Tag Archives: Web Design

How to Layout a Website

How to Layout a WebsiteThe vast majority of questions I receive boil down to How to Layout a Website!

While I’m not going to say it is easy to make a website. It takes time! However, I think anyone can learn to layout a website if they grasp some core concepts.

In my next series of videos I’m going to focus on everything you need to know to layout a website using just a text editor.

I previously covered this topic in a WordPress HTML Tutorial , but this time I’ll approach it in a more step-by-step manor.

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Web Design and Programming Pt 16

MySQL LogoIn this video tutorial I show you the many ways to insert information into MySQL. I specifically show you how to enter the information:

  • Directly through the MySQL shell
  • Through PHP code
  • From a CSV file

I then go into some other basic queries you need to understand to use MySQL. All of the code used follows the video.

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Index for New Think Tank

Most Searched for WordsHere is the whole New Think Tank Website organized for your convenience.

Marketing Article’s

Web Design Article’s

WordPress Article’s

Psychology / Indirect Hypnosis / NLP Article’s

Sales Article’s

Dieting Article’s

Recipe’s

Investing Article’s

Miscellaneous



Web Design and Programming Pt 6

iPhone DevelopmentIn this part of the Web Design and Programming tutorial, I will show you how to do anything with PHP functions. Specifically I will cover:

  • How to Create Functions
  • How to work with Function Attributes (Variables)
  • How to Pass Multiple Attributes to and from Functions
  • What Does Scope Mean (Local vs. Global)
  • What is Recursion

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Web Design and Programming Pt 5 PHP Arrays

Go Daddy Grid HostingIncrease Website SpeedIn part 5 of my Web Design and Programming tutorial I will cover the following topics:

  • How to turn a string into an array
  • How to turn an array into a string
  • How to sort an array
  • How to pull data from a file and store it in an array

And, I’ll also go over a bunch of other functions specific to arrays. If you missed part 1 of this tutorial it is available here Web Design and Programming.

All of the code in this tutorial will follow the video. Use it in any way that you would like.

If you have any questions or comments leave them below and I’ll answer them.

Code from the Video

<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo “Arrays”;?></title>
</head>

<body>

<?php
# An array is just a big box containing many similar boxes
# This information is similar to each other
# All the the information or values have a coresponding key or label associated with it
# An array can contain any combination of numbers, strings or other arrays

# Create basic array with key value pairs
/* $myInfo = array(“Name” => “Derek”, “Street” => “123 Main St”, “City” => “Pittsburgh”);

# Get the value by calling for the key associated with it
echo “My name is “, $myInfo[“Name”], “<br /><br />”;
$moreInfo = array(“State” => “PA”, “Age” => 35);

# Merge 2 arrays into one
$myInfo = array_merge($myInfo, $moreInfo);

# Iterate through the array with the foreach looping device
foreach( $myInfo as $key => $value)
{
echo $key, ” “, $value, “<br />”;
}
echo “<br /><br />”;

# Search for a key in an array
if(array_key_exists(“Name”, $myInfo)) echo “The name stored is “, $myInfo[“Name”];
echo “<br /><br />”;

# Search for a value in an array
$citySearch = array_search(“Pittsburgh”, $myInfo);
echo “The key for the city is “, $citySearch;
echo “<br /><br />”;
print_r (array_keys($myInfo)); # Short cut to provide the arrays keys
echo “<br /><br />”;
print_r (array_values($myInfo)); # Short cut to provide the arrays keys & values
echo “<br /><br />”;

# Create a Multidimensional Array
$customer1 = array(“Name” => “Derek”, “Street” => “123 Main St”, “City” => “Pittsburgh”);
$customer2 = array(“Name” => “Sally”, “Street” => “213 Grant St”, “City” => “Pittsburgh”);

$customers = array($customer1,$customer2);
print_r(array_values($customers));
echo “<br /><br />”;

foreach( $customers as $key)
{
foreach( $key as $key2 => $value)
{
echo $key2, ” “, $value, “<br />”;
}
} */

$countryStr = “Cuba,Spain,India,France,Italy”;
$randCountry = explode(“,”, $countryStr);
echo $randCountry[0], ” “, $randCountry[1], “<br /><br />”;

$countryStr2 = implode(“,”, $randCountry);

echo $countryStr2, “<br /><br />”;

if(in_array(“India”, $randCountry)) echo “India is in the list”;
echo “<br /><br />”;

print_r(array_reverse($randCountry,true));
echo “<br /><br />”;

sort($randCountry, SORT_STRING);
print_r($randCountry);
echo “<br /><br />”;

$countArray = range(0,50);
foreach($countArray as $printNum)
{
echo $printNum, “, “;
}
echo “<br /><br />”;

echo count($countArray);
echo “<br /><br />”;

$customers = file(“customers.txt”);
foreach($customers as $customer)
{
list($name,$street,$city,$state) = explode(“,”,$customer);
$state = trim($state);

echo “$name $street $city $state”;
echo “<br /><br />”;
}
?>

</body>
</html>

Table of Contents

Most Searched for WordsI’ve been getting request’s that I better organize my site. So, here is my whole site organized into nice little pieces.

You guys define what I write about. If there is something specific you’d like me to cover leave a comment below. Don’t think your limited to just topic’s that I’ve covered either. I’m open to research pretty much anything.

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