If you want to start learning PHP and MySql, the first step is to setup complete environment on your local computer. This will include Apache web server with PHP support and MySql database server.
Last time we created an overlay pattern image using Photoshop. Today we will use that image on a website to give the full screen background a pattern overlay.
As you probably noticed on a lot of websites these days, there is an engraved looking effect added to text, let me show you how to add that effect using CSS.
To simplify your web fonts stylizing process, Google has provided a collection of font effects that you can use with minimal effort to produce beautiful display text.
Often in PHP you want the same block of code to run over and over again and instead of adding several almost equal lines, you can use loops to perform this task much easier.
We will learn two different ways how to download a page in PHP from a web URL, learn how to use cURL and how to set a few additional options and finally show contents on your page.
The very first steps in the world of CSS. We will create a HTML page with text and a CSS style file, then connect the both and play with font settings, all this in Adobe Dreamweaver.
