Posted by Karthik Viswanathan on Sat 25 April, 2009 at 21:39:32 · Tags: php, tutorial
There comes a time when you need to create a random String. It might be for a verification code, a complex password, or something you are developing. You might think that its a boring and manual process. Luckily, this is not true.
Below we present a simple way to create random Strings using PHP. All you need is one function with a few lines of code. Let’s begin…
Posted by Karthik Viswanathan on Thu 16 April, 2009 at 23:50:44 · Tags: perl, tutorial
How many times have you had to dig through a long, confusing string for information? This has been a common problem for years. What’s the solution? Regular expressions.
What are regular expressions? Well..
Now that you’ve seen that… guess why so many people do NOT program in Perl? 
To put it very simply, regular expressions are strings that search for patterns. Patterns can be a few letters or enormous strings with many wild cards. In this tutorial, I will outline some basics of regular expressions (also known as regexes).
Posted by Karthik Viswanathan on Sun 12 April, 2009 at 16:05:18 · Tags: tutorial, wordpress
Throughout my website career, I’ve found google adsense to be a very effective method to earn income. Even though it may not be the best for every site, it certainly has an ingenious method of displaying ads.
Unfortunately, WordPress users may have a tough time implementing google adsense without a plugin. For those of you who love to do it yourself, here is a simple way to place adsense on your own WordPress blog.
Posted by Karthik Viswanathan on Tue 7 April, 2009 at 20:18:03 · Tags: javascript, tutorial
Imagine a situation in which you enter a new site. The content you are desperately searching for doesn’t seem to be loading. You don’t know whether something is actually loading, or if it is just not there. You finally decide to exit the page.
This situation can be very typical when websites generally need large files to be downloaded. In order to combat such a situation, a load icon may be used to signify that something is loading.
In this simple tutorial, I will take you through the usage of one of these icons in your own website.
Posted by Karthik Viswanathan on Sun 29 March, 2009 at 06:00:29 · Tags: css, tutorial
As many of you have probably noticed, the “Slideshow Series” contains little to no CSS styling. Soon after completing my previous post, I realized that some major work needs to be done to improve the general appearance of the show; indeed, many only view a slideshow because it looks good!
Follow along as I present an intricate (yet easy to code) slideshow styling.
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