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Regular expressions incur a significant amount of overhead. If there is a suitable PHP function, it should always be used before coding a regular expression. <?php $sWord = ' TestString '; /* Time preg_replace trim double quotes */ $fS… more »

Web sites are becoming exponentially more complex and more expensive, and the terms that describe the technology are becoming equally sophisticated and diverse. At the same time, people purchasing web sites are seeking advanced features, and may be co… more »

In a rapid development environment, specifications and requirements are vital. There is no time to build a solution that is not acceptable. If there isn't an adequate requirements defininition, a general approach should be defined, and routine, quick… more »

Many times, the existing HTML site cannot be abandoned quickly, but updating the colors can help reinvigorate the pages. If the code has alot of inline colors and styles, automating the recoloring makes it possible to preserve the existing investment,… more »

robots.design works extremely well with X-Cart's skin1.css. There are many colors and they map nicely with most images. There is a demo of a static image of an X-Cart home page at http://wirehopper.com/x-cart. The colors are derived from the same imag… more »