Brighton Classified

Brighton Classifieds is an extremely high specification system with some of the most advanced features ever seen in a community based classifieds site.

 

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Training

Our team have a great reputation for training groups in the use of Content Management Systems (CMS) and other web technology.

We Provide:

  • APLAWS Government Level Web Standards CMS Training

  • Joomla and Mambo Training

  • Agile Development Training

  • Ruby on Rails Development Training

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Knowledge Base

As well as training we like to share our knowledge online. We keep our knowledge base up to date with a range of online marketing and Development tips and tricks which make our lives easier.


Installing RMagick on Windows XP or Vista

RMagick is a Ruby wrapper onto the popular Image Magick image manipulation tool. If you want to do dynamic image manipulation server side, this is the library for you.

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Many to many mappings with Ruby on Rails

Many to many relationships in Ruby on Rails are easy! In this article we'll look at how to create a relationship between two models, and how to create a simple admin interface to administer the mapping.

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Recovering lost disk space with DF and DU

So, you're running a Debian Linux server and all is going well. Suddenly, Bang! everything breaks, clients start calling asking about their email, your websites are down! Overnight your hard drive has filled up.

So how do to go about fixing this?

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The Trouble with Meta Refresh

There are a number of ways to redirect a user to a new URL. The best way is to use the 301 "page permanently moved" header status code. Another way is to use a "meta refresh" tag. There are several reasons why you should use the former rather than the latter wherever possible.

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The Successful Blogger

Although the majority of us won't become blog superstars overnight everybody has the talent and enough interest in at least one topic to create a blog which a number of people will use and find useful.

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Cross browser compatibility for CSS Jedi's

Over the years that I've been building websites I've run into just about every browser bug known to humankind. Back then we had to look after all sorts of hideous old browsers. Now things are simpler but there are still issues to look out for. Here I present my top six browser incompatibilities and the simple steps you can take to avoid them.

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Liquid Dropshadows and Curved borders

Tired of your boring square boxes for your content? Like to do something a little more interesting without messing up your markup?

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The 5 Minute Favicon

Its always nice to finish off your masterfully designed website with a personal touch and a favicon, the tiny image which appears by your URL on your browsers address bar and on your favorites section, is the proverbial cherry on top.

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The Best Multi Column CSS Layouts

So you want layouts? You want columns that can stretch and grow and which work happily in any browser? You think tables are for losers? In this article we will expose the three best ways to achieve multi column complex layouts with css.

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How to move a web page without losing search rankings using a 301 redirect

Sometimes it's necessary to move a web page, or even an entire site. This could be because you've changed your domain name. Perhaps you've migrated to a new content management system and the urls have changed, or perhaps you just want to point several domains at a single canonical page to take account of misspellings.

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