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I have a piece of web software in mind which I would like to have created - it's your standard PHP/MySQL webapp, really, but there are probably nifty new technologies which could be used instead of the aforementioned combo. [more inside]
posted by dance on Oct 26, 2014 - 9 answers

Does anyone know if there exists a website where you can insert a PHP code snippet which pulls through content you have created on a CMS? Basically I'm looking to allow a customer to be able to edit text and bullet lists, captions etc on a static website I hand-coded for him years ago. [more inside]
posted by dance on Sep 15, 2014 - 6 answers

How can I force the back button to remember an AJAX/Javascript state (preferably using JQuery)? [more inside]
posted by gramcracker on Mar 21, 2011 - 3 answers

PHP/AJAX gurus: Please help me figure something out. Want to display all Wordpress posts from a single day, but want it to be as sexy and intuitive as possible. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Dec 1, 2010 - 3 answers

I'm building a website in which part of the page remains static, and part of the page is swapped out using server side includes. Is there a way to do this that doesn't make the page jump up to the top when a link is clicked? [more inside]
posted by Phire on Mar 13, 2010 - 10 answers

Is there open source code for a multilingual chat like babelwith.me? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Feb 17, 2010 - 1 answer

What happens to my php script if the user exits the browser before it's done? [more inside]
posted by Dr Dracator on Feb 14, 2010 - 9 answers

Which forums do the best web programmers hang out at? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 26, 2009 - 14 answers

If you can buy three books on web-development today, what would they be? [more inside]
posted by reformedjerk on Feb 8, 2007 - 9 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 - 17 answers

I'm looking for a simple Ajax commenting script that will allow commenters on a blog-like site to submit comments without actually leaving the page. I've found the one for Wordpress - but it seems to be a little too specialised for WP templates to be easily adaptable for my site's needs (though I will if I have to). Any links would be much appreciated.
posted by Dag Maggot on Apr 20, 2006 - 5 answers

PHP/AJAX: Say I have a form with 3 SELECT's - country, state/province, city. I'm looking for a something that will update the SELECT's from the server using AJAX if possible, but will also degrade to the non-AJAX version for people that have JavaScript disabled. Can anyone recommend a PHP library that can do that?
posted by Sharcho on Mar 17, 2006 - 7 answers