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Brian Getting

Online Director

Brian Getting is online director at Practical Ecommerce. In addition to coordinating all web development and online projects, he also publishes a weekly blog at this website entitled "Developer's Diary" as well as writing the "Tech Support" and "Programmer's Notes" columns in the printed magazine.

Brian lives in the historic Nye Beach area of Newport, on the beautiful Oregon coast.

He can be reached at bgetting@practicalecommerce.com.

76 Articles by Brian Getting:

Frameworks For Web Designers	March 26, 2008
Tech Support: Application Programming Interfaces	March 19, 2008
Tech Support: Passwords And Avatars	February 04, 2008
Programming Notes: Linking To Payment Gateways	January 28, 2008
Programming Notes: Importance of Hand Coding	December 19, 2007
What Is PCI Compliance And Should Merchants Be Concerned About It?	December 12, 2007
Software Frameworks	October 24, 2007
What Are “Tags” And What Is “Tagging?”	October 22, 2007
Video Tutorial: Script.aculo.us Effects	October 18, 2007
Video Tutorial: Tabbed Content - Part 2	October 11, 2007
Video Tutorial: Tabbed Content	October 04, 2007
Video Tutorial: JavaScript Tooltips	September 27, 2007
Video Tutorial: Validating A Form With JavaScript	September 20, 2007
TechSupport: "What's A Relational Database?"	September 10, 2007
Programming Notes: Transferring A Domain Name	September 03, 2007
Tech Support July 2007: Accessibility	July 16, 2007
Video Tutorial: Rounded Corners with CSS	July 02, 2007
Protect Data From Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks	June 25, 2007
Video Tutorial: CSS Design, Part Two	June 20, 2007
Video Tutorial: CSS Design, Part One	June 19, 2007
Video Tutorial: Choosing the Right Image Format	May 02, 2007
Installing Google Maps On Your Site	May 02, 2007
Video Tutorial: Removing Backgrounds from Product Images	April 23, 2007
Basic Definitions: Web 1.0, Web. 2.0, Web 3.0	April 18, 2007
What is Ruby on Rails?	April 09, 2007
Why Authenticate Email?	April 09, 2007
Diagnosing Site Performance Delays	March 26, 2007
Will All My Windows Applications Run On A Mac?	March 08, 2007
Tutorial: Gaining Control of Search Engine Spiders	February 11, 2007
Does A Proxy Server Keep Me Anonymous On The Internet?	February 07, 2007
How Is An Atom Feed Different From An RSS Feed?	February 07, 2007
Google Analytics' Security Warnings	February 05, 2007
What Can Digg.com Do For My Online Business?	February 05, 2007
Video Tutorial: Eliminating Dynamic URLs with Mod_Rewrite	January 28, 2007
Preparing Your Website For Mobile Devices	January 15, 2007
Video Tutorial: Creating an RSS Feed	January 10, 2007
Internet Explorer 7 is Coming	November 30, 2006
Tech Support - December 2006	November 30, 2006
Get To Know Your .htaccess File	November 01, 2006
Tech Support: November 2006	November 01, 2006
Flash or HTML: Which to Choose	October 16, 2006
Email: How It Works	October 07, 2006
Tech Support: October 2006	October 01, 2006
Tech Support: Isolate CSS and Javascript	September 30, 2006
Have You Ever Wondered How a Website Works?	September 18, 2006
Separate Content from Functionality and Design	August 31, 2006
Tech Support: September 2006	August 31, 2006
Use Scripting for Dynamic Websites	July 31, 2006
Tech Support: August 2006	July 31, 2006
Control Panels Simplify Tasks	July 01, 2006
Tech Support - July 2006	July 01, 2006
Tech Support: June 2006	July 01, 2006
Tools of the Trade	June 01, 2006
RSS Can Help Your eCommerce Business	June 01, 2006
Tech Support: May 2006	May 01, 2006
Shopping Carts: Features to Consider	April 01, 2006
Tech Support - April 2006	April 01, 2006
Quick Query - Scott Peterson	March 01, 2006
Paid Search Advertising	March 01, 2006
Optimizing HTML Code for Maximum SEO	February 01, 2006
Fulfillment Companies Offer Benefits	February 01, 2006
Combining CSS and JavaScript to Save Page Space	February 01, 2006
Google Analytics Draws Industry Reaction	January 01, 2006
Web Analytics: Understanding Visitor Behavior	January 01, 2006
HTML Email: Effectiveness Requires Planning	January 01, 2006
osCommerce Founder: Open-Source Encourages Collaboration	January 01, 2006
An Introduction to CSS - Part 3	January 01, 2006
Encoding Images Using HTML	January 01, 2006
International Shipments Worth the Effort	December 01, 2005
Fulfillment Help: Try Order Management Software	December 01, 2005
Optimizing Your Product Images	December 01, 2005
Introduction to XML: Creating a Google Sitemap	December 01, 2005
An Introduction to CSS - Part 2	December 01, 2005
1-800-Bakery.com Links Bakeries with Consumers	December 01, 2005
An Introduction to XML	November 01, 2005
An Introduction to CSS	November 01, 2005

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