I often get requests from those who are learning web design & development where they can find more information. The web is certainly packed with information on this and a simple Google search will bring up millions of results. However for those who are starting off and are wanting to learn from the ground up I strongly recommend the following sites. All the technologies here constitute to be Web 2.0 technologies, however Web 2.0 is not simply about technology but also usability. Remember, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should” and you will go a long way in web design! Good luck!

CSS

• Wikipedia.com – History of CSS
• w3schools.com – great for teaching you through the basics and beyond!
• 70 Expert Ideas for better CSS coding
  • You should also look at this website if you view the one above
• PeteFreitag.com – Some tips using CSS 2.1 (rounded corners etc.)

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The foundation of the Internet is based upon marketing & without a successful business model the Internets technological progression will stumble to a halt.

Twenty-six years and four months ago, an idea to globally interconnect a limitless number of computers was realized. This idea was to offer a new form of communication that had incredible potential. Sharing information was now made possible making web pages/applications universally accessible. Needless to say since then it has been indexed, commercialized and perpetuated. Indeed it has grasped the attention of millions and taking the term, “global media” to an entirely new level. It is the greatest record of mankind ever created with literally millions of new pages being made each and every day, demanding and proclaiming it worthy of our attention.

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On Saturday I found a great article written by Marshall Kirkpatrick titled “How Twitter’s Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems)” it is a fantastic read and covers some great insight and reveals the difference between the developers at Twitter Inc. and its millions of avid users.

Are Twitters Dev's ignoring their users?

So what is the difference?

The difference is that each of the developers at Twitter Inc. only tweet 2-3 times a day. Whereas the average number of tweets per day taken from a study of 1.6 million Twitter users was 4.422 (Study taken from Twitter Grader by HubSpot). The difference may look minimal but at best it shows that the development team at Twitter tweets 32%-55% lower than the average user.

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So I thought I would post a little tutorial on PHP cookies and sessions just to help out those who enjoy to learn as much as I have and with that said, let us begin!

Cookies

A cookie is a file that is stored client-side and is initiated by back-end code of a website. A cookie can store any small sized piece of information from usernames, passwords and even how many times you have visited a particular site.

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