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Print CSS - Setting up a Print Stylesheet

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Blog: Setting up a Print Stylesheet | 31st Mar 16
Read my latest entry in the blog; How to set up print CSS so that your website looks as good in print as it does on screen (starter CSS included).

Display Excerpts From an RSS Feed, with Pagination

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Blog: Paginated Excerpts from RSS | 10th Feb 16
Read my latest entry in the blog; Extract excerpts of an RSS feed, with "read more" links, and output them as paginated results over many pages.

XML to HTML - Getting XML Data into a Web Page with SimpleXML

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Blog: XML to HTML with SimpleXML | 13th Jan 16
Read my latest entry in the blog; How to extract and manipulate XML data into web pages with the help of PHP5's SimpleXML extension.

On-Demand Animated GIF Player to reduce page load

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Blog: Animated GIF Player (JS) | 16th Dec 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; Play animated GIFs on-demand with this GIF player. Initial loading is delayed until the user starts playback.

Click-Counter with Flat File Storage (text file) - AJAX & PHP

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Blog: AJAX & PHP Click-Counter | 17th Nov 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; A click-counter that saves data to a text file (no database), while AJAX displays increasing counts in real time.

Simple Sweep-in News Scroller (CSS3/JS)

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Blog: Sweep-in News Scroller | 24th Oct 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; Make a no-frills, animated news scroller where messages sweep in and out with a gentle fade. No controls.

Content Filter (JavaScript & CSS3 - filter by class)

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Blog: JS & CSS3 Content Filter | 20th Sep 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; Create an animated, collapsible content filter for your website content, where categories are filtered by class.

Accept Cookies / Cookie Consent Bar

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Blog: EU Cookie Law Consent Bar | 21st Aug 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; Comply with the EU cookie law with an 'implied opt-in' consent bar for website visitors to accept cookies.

Add 'Swipe Support' to your website (RWD CSS3 Any Content Slider demo)

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Blog: 'Swipe Support' for your site | 25th Jul 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; Let visitors 'feel' their way around your website by adding support for swipe gestures on touch devices.

RWD Cross-Fade Slideshow with Retina Images

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Blog: RWD Cross-Fading Slideshow | 17th Jun 15
Read my latest entry in the blog; A simple cross-fading slideshow, using stacked media queries to serve smaller, retina-ready images to mobile.