How to Detect Ad-Blockers
A short tutorial on how to detect ad-blockers.
Welcome to the Blog
Welcome to my blog. I write about all things technical; web and mobile development, new technologies, observations and tips & tricks.
Generating Website Screenshots with PHP
I've written a package which enables you to use PhantomJS to generate website screenshots, from a PHP application. Here's a guide to it.
Using Pikaday with Angular Formly
A short guide to getting the Pikaday date picker working with Angular Formly.
Easy Jekyll Deployment with Grunt and Git
A guide to deploying site built with Jekyll using Grunt and Git.
Installing Elasticsearch on Laravel Homestead
How to install Elasticsearch on Laravel Homestead.
Building Applications with Backbone and Laravel: JST
How to use Laravel to generate Backbone-compatible JST (Just In Time) templates you can use in your Backbone application.
More Articles and Tutorials
I've written some more articles and tutorials - here's a brief post about them.
Legal Pages in Laravel
A quick and flexible way of adding legal pages (for example, Terms and Conditions) to a Laravel application.
Working with UK Postcodes in PHP
A guide to working with UK Postcodes in PHP - it's not as straightforward as you might think!
Incorporating Gravatar into the Signin (or Registration) Process
A quick tip for incorporating Gravatar into your sign-in or login process - based on a great little interaction I recently saw in the wild.