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Embed Quicktime Movie

Embedding a Quicktime movie player into your webpage work similarly to embedding Flash files, making use of the OBJECT, EMBED and PARAM tags inside your HTML code. You can play .MOV, .MP4 and .MPEG files with the embedded Quicktime movie player.

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HTML : Option Groups/Sections

Have you ever wanted/needed to create a select drop down menu with options divided into sub-sections or groups with labels? See the screenshot below.

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PHP : Strip filename from a URL

Using PHP, you might need to strip the path from a URL, leaving behind just the filename at the end of the URL. You can achieve this with a regular expression pattern of course, but I have a much simpler solution. See the example code below.

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iTunes podCast Categories SQL

I am busy writing a podCast plugin for Wordpress and figured that it would be most efficient if I created a Category model which will hold all the podCast feed categories which can be specified in the feed specifically for the iTunes store.

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JavaScript : Increment & Decrement Variable Values

Using Javascript, you might want to define a variable when a page is loaded and change the value of that specific variable throughout the period of the interaction of the user with the page. You can define a variable in the HEAD section of the page like this :

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CakePHP : Form Radio Default Checked Value

With the CakePHP FormHelper, you can output a set or a list of radio button widgets.

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iTunes : Change podCast Feed URL

At some stage, you might need to change the podcast feed URL of your podcast listed in the iTunes directory. In order to do so, you’ll need to tell the iTunes podcast directory that a new feed URL is available by inserting a <itunes:new-feed-url /> tag into your XML structure. See the example below.

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