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I've dealt with PHP for a few years now, and like to think I know it quite well, but I've only just realised that you can write if / else statements like this:

if($whatever) echo 'This';
else echo 'This';

I knew you could write the first line as shorthand like this, but had no idea you could create a new line starting with else! In my mind this is much easier to read than the question mark shorthand, or using the normal brackets, and I'm going to use it all the time now!

Reminds me when I was learning CSS and realised I could add more than one class to an element - AHA!

What slow realisation 'aha!' moments have you had in the web world? I'm sure there will be some good ones!

I was thinking of creating a new site (obviously it will be amazing) - I won't let you know the details but it will be music based and will include album artwork. What legal implications are for this? Are there any methods for obtaining this kind of thing legally? Are there any API's that will suit my purpose? I was thinking of using Last.fm API: http://www.last.fm/api or Amazon: http://aws.amazon.com you think this is a good idea? The sheer number of websites displaying album artwork suggests there must be some easy legal way to do this, surely?

I also always wondered about legalities of a photo of a picture. Surely anyone could take a picture of an album cover (cropped perfectly) so the owner of the image couldn't be identified? The same with paintings etc...

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a mail address for client to use with google apps or something similar. The hosting is with Shopify, so can't create email addresses there. The domain registrar control panel doesn't seem to allow to add email addresses like others I've used (presumably because they charge extra for email hosting). I have sent them an email and I'm awaiting response, but in the meantime I was wondering if I have access to CNAME and DNS settings etc can I add an email address using this, and then point it at gmail? Any advice on what I need to add exactly? I hate messing around with this stuff.

Hope this makes sense...

Hi all,

Just wanted to get some general ideas on how others would approach this:

A simple task - a single web page with a registration form to collect user's details in a database.

It's been ages since I've made a website without using a CMS, so if I was to do this from scratch I would probably be quite rusty at these basics but would be a good refresher for me. So the question is - would you do this in raw PHP/Mysql, or would you use some system or framework to do this to speed up the process?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I wanted to get some advice as contracting is fairly new to me:

I worked on a project in November 2011 with a design agency. I estimated 10 days and completed it in about 8 days. I received 50% upfront, with 50% promised upon completion of the project. Once I had fulfilled this I was was told I would be paid the remaining 50% within a week (sent by email) which was then before Xmas 2011.

There were numerous amends which lead up until late January. The website eventually launched about 2 weeks ago. I have been chasing payment since December for the remaining 50%, and the latest email I receive today is this:

"We are still awaiting final payment from the Client, which they have said will be with us by early next week. " - even though the site is live

I've heard this a few times before from them. Is it right to think that they should pay me upon completion of the project, regardless of when they get paid? The contract states thusly:

"The Fee shall be payable in two installments - HKD$xxx once the project
has begun and HKD$xxx after completion of the full project."

Maybe Hong Kong law is different to other places but it seems a bit unfair I'm only being paid when they are? Surely they are paying me for my services, and not the client?

Any advice would be great before I get stern on their ass!

Thanks

Chris