PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide Sale at Barnes & Noble
In a point of obvious self-interest, I wanted to let everyone know that Peachpit Press and Barnes and Noble are doing a promotion this month on several Visual QuickStart Guides, including my PHP for the Web (3rd Edition). Applicable titles are 30% off; PHP for the Web is $24.49 (US), $22.04 (US) for BN members. I believe these prices also apply in the store. If you’ve been thinking about picking up this book, or another Visual QuickStart Guide, like Elizabeth Castro’s excellent HTML, XHTML, and CSS, or the JavaScript and Ajax for the Web by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith, March is the right time!
Five JavaScript Tips in Five Days
I’ve written a series of short posts for Peachpit Press’ Web site under the title Five JavaScript Tips in Five Days. The first two have been posted:
The other three, on choosing a JavaScript framework, performing cross-domain Ajax requests, and loading JavaScript faster, will hopefully be put online soon.
Enabling SSL on Mac OS X Leopard
Sometime ago I was asked by someone in the forums if I could assist in setting up SSL on Mac OS X Leopard to enable HTTPS connections. The good news is that after a huge delay, I was able to get this to work, without that much effort. The bad news is that I accomplished this over two different attempts, so my notes may not be foolproof. And, um, I’ve already slightly reconfigured my Apache, so that might come into play. Anyway…
So follow these instructions to make this work. If you have any questions or problems, you can post a comment at the end of this article. In order to pull this off, you will need an administrative password for your computer, a text editor, and the Terminal application. If the Terminal scares you, you probably shouldn’t do this. (continue reading…)
