http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog internet development Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:37:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was a lot of fun to track Google Analytics last year. Since I started writing this blog in mid 2008, traffic to my one-page site has been increasing. Have a look at the visitors graph: Can you tell when this blog was launched? It's interesting to see the different implications each post ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2009/01/06/blog-traffic-in-2008/ You've probably always wanted to have a real office to separate your private life from your professional activities. So yes, you read that right! Besides the fact that it is not actually free, it is all true. Well, it's also almost for free. Certainly if you look at what you get ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2009/01/06/free-office-space-in-hasselt/ Since the PHP build version became so important with Zend Framework, I made a list of some (on the Belgian market) prominent hosting companies and the PHP version they offer on their shared hosting. It does not pretend to be a complete list, but rather an alphabetical list of hosting providers ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/29/php-versions-on-shared-hosting-in-belgium/ I try to enforce Zend Framework for every new project started. If not in the requirements section of my quote, it is not that hard to convince a client of its advantages. Tell a client how Zend Framework improves stability, lowers development time and in particular makes them less dependent on you as other ZF ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/29/zend-framework-php-requirements/ Since I installed a recent update of FireFox 3, cookies were not being saved after a browser session ended. While there seem to be different causes, if you're on Windows and using AVG, the file that contains cookies may be locked by AVG for some reason. Deleting that file or disabling ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/27/firefox-does-not-save-cookies/ After PHPEclipse and PDT, a new PHP IDE based on Eclipse is available: Aptana Studio. Read more about it in Federico Cargnelutti's post on PHP::Impact ( [str Blog] ). I've had a look at the screencast available on the Aptana site and in my opinion the only neat difference to PDT is ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/20/new-php-ide-aptana-studio/ For many self-employed/companies the fiscal year also ends at the end of December and the ones that aren't near bankruptcy always want to create some extra costs to lower their profit. Some forced shopping (for business related stuff, of course) can be both entertaining and useful. Who knows. Maybe you'll save ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/19/fiscal-year-end-spending-tips/ Ever wondered what color that one pixel on your screen is? While you also have great FireFox alternatives, Instant Eyedropper lets you select a pixel anywhere on your desktop by magnifying a 5 pixels square underneath your cursor. Of course it also copies the selected color's hex value to your clipboard when ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/18/eyedropper/ If you live in Belgium, you may get a "private" call once in a while (and no, I do not mean calls from your mistress). I have no idea if it exists in other countries, but these calls appear on your phone with an unknown or hidden phone number. Some people probably have ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/16/private-calls/ You can use Google Analytics in 2 main ways: as a bloated Webalizer or as a list of possible improvements for the site in question (or both of course). If you just start using it the second way, the number one improvement suggestion that has always been in front of your ... http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2008/12/13/improve-site-visit-length-with-google-analytics/