About Jeff B
Jeff is a hybrid web developer and technical writer with experience both as a web developer writing HTML/CSS/PHP/JavaScript, as well as a technician who worked for Apple Retail on Macs, iPods, and, eventually, iPhones. His recent focus includes HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and WordPress with some forays into Expression Engine and accessible markup. Jeff is able to translate his technical knowledge into accessible descriptive text for both end-users and novices learning to understand these new, complex technologies. His on-demand, flexible, and quick writing style has added tremendous value to blogs including writing technical online content for Artisan!
Posts by Jeff B
Don’t Quote Me On That
Here’s why you should use single quotes instead of double quotes for PHP.
Discovering more with phpinfo
Here’s how you can find out more about your installation of PHP.
The time, please?
Here are some of the more useful date & time functions in PHP.
You want an extension on that?
Here’s how you can remove the .php extension from all of my URLs.
Picture Perfect
Here’s how you can use PHP to automatically create an image gallery.
PHP Variables in your CSS
Here’s how you can take advantage of PHP when writing your CSS.
Batten Down the Hatches
Here are two ways to tighten the security of your PHP applications.
Image resizing magic
Here’s how you can use PHP to dynamically resize and crop my images.
A Hidden Cache
Here’s how you can cache Wordpress to improve your site’s load speed and decrease bandwidth usage.
Query Me This, Batman!
Here’s how you can change what posts WordPress is displaying in The Loop.








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