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07 | 04 | 2011

In this edition of the code workshop we are taking a practical look at implementing a Partial Password authentication solution using PHP and Javascript.
In this workshop our goal is to understand the basics of a secure solution intended towards collecting the authentication details from a user transacting from a non-secure environment.
We are using PHP, MySql and Javascript to implement the concept for a demonstration purpose. At the first part of the Workshop we are taking a theoretical look at the technique called ‘Partial passwords’ and are analyzing the pros and cons of this technique from both the usability and technical viewpoint.
| Continue reading Partial Passwords – Theory and a demo Implementation using PHP and Javascript |

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20 | 10 | 2010

This is the third tutorial in the “Workshop for the Absolute Beginner Web Programmer” series and is targeted at the very novice web designer or a web developer. Following the things we learned in the first two workshops of this series we are extending the menus to accommodate sub menus in both vertical and horizontal layout. We will be targeting to build the main navigation and sub menu system built out of pure XHTML markup CSS styling. As we have learned in the first workshop we are keeping the markup for the menu in a separate PHP file and include it in to your main website for ease of maintenance.
| Continue reading Workshop for Absolute Beginners – How to build a Pure CSS based drop down menu for your website – Part I. |

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04 | 10 | 2010

This is the second tutorial in the “Workshop for the Absolute Beginner Web Programmer” series and is targeted at the very novice web designer or a web developer. In this workshop we are extending the things we have learned in the first workshop and we are targeting to build a vertical menu system built out of pure XHTML markup CSS styling. As we have learned in the first workshop we are keeping the markup for the menu in a separate PHP file and include it in to your main website for ease of maintenance.
So lets create a CSS styled vertical menu.
Our vertical menu will be developed by taking care of the below given objectives.
1. The vertical menu uses text for the menu labels instead of any images.
2. The menu should indicate the current page in which it is being shown. For this we will be using a simple marker image to indicate the current page.
3. The menu items should have some sort of mouse hover indicator to show the user that they are navigation elements.
4. The menu should be placed in a separate file for easily maintaining any future changes to the menu structure.
| Continue reading Workshop for Absolute Beginners – How to build an easy to manage vertical menu for your website using CSS, PHP and jQuery |