Website navigation menu showcase
User-friendly navigation is the cornerstone of a good site design. Menus must combine simplicity, function, and aesthetic in order to provide the user with a satisfying browsing experience. However, not every navigation system has to be utilitarian and boring. This showcase features a number of inventive and inspiring ways to display website navigation that we like.
Cartoony look in Photoshop
Quite a few people have requested some more information on how to achieve the following effect in your photos. Well, here it is. I should note though, that this doesn't work on all photos (or at least it doesn't look as good as it could). Also the values of radii I have used in this tutorial entirely depend on the size of the image and on the effect you wish to achieve. Less talk, more action...
Chaining PHP methods
Many frameworks these days allow for elegant 'chaining' of methods. This typically looks similar to $this->db->get()->users(); Want to know how to do this? we will show you how in the steps below.
Formatting filesize with PHP
A common task you might face when creating a web application is devising a simple, elegant method for formatting filesize. If you are using a PHP framework you most likely already have access to a function or method similar to below.