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Hi, I’m Dave. A Laravel Developer. I love to build Laravel apps using the TALL stack.

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Wordpress Forrst Plugin for Pages

I've written a new plugin for Wordpress that will allow you to display your 25 latest forr...

David Carr

1 min read - 4th Sep, 2012

Need place holder images for a new design? Placeholder is perfect for the job

When prototyping a new layout it's convenient to use placeholder images then it is to use...

David Carr

1 min read - 3rd Aug, 2012

Site running slow find out why with Pingdom Tools

I've recently converted my site over from a custom built system to Wordpress as I'm learni...

David Carr

1 min read - 29th Jul, 2012

Is a static salt enough when storing passwords?

No is the short answer, equally having random salts stored in the database is not that muc...

David Carr

2 min read - 28th Jul, 2012

Highlight matched words in a search

This tutorial will show you how to highlight words from a search. To learn how to search...

David Carr

2 min read - 28th Jul, 2012

Hiding and protecting a directory with htaccess

When building web applications is makes sense to hide sensitive files such as say a config...

David Carr

1 min read - 15th Jun, 2012

Coda 2 released today will you be getting a copy?

So unless you live under a rock you'll know today is launch day for Panic's Coda 2, its be...

David Carr

1 min read - 24th May, 2012

Dynamic Form Elements with jQuery

When creating a form you don't always know how many form elements to give to the user, it...

David Carr

3 min read - 12th May, 2012

Removing index.php from your codeigniter 2 url with htaccess

In Codeigniter by default all calls to your controller from a http request will have index...

David Carr

1 min read - 8th May, 2012

Creating a simple captcha form with validation

This tutorial will show you how to create a captcha form to stop automatic submissions, to...

David Carr

3 min read - 29th Apr, 2012

Show working days of a month excluding weekends with PHP

This tutorial will show you how to get the individual working dates of a month, whilst rem...

David Carr

2 min read - 27th Mar, 2012

Creating an image gallery from a folder of images automatically

This tutorial will show you how to quickly create a gallery from a folder of images. Using...

David Carr

2 min read - 26th Mar, 2012

Wordpress Jetpack get number of Subscriber/followers

There's a great Wordpress plugin called Jetpack it comes bundled with some great options s...

David Carr

4 min read - 25th Mar, 2012

Adding Events to Microsoft Outlook from PHP using ICAL

I've recently been trying to find the best way of creating a calendar event outlook from a...

David Carr

2 min read - 1st Mar, 2012

Display mailbox folders with IMAP using PHP

When using IMAP its likely you will want access to the users mailbox so they can view all...

David Carr

3 min read - 13th Feb, 2012

Move emails to selected IMAP Folder

Moving email from one IMAP mailbox folder another is a simple process this short tutorial...

David Carr

2 min read - 13th Feb, 2012

Is Twitter bad for your Blog?

This is a question I've been thinking about recently. I used to blog frequently heck almos...

David Carr

2 min read - 12th Feb, 2012

Mixing Jeditable with a Calendar

For a recent project I needed to be able to edit text directly on the webpage I decided to...

David Carr

1 min read - 16th Jan, 2012