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Digital Web Magazine Updates Mailing List: October 16, 2007

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Building a Bulletproof Contact Form with PHP

by Matthew Pennell (in Articles)

Some of us know PHP inside and out, but many of us still have yet to take the leap into learning this very useful language. Virtually all the sites we create need contact forms, and PHP is a straightforward and safe way to build them. So, for those who are eager to find reliable PHP code they can copy (and tweak just a bit), or those who can build a basic contact form but are concerned about preventing some of the spam-related dangers, Digital Web Managing Editor Matthew Pennell walks us through the process, step by step. Read more

From The Archive

jQuery Crash Course

by Nathan Smith (in Articles)

When it comes to the thorny subject of JavaScript libraries, picking the right one for you can be a difficult decision. File size or features, animations or AJAX, global namespace pollution or... whatever the opposite of that is. Digital Web columnist Nathan Smith thinks he’s found his ideal partner in jQuery, and takes to the sky to prove it. Read more

Client Side Load Balancing for Web 2.0 Applications

by Lei Zhu (in Articles)

It’s time to put away your copy of Photoshop and delve deep into the murky depths of DNS configuration this week, as new author Lei Zhu investigates an ingenious way to handle load balancing for web applications. It’s not just required reading if you’re about to launch the next Twitter or Facebook—what would happen if your site went down today? Read more

Interview: Sidebar Creative

by Matthew Pennell (in Interview)

Just what happens when four of the smartest guys around join forces to create a new web-design powerhouse? And why do they care so much about their mileage? Digital Web sat down with Steve Smith, Jonathan Snook, Dan Rubin, and Bryan Veloso—now collectively known as Sidebar Creative—to find out the answers. Read more

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