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I'm planning to do coding tutorials at my blog, so I was wondering if people had requests, or any areas in particular they were interested in?

Edit: located here http://blog.aurenen.org/tutorials/

PHP! Nothing really complicated is needed, but cool little things you can do with a bit of code that there isn't many tuts for because it's assumed everyone knows this? For example, php echo date('Y') for a self updating copyright date. Or a way to automatically highlight the menu item of the page you are on at the moment. Or dynamic page titles when you use a header include. Or how to load things like scripts depending on the page you're on (for example, loading a lightbox script only on a gallery page).

Basically I don't wanna write a CMS from scratch, but I want my websites to have neat details.

Seconding PHP 'cause I am herp derp and only know how to do a couple of things right now. Also Javascript/jQuery, because I have been trying and failing to learn it. I get *why* it works and *how* it works, but I don't know *when* to use it. >_<

What kinds of things in PHP do you want? Like what kind of functions?

Hmm...considering that right now all I REALLY know how to do is php include(), I'd like to know more about when/where to use basic PHP stuff. Even the tricks Dubs talked about is stuff I would NEVER have thought that I could do in PHP, but it's simply applying the basic techniques, just in creative new ways.

>_< ugh I are noooooooob. xD

(When I taught myself HTML it was a lot easier 'cause I could study people's source code, but of course with PHP you can't really 'see' the source code and see how it applies...I think that's why I'm struggling so hard with it.)

I'd like to see some Java Scirpt, stuff moving around, reacting when they're in a certain area, etc. I have a lot of tutorials bookmarked to study, but haven't found a really good one for stuff like that. I'll probably come up with more "I wish there was a tutorial for..." ideas after I catch up with my bookmarks.

Putting in my vote for basic PHP!

Creating seamless repeating backgrounds!

@Todd: like in picture editing or parallax?