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Date: 22 October, 2008 - 11:29

Some of you may have heard the rumor that Marco Tabini and I are working on something.  You might have heard bits and pieces... but very few of you have heard the full story of how it came about, what it is, and where it's going.

This post is not that announcement.

This post is about my upcoming presentation at php|works 2008! (I know, I'm a jerk.)

On the last day of php|works 2008 - 14 Nov to be specific - I'm giving a session titled "Mobilizing the Web".  This presentation is a bit more generalized and focused on what you need to make a site mobile (or mobile-friendly), not the specific code on how to do it.  The specifc case study used is my work launching Mobile.FoxNews.com... currently the #7 mobile site online according to Comscore's M:Metrics.  Here's the synopsis for detail:

Even with the prevalence of the iPhone, building websites that are readable and useful to Mobile Users can still be a challenge. The limitations on images, Javascript, and different broken rendering systems make it seem like 1998 all over again... except without the FLASH tags. Come learn the top five tips and tricks learned during the building of mobile.foxnews.com to make your site and applications useful on most mobile devices.


The different thing about this presentation is that it's not tied to PHP specifically.  This year's php|works is combined with PyWorks.  Py as in Python.  While I'm not a Python guy, this is an interesting opportunity to come together with people who think about similar problems using a different toolset.  Personally, I think most developers spend too much time re-figuring out how to build the wheel instead of looking at how others did it and improving.  Sometimes this leads to huge advances in how things are done but more often this just makes us resolve a problem that has been solved dozens of times before...

Hopefully joint conferences like this will encourage a bit more collaboration and idea sharing.


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I'm new to PHP and recently

Submitted by donny (not verified) on 31 October, 2008 - 15:47.

I'm new to PHP and recently setup my local machine with PHP and MySQL for doing development. I was sort of stuck when I needed to post my work for the user to test and review. After looking around a bit I found a site that hosts PHP and MySQL apps. I was surprised that it was free - it seems they're offering the service at no cost until 2012. At that point they'll change over to a fee-based service. However, in the meantime, it's a great place to do anything from demo and sandbox right up to posting sites for real.

Their pitch is as follows:

"This is absolutely free, there is no catch. You get 350 MB of disk space and 100 GB bandwidth. They also have cPanel control panel which is amazing and easy to use website builder. Moreover, there is not any kind of advertising on your pages."

Important: There's one catch in that you must make sure you visit the account every 14 days - otherwise the account is marked 'Inactive' and the files are deleted!!!

Thanks and good luck!

i've heard that tthere will

Submitted by Maddison (not verified) on 8 January, 2009 - 05:51.

i've heard that tthere will be the joint php|works / PyWorks 2008 conferences in Atlanta, Georgia, USA> is it so? i think you've done a good job really.. it will help to resolve some problems with web mobile sites..

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