ReidBurke

I have read a few articles about how PHP is a perfectly good first language and how it should never be a first. These articles are interesting because my first programming language was PHP† and I have been using it extensively since 2004. One thing is true: it's really easy to get started with PHP. My first real job was creating a system to log phone call metadata from a PBX. I was able to get a working version up quickly ...

I’ve received a great response from the community about my ScrollTabView addon. I’d like to thank all of the visitors and people who have gave their feedback… and especially Eric Miraglia at YUI Blog for mentioning it! You guys rock!

I’ve setup a YUI Addons Trac to be the center for my future YUI development. If you’ve been interested in ScrollTabView, you can use Trac to keep tabs on my development and report problems. As I come up with new stuff, I’ll point my current YUI page over there.

I don’t anticipate developing at a rapid pace; however, subscribing to Trac’s feeds can let you know when I’m making progress!

I've recently been tinkering with the excellent Yahoo! UI Library. My first contribution to the community is ScrollTabView, an extension of TabView that uses a scrolling animation to switch between tabs. (Just check out the examples.) My inspiration was Panic's Coda site as well as a few others. Now it's easy to create a similar effect on your site using YUI. Check out my new YUI addons page to grab the code and view more examples! Update: I've been featured on the official ...

Today I noticed that my MySpace profile looked awful in Internet Explorer. I recently changed some stuff in my profile but didn't touch my custom CSS. However, after looking through the code, I discovered the problem: MySpace is now scrubbing out "<!" from my profile. This is bad, because I make use of Internet Explorer's conditional comments to hide some CSS from the browser. Basically, I was using this: <![if !IE]> <style> .yourStylesHere { font-weight: bold; } </style> <![endif]> Now, the "<!" bit is replaced with "..", ...

About a month ago, I followed the excellent guide to style a MySpace profile over at Mike Industries. He detailed many details about the challenges he faced in his blog that I shared when doing my own (still awful) modifications when I first signed up for a MySpace. I never thought I would be able to have my profile look as appealing as his styled goodness, however, he was nice enough to include some sample CSS for all to enjoy. ...

Recently, I decided to try out Ruby on Rails and see what all of the commotion around Rails is about. I've managed to get it setup on my OS X machine by following several conflicting and confusing instructions. Only after I went through the pain and suffering of manual setup did I discover Locomotive, a simple tool to develop Ruby on Rails apps. It's everything you need all in one elegant package and you should check it out if you're ...

Today I attended the SIU Computer Science Day for high schoolers in the area. The Computer Science department hosts many sessions about Linux, basic programming and basic web design. They also host a web design competition, where you have the day to develop a web site design from the instructions they give you. I was the only person who knew any web development skills, so the other 3 people on my school's team were gathering images and information while I ...

I launched yet another website: this time, for the Carbondale Community High School Band. Introducing TerrierMusic.com. It's a community website powered by CivicSpace to host pictures, music, video, discussions, blogs, and more relating to the band. Check it out if you get a chance and if you're interested then sign up: everyone is welcome.

Sorry for a lack of updates lately, I've been so busy with band, work, etc. It's crazy. Today was the first day of full band camp, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. I'm very tired. I think I might get to go to Six Flags and Nashville before school starts... can't wait! However, Gimme 5's last show with Grace Mitchell on keys will be on the same day as when I leave for Nashville... too bad. She's leaving for college and ...