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"Tip Jar" Software
for a
Custom Paypal Donation Link
I will show you how to make your very own custom designed tip jar, and hide your email address.
Making Graphical Bars On The Fly
Code to make graphical bars on the fly for web pages.
You've seen the "previous" and "next" links on some web pages with multi-page articles. The site owners are not hand-coding all those links, not if they're smart. Here is a smart way to do it.
PHP lets you deliver custom web pages to your site visitors. But, how does it do that?
Last week's featured article in Possibilities ezine was A File Download Counter. Clicking on a download link launches a web page a to initiate the download.WebSite's Secret members have access to a PHP download counting script that is a direct download, no interim web page.
Sometimes you want to know how many people use the download link you provide. This article provides a PHP script to get that information. Link to a PHP script instead of to the downloadable file.
What Are People Really Looking For At Your Web Site?
Knowing what search terms folks use to find your web site is one thing. Knowing what they are really looking for is quite something else.
Simple and Effective PHP Log-In Page
Log-in authentication system for PHP control panels/dashboards. Easy to implement.
PHP Include Files Save Website Maintenance Time
PHP is available on most web servers, now, and even if you don't know the PHP programming language, the "include" functions that PHP offers are easy to implement.
Would you like to know which search terms visitors use to find your page? The search word or phrase can be printed on the page itself, logged to a file on the server, or emailed to you.
Installing PHP software is straight-forward: Upload the script files into a public directory of your server. And a few more things to be aware of.
Getting Status Code and Server Type with PHP
Status code information can useful while testing software. Knowing the server type where a client's domain is on can be useful when recommending software. The article provides a copy 'n paste PHP script to snoop on servers.
Have you been spammed with your own forms? We'll talk about how that can happen. You'll learn about things that can be done about it.
The Conception and Birth of Hotlink ALARM
Hotlink ALARM is image theft prevention software designed to thwart image hotlinking except by authorized domains. Various things can be done to the web page where unauthorized hotlinking is taking place. Protection is site-wide.
Changing Link Referrer Information
Let's suppose you have a secret web page. And it has links. When a link is clicked, your web page is no longer secret. Because it is the referrer, the destination server and web page know where your no-longer-secret page is located.
Mari wanted something like a news headline ticker for our websites. So I made one. We named it Attention Ticker because it's good for so much more than just headlines. And, we are making it available to you at an appealing price.
Dropdown Navigation List Generator
Creating clear and effective navigation links for large web sites can be a real challenge. One solution is dropdown lists. Here is a dropdown navigation list generator.
I'll show you how to run PHP on certain web pages, without the hassles of renaming pages, whatout breaking incoming links and putting up redirects for search engine spiders.
Repeat Visitors See Content Change With PHP
Sometimes you want to say one thing when a person first visits a page on your web site, and a different thing when they come back or when they visit another page.
ViralMeter for Measuring Viral Marketing Reactions
You release an ebook. It goes viral. The free ViralMeter is designed to answer those question of what made it go viral.
Setting and Viewing Cookies with PHP
Here is a fun way to learn about cookies by setting them and then viewing them.
When SSI content must be included within a PHP web page, and the content can not be retrieved with PHP, this technique can work.
When you want to know what type of server your competitors use for their domains, or your friend across town, who you gonna call? Bontrager, of course.