. Inside the command method of app/Console/Keel.php In Laravel 11 use routes/console.php Intercept command You can intercept php artisan migrate and, instead, catch it and use a closure. Artisan::command('migrate', function () { // }); This would essentially stop the migrate command from doing anything. You could then print a message out: Artisan::command('migrat...

That begs the question how do you separate the time into seperate elements? Making use of explode can work. Exploding where there a : so: $parts = explode(':', '14:25:00'); This would result in an array: [ "14", "25", "00", ] To use an element you can refer to its index for example $parts[0] would contain 14 Using them by their index is fine to do but kinda messy. I prefer to give each element a name using the list function list($hours, $minutes, $seconds) = explode(':', '14:25:00'); When using list() passing an array to it will allow you to name each index of the array in the order listed. Putting this into p...

Ruing API tests you may be tempted to open PostMan or another API client, did you know, you can run HTTP requests from inside PhpStorm directly? When developing a new API, you will want to run the API endpoints. Being able to run them without leaving PhpStorm speeds up your workflow. To start a request file, you can either select a HTTP Request file when using the new file or create a new scratch file. For a scratch file select the HTTP Request type. In either case a file ending in .http for example scratch.http You can name the file anything you like and have multiple files. The difference between having .http files in your project...

I've documented my PhpStorm setup, what theme I use, plugins, and keybindings. Theme I use the New UI which is located at Appearance & Behaviour -> New UI Once tued on I use the Light Theme: I like to keep things minimal, in fact, I tu off the toolbars and status bars by toggling distraction-free mode Plugins .env file support Environment variables completion based on .env, Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml files. Go to declaration(in .env file) and usages(in code), by Ctrl(Cmd)+click or hotkey(Ctrl(Cmd)-B, etc.) .env file syntax highlighter BitBucket Pull Requests (Paid) The plugin allows you to review Atlassian Bitbucke...

If you've already used JSON lang in your views, here's a handy package to extract all lang keys to language files. The package exports all your __(‘some text’) calls to language files. https://github.com/kkomelin/laravel-translatable-string-exporter Here's a video demo. [embedded content] بخوانید...

The script generated by the Feedback Form Wizard has been updated to improve compatibility with PHP 8 (eg, 8.0, 8.1, etc). Note: if you have generated your form and script after 1 January 2023, you already have this version (ver 3.2.0). ...

When upgrading from an Intel mac to an Apple Silicone I noticed docker fails to run. I'm using Laravel Sail when Sail is installed or when a sail up command is attempted I get an error:  docker: 'compose' is not a docker command The reason for this is a docker-compose is now a plugin. Docker needs docker-compose to be installed. Use brew to install docker-compose brew install docker-compose Once installed sail will function normally without any extra setup. بخوانید...

I wanted to create a table of contents from the post's heading tags automatically without having to change the headings like adding an id or anchor. I started to look at existing solutions and came across this custom function on Stackoverflow by sjaak-wish function generateIndex($html) { preg_match_all('/<h([1-6])*[^>]*>(.*?)</h[1-6]>/',$html,$matches); $index = "<ul>"; $prev = 2; foreach ($matches[0] as $i => $match){ $curr = $matches[1][$i]; $text = strip_tags($matches[2][$i]); $slug = strtolower(str_replace("--","-",preg_replace('/[^da-z]/i', '-', $text))); $anchor = '<a name="'.$slug.'">'.$...

Microsoft's free web editor is a sophisticated WYSIWYG web editor with many features usually only found in commercial offerings (and no wonder, since it was previously something you had to buy). This tutorial series takes you through the process of designing a fully functional multi-page website with Expression Web....

This article on whether a domain name registrar is the same thing as a web host answers a question I was asked by a visitor....

The entire BlueGriffon Tutorial has been updated for the version 3 series of BlueGriffon. Those thinking of using it to create a website can find the complete series online....

This article shows you how to insert a bullet point list (where each item on the list is marked with a solid black circle rather than numbered) into a web page using the BlueGriffon web editor....

BlueGriffon has built-in facilities for you to insert an audio clip or music file into your web page. This article shows you how to use it....

I was asked by a visitor why he couldn't dispense with a registrar and just make up any domain name he wanted. You may be surprised to hear that you can actually do that. But it won't do you any good....

There may be times you need to change the default colour of a link on your web page, for example, because the background colour clashes with it or renders it nearly invisible. This article shows you how to do it using the free BlueGriffon web editor....

This article deals with how to change the colour of the links on a web page using the free Microsoft Expression Web editor. It also addresses how you can change the colour of a link that has been clicked, as well as its colour when a mouse pointer is hovering over it....

This article deals with how you can restore the Style Properties panel in the BlueGriffon web editor should you find it missing or not visible when you enable it....

This article answers a visitor's question on how to build a website for free, without paying any money for it....