Archive for May, 2009

How to Add a Form CAPTCHA to a Website

Posted in php by ShortLikeAFox on May 30th, 2009

So you want to add CAPTCHA, A.K.A. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, A.K.A. squiggly letters and numbers to a web form.

This isn’t difficult at all assuming you know a little bit of PHP. I’d go into detail explaining how to do it, but over at Boutell.com there is a ridiculously well written, easy to follow step-by-step guide explaining how to do it. Go check it out.

How to Choose a Color Scheme

Posted in design by ShortLikeAFox on May 18th, 2009

So you are going to be doing some type of design and you need to decide upon a color scheme. Maybe you are a programmer or developer without much knowledge of color theory and you need some help. No problem.

Just go over to colorschemedesigner.com and let the color scheme designer help you along your way. The interactive color chooser found there allows you to enter a color and have a matching palate chosen based on what type of scheme you want (complement, triad, tetrad, etc.). You can also just press the “random” button and let a scheme be chosen for you. This could be entertaining if you decided to design based around a random scheme. The best part about this site is that it is completely free.

Main Page of colorschemedesigner.com

Main Page of colorschemedesigner.com