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Wouldn’t it be great if you could see what data exactly do you submit with your HTML form with Post method? Well, you can and it’s easy with Paros Proxy tool !

As the name says, to simplify, this utility acts as your local web proxy. So, to set it up (after the installation) you configure your web browser’s proxy setting to something like http://localhost:xxxx (where “xxxx” is a Paros Proxy specific port). By doing that all traffic you make through your web browser goes through this utility. Read more >>

Don’t Make Me Think – A Common Sense Approach To Web Usability, by Steve Krug

This is a full title of this great great great book I read !

The title really says everything about the book. It is very easy to read, once you start reading it, you can’t stop till you get to the last page.
It is also illustrated with real life examples. Read more >>

It’s really hard for me to read unformatted e-mails, and it’s getting annoying when I recieve some important information and loose my eyes on scanning bunch of text in search for text I need to read.

I was also one of those programmers who didn’t “found time” to format those notification e-mails sent to webshop customers, but after some time I realized what I was missing:

• attractive looking e-mail newsletters to attrack customers to buy more
• simplifying user registration with easy to read next registration process step
• etc.  Read more >>

Recently I needed to create a small command line app which processes .TXT files with some minor text editing.

So, as I’m a big fan of PHP I took a quick Google search on running  .PHP scripts without installing PHP itself.

But, I’ve found something even more interesting – an application that actually converts, compiles, .PHP scripts into a standalone command line EXE application ! Read more >>

Recently I was alarmed that one of my late projects is under attack. It was one of my first websites I created using ASP+MS SQL.

Looking at .LOG files and database it was clear that the attack was done using SQL injection method, which is of course a shame on my work but it somehow slips through my fingers at certain lines of code. We all live and learn… There is a saying – who works, makes mistakes.

Anyhow, I was facing a problem that has to be sold, and finaly – I made it… Read more >>

If you ever wonder how to create those cool links to your pages, here’s a short tutorial…

Those “old” links like http://www.example.com/index.php?p=1&s=2&t=ok are history, the new look-and-feel is http://www.example.com/news/technology/.

There are number of advanteges with using this friendly URLs:

• visitors can easily see where is their current location within your website
• easy to remember direct links to a certain page on your website
• Google “reads” your website more accurate and gives a better search results, so this is also a very good SEO technique (a must-have one actually)

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Recently I’ve found a some cool tools that helps you create web2.0 style graphic elements for your website on-the-fly.
They are all easy to use, with very intuitive user interface. Basically all you have to do at those websites is to click few times, choose some of predefined options or define your own, and click the Render button. Read more >>

Visitors will like your web site if you make a nice welcome for them. Knowing where are they coming from can help you attract new visitors and also keep the visitors come back.
Of course, the most important thing is to have a quality content, but if you don’t serve it right – visitor might miss the content…

Imagine this as if you were the visitor:

• you opened a web site and it’s default language is your native language
• opening a registration form, your country is automatically selected
• content is served with priority to content related to my country of residence

Doesn’t this sounds cool?
Well, you can do the same for you own web site… Read more >>