Category Archives: Programming

First Friday script updated and simplified

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Chris Kankiewicz

NOTE: The latest version of this script can always be found here: http://github.com/PHLAK/first-friday/blob/master/first-friday.php With this update I have drastically reduced and simpified the code to produce the same results.  I did some rigorous testing of my own to make sure … Continue reading →

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Beginers Guide To Search Engine Optimization

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Chris Kankiewicz

The following is a quick list of optimizations that, in my years of web development, I have observed will help increase your sites search engine ranking.  While none of these processes are guaranteed to make your site #1 in Google … Continue reading →

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Calculate the first Friday of next month with PHP

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Chris Kankiewicz

UPDATE: This script has been updated, see: http://www.web-geek.net/posts/2009/02/14/first-friday-script-updated-and-simplified/ While developing phx2600.org, I ran into a slight dilemma.  The PHX2600 meetings occur once a month on the first Friday of every month, and we wanted to display that on the site.  … Continue reading →

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Creating Dynamic Menus with PHP and CSS

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Chris Kankiewicz

Want to pep up your web page with some dynamic menus? Here’s a simple solution that only requires a few lines of PHP and CSS. UPDATE (11/1/08): Simplified the header code and edited the syntax of the list element echo … Continue reading →

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