What's a minimal self-hosted "blog" that hooks into Flickr's API so I can send photos from my camera directly to my web site? [more inside]
posted by ehamiter on Dec 20, 2009 - 11 answers

I would like to learn Php & Web Development programming by taking courses in NYC. Any advice, suggestions?
posted by chirico on Dec 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Webdev filter: What tools can I use to avoid developing a registration/log-in feature from scratch? [more inside]
posted by telegraph on Aug 9, 2009 - 2 answers

Any Cloudy Nights folks on MeFi? I am googling around in getting going with backyard astronomy and Cloudy Nights appears to be (or to have been) a decent resource, but it has been nothing but failed MySQL connections and php pathing errors since I started digging. Any info? Is it dead, Bones? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

A webhost my company uses just changed the security settings and now Joomla no longer works correctly. Are these new security settings industry standard and what should I do? [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Jul 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Which forums do the best web programmers hang out at? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

How do I set up an e-commerce site that accepts photo uploads and takes credit card payments? [more inside]
posted by designbot on Jun 24, 2009 - 8 answers

What programming language should I use for a Digg-like web site? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 15, 2009 - 14 answers

Building a comment system, and looking for good introduction to managing groups and users with PHP/MySQL, or a prerolled "user management system". [more inside]
posted by isnotchicago on May 1, 2009 - 6 answers

Hiring a PHP programmer for a startup web design company, how much should I pay them? [more inside]
posted by dcams on Dec 28, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me find an online file manager that doesn't suck! Everything I've found so far falls into two categories, either (a) sucking, a lot, or (b) requiring, for inexplicable reasons, a database backend. I just want something that will handle file uploads and basic file management (move, rename, delete, copy). [more inside]
posted by larsks on Dec 2, 2008 - 5 answers

What's the best way for me to create human-readable urls for a Wordpress site? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Nov 25, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I study the server load/impact of my PHP scripts in a shared hosting environment? [more inside]
posted by jorlando on Oct 13, 2008 - 3 answers

CSS, JQuery, PHP and Caching: What are the best practices for creating dynamic CSS with JQuery and PHP? Examples inside. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Aug 20, 2008 - 7 answers

Hi, Another oddball question... I have a live data stream of AIS data and I would like to take the data and ultimately display it on a world map through a web browser. The problem is that I have no clue as to how I would display live updated information on a map. [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Aug 11, 2008 - 6 answers

Drupal: How do I automatically assign users into groups when they register? Is this something I can do with Organic Groups? Profile tags? A different module? [more inside]
posted by l33tpolicywonk on Aug 4, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm in need of a spiffy PHP file upload script. For great justice. [more inside]
posted by kryptondog on Aug 1, 2008 - 3 answers

CodeFilter: I am looking for online classes mainly in the area of web programming (PHP, MySQL, AJAX, etc.). [more inside]
posted by kjl291 on Jul 24, 2008 - 3 answers

How practical is it to run multiple php websites on multiple servers from a single script on one central server? [more inside]
posted by zingzangzung on Jul 16, 2008 - 8 answers

Apache2 security theory; mod_php versus CGI php and the use of suExec: What is the non-theoretical problem with running Apache2 with mod_php and thus without using suexec on a dedicated system? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jun 10, 2008 - 7 answers

Wordpress/web design problem-my custom template is screwed up and I can't figure out how to fix it. Please help. [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Jun 1, 2008 - 9 answers

Resizing & storing many images on a webserver: limits, options, etc? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Feb 13, 2008 - 8 answers

phpList: seriously, wtf? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Feb 11, 2008 - 13 answers

When I altered a PHP web form to take advantage of PHP Sessions, I lost the ability to go back a page while retaining data in the form. Is this the expected behaviour, or is it caused by something else? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Feb 8, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me AJAX-ify a very simple web process in PHP. Links to very simple AJAX tutorials much appreciated. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jan 8, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm developing a custom 404 page using .htaccess to redirect to the 404.html. I'm trying to use PHP (via an include in the 404.html) to show the referring page (using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']). This works fine. I'd also like to return the bad URL that originates the 404. Is this possible using PHP? [more inside]
posted by lyam on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 answers

help with php and pulling images from a database and posting them to a website. [more inside]
posted by Hands of Manos on Nov 12, 2007 - 9 answers

I've got the skills and knowledge, mostly, but I'd like to get a better workflow with PHP/MySQL development. [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Oct 11, 2007 - 15 answers

WordPressFilter: Can I do something like this site with WordPress? [more inside]
posted by SansPoint on Sep 16, 2007 - 8 answers

PHPFilter: I'm about to write part of a web application that allows visitors to submit ratings and comments for events. How can I keep spam to a minimum? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Sep 10, 2007 - 7 answers

How do I get PHP to send an e-mail. Is there a way to do it without recompiling PHP/Apache. If not, how do I recompile PHP/Apache on a linux system to do this? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Aug 7, 2007 - 11 answers

What are the best database-driven Web application development frameworks out there right now? More specifically, please orient me to toolsets you know of that are similar to Ruby on Rails. [more inside]
posted by killdevil on Jul 6, 2007 - 17 answers

In PHP, how do I search through a large string to see if it contains a smaller string? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Jun 12, 2007 - 10 answers

Hi there collective mind, I need help for a project finding a script (preferably php) to generate personalised imitation news stories. Something like this or this. Anything which superimposes letters onto a nice background would be great. Failing that anything that will change certain parts of an article into names/user entered text would be fantastic. Electronic-free-beers on me to anyone that helps. Sorry for being such a programming-cretin.
posted by nickehsmith on Apr 24, 2007 - 3 answers

need to create nice looking PHP (RoR, Python?) events list. example inside [more inside]
posted by sindas on Feb 2, 2007 - 5 answers

Going from PHP to ASP: Resources, Books? [more inside]
posted by uncle harold on Jan 31, 2007 - 5 answers

I have been asked to write a database application that will be running in a storefront situation and will allow the user to enter data on what is sold (in this case, bicycles and bicycle accessories and parts) and generate basic bookkeeping reports (i.e. end-of-day sales, quarterly sales, that sort of thing.) [more inside]
posted by evisceratordeath on Dec 20, 2006 - 8 answers

What web technology/language should I learn to make simple online apps and just generally enhance my bare-bones knowledge of HTML? [more inside]
posted by Robot Johnny on Dec 10, 2006 - 18 answers

How would you write an application in PHP that tracks multiple users, and the users' multiple sites? [more inside]
posted by gradient on Dec 5, 2006 - 7 answers

Top open source CMS on the web? [more inside]
posted by brokekid on Sep 25, 2006 - 7 answers

Are there any good XML/XHTML frameworks for using XML data to automatically populate both/either web page content and JavaScript rollover menus? [more inside]
posted by brianvan on Aug 27, 2006 - 4 answers

Anyone know of a decent PHP class or function library out there for externally posting to various weblog packages (Wordpress, Blogger, Movable Type) via XML-RPC? [more inside]
posted by frenetic on Jul 25, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm looking for a PHP file manager to act as an extranet... [more inside]
posted by crickets on Apr 12, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some sort of Web-Based-Mail system that I can install on my server that I would be able to interface through PHP or Ruby. [more inside]
posted by hatsix on Feb 7, 2006 - 7 answers

Anyone know a good, easy RateMe/ Hot or Not script? Ideally I'd like a free script but I'm willing to pay for a well done script. PHP or ASP.
posted by FeldBum on Feb 6, 2006 - 6 answers

My main page opens fine in Safari and Firefox for Win and Mac, but acts like I am trying to download a file in IE. Any suggestions?
posted by spartacusroosevelt on Jan 3, 2006 - 2 answers

Can you use mail() in PHP without creating an unsecure, open mail relay boon to spammers everywhere? I keep trying to read This Page, and I think I understand it, but I'm not sure. [more inside]
posted by willnot on Dec 28, 2005 - 9 answers

WebDevFilter: ™, ', and ' walk into my database, but only ô, ë, and í come back out. [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Nov 28, 2005 - 12 answers

Can anyone guide me in creating a page just like this one? [more inside]
posted by deadmouse on Nov 12, 2005 - 4 answers

I am building a web based service. I am about 1/3 done with the project. Right now I am starting to think about how this app will scale if the user base expands into the hundreds (hundreds of sites with each getting their own unique traffic). Apoligies in advance if my question is too conceptual or ambiguous. [more inside]
posted by rdurbin on Nov 11, 2005 - 2 answers