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You can sign up with Web-D-Zine(WDZ ) here ir you can try out our demo system. Either way they both start

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Design Studio
The design studio is an incredibly powerful tool within Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) in that it allows you to obtain

SMART goals
In recent months I have been reading about how to keep my goals SMART, which is an acronym for specific,

Reflection on 2024
December is upon us and I always feel that this is a good time to reflect on things and to create goals

The aim of the game
To get my mojo going I have been reading about AI assistants, because they will be one of Web-D-Zine's(WDZ

Limiting TV time
Last month I went on holiday for a week. It was great to get away, to see my sister and daughter, to

Best to bee organised
Even though I have only scratched the surface with regard to my current goal of either coding for Web-D-Zine(WDZ)

Highs and Lows
In Northern Ireland, huge bonfires are created in July to celebrate the 11th night, where they set fire

Reality bites
Well I am now 60 and as you can see from my balloons, I am a little deflated. This is reality and quite

Can dreams come true at 60
Well that is a question, that only the universe can answer, but what we can state here is truth and dreams

Boilerplate code
According to Wikipedia boilerplate code is:- In computer programming, boilerplate code, or simply boilerplate,

Procrastinating
The definition of procrastinating is:- delay or postpone action; put off doing something. Well that is

Function and style
When I look at my kitchen roll, in my kitchen I can see that the holder serves a function, but it is

Change can be difficult
There is a lot of change happening at the moment in my personal life, this is mainly due to the fact

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy
The quotation "No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy" was first attributed to Helmuth von

Christmas is a coming
You know that fuzzy feeling that you get, when Christmas is a coming and you are all excited. Well I

Testing, testing and more testing
As Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) approaches the market place the last phase of testing is happening. Realistically

Web-D-Zine and AI
Just of late, artificial intelligence(AI ) has been in the news which led to the question, is Web-D-Zine(WDZ

Setting up encryption in WDZ
Web-D-Zine(WDZ ) provides a class called wdzEncrypt which uses openssl_encrypt and openssl_decrypt from

Getting ready to launch
With 49 news stories already written, plus this one making 50, it's crazy to know that Web-D-Zine( WDZ

Keep it simple stupid
There can be the perpensity to over complicate things because people like to show that they are clever.

Google and links
On the 1st July 2023, Google Analytics no longer processed data for Universal Analytics at which point

Needs must when the devil drives
Salty Lass is near Lucifer East Cardinal at the South-East corner of Ireland and Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) is

Welcome aboard, Beverley Portlock
At last Beverley has joined the Web-D-Zine (WDZ ) team. Even though Web-D-Zine is based on code that

Model, View, Controller
A Modelâ€“viewâ€“controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing

Turning the tables on project design
Web-D-Zine (WDZ ) helps with projects that involve data that are stored in data bases. Looking at the

New Years Resolutions
With the New Year upon us and only a part time job, then it is time to make those New Years Resolutions

Take a break
Relax it is the holiday season and time for a break. For Gaynor and her little job then she will be super

Gaynor Portlock
Gaynor Portlock is the chief programmer of Web-D-Zine, a program that can cut your costs and create code

You only have so much jam
We have a saying on board Salty Lass and that is "You only have so much jam to spread on your bread".

Sailing, Coding and Blogging
As we enter September, I am still sailing, coding like mad and blogging. The blog (Â Salty Lass ) is

Importing data into Web-D-Zine
Once the code is written using Web-D-Zine (WDZ ) then data needs to be imported so that you can use the

Making Tools
Since the stone age man has used tools to create better tools. This statement can easily apply to Web-D-Zine,

A lone programmer out in the wilderness
Can a lone programmer out in the wilderness make a difference? For those people reading this post then

Small elements
With in Web-D-Zine there are lots of small elements that are already programmed into the design. These

Reports
Although the primary purpose of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) is to provide a mechanism by which data can be updated.

The importance of the index
You want to be able to find the information you want very quickly and easily. You do not have the time

You just have to imagine
The creativity of the mind is a wonderful thing, you just have to imagine, what you want and it will

Off the peg verses Tailored
For most people an off the peg suit will be fine, but there is nothing that fits as well as a tailored

Tomorrow's Tile and Stone
The last magazine enters the stable at last. There had been several other magazines to do, but a review

Dream big
As far as projects go, using the earth, as a lens in a telescope, is pretty huge. It's not the largest

Data dictionary
The data dictionary is a powerful feature with in Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) as it allows the user to quickly

Form Tool
The on-line form tool is in place with lots of examples in the documentation. Every element within forms(

Display Lists
Displaying lists of information is an important part of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ). Each list item can be displayed

Calendar class
There are lots of ways that users can insert dates into forms. One way is to use the standard date functions,

Readers
Thousands of people read and subscribe to magazines. For one company it was just under 40,000 subscribers

Encryption
Encryption is another layer in the data protection and improves privacy, as the data is encoded. This

Access in WDZ
Data Security is an important consideration in any system. The first building block of data security

Categories
One of the pieces of code in the library is categories, which can be used for creating drop down combos,

Choosing the right price point for WDZ
It was difficult to choose the right price point for Web-D-Zine( WDZ ), because although the owners of

Creating good relationships in Web-D-Zine
Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) creates code to maintain and use in conjunction with a relational database, so an understanding

Girlguiding - Greater Manchester West
Girlguiding Greater Manchester West contacted the retired owners of GemBiz because they wanted to update

Maintenance system
Creating a simple to use maintenance system is what Web-D-Zine ( WDZ ) does best. With users varying

Sessions, documents and more
Bookings for trainings or events can be quite complex, or they can be quite simple, so creating an event

Validation in Web-D-Zine( WDZ )
The validation class comes with a lot of pre-built functions to validate data, some of which use the

Tags everywhere you look
At the moment, the designers of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) are looking at tags all over again. Although the designers

Booking system
When creating a booking facility there are some simple things to consider:- Where is the booking for?

Foundations
When you start to build a new web site or web based project then having a good foundation is the key.

The time of the idea
It has been a long time that the idea for marketing Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) has been in phase space. WDZ has

Can COVID 19 be a good thing?
Covid 19 has hit the UK with a vengeance, We are locked down in a Marina with no where to go. What is

Cooks Tour
Another hobby, another web site launched. One of the cool features of this web site and the Salty Lass

What's in a name
The domain name web-d-zine.co.uk was first purchased on 29th July 2008 after one of the co-owners of

A Logo to be proud of
When creating a new logo, it is important to let the mind wander and look for inspiration from as many

Tomorrow's Care
For a quick turn around and a great looking web site, then cloning a web site that the client is already

Tomorrow's Health and Safety
The Health and Safety sector gets an update with it's bright yellow header and striping that reminds

Salty Lass
When it comes to good Chinese restaurants, you can always tell the best when they are packed full of

Tomorrow's FM
In this iteration, the client wanted to extend the real estate. No additional coding of the back end

Tomorrow's Cleaning
Tomorrow's Cleaning is an example of how the lowest price point, aptly named "Cheap Stake Option"

Tomorrow's Contract Floors
Tomorrow's Contract Floors were using word-press to manage their web-site. However, they were already

Main information

Welcome to Web-D-Zine
The home of WDZ, your on-line tool for creating web applications that deliver:- Simplicity Ease of use

About Web-D-Zine and WDZ
Web-D-Zine is the platform that promotes WDZ , an online tool that generates the following code. Base

Our Team
Our team is small, it's even part time, which is why telephone support is non existent. Realistically

History of Web-D-Zine
Although Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) only reached the market place in 2024, the core code of WDZ has been used

Key Features of Web-D-Zine(WDZ)
Web-D-Zine(WDZ ) is jammed packed of useful features that allows you to get your project off the groung

Head Start
Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) will give you a head start with regards to getting your computer project off the ground.

Categories
One of the key feature of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) is categories as they are used as the work horse of WDZ storing

Data Dictionary
The data dictionary is Web-D-Zine's( WDZ ) key building block. As you build your tables, all you need

Encryption
Make sure that your data is safe. The best way to make your data safe is to encrypt it. There are various

Table links
To sort out table links, you will really need your pen and paper to hand, because Web-D-Zine(WDZ ) is

Data Tables
In the examples below a variety of tables have been defined for a shop. For a real shop, more details

Press the Go WDZ Button
In "Data Tables " there are a few tables associated with a shop. Once you press the "Go WDZ" Button,

WDZ Form Tool
Welcome to our example form tool. Here you can see the information needed to create the forms shown in

Display Tool
Part of the display tool is shown below:- Field name - This is the name of the field that contains the

Documentation
There is sexy and there is unsexy and documentation has got to be in the unsexy camp. It is dull, it

Other features of Web-D-Zine
There are a lot of additional features provided by Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) and here are just a few:-

We don't morally censor
"We don't morally censor, we just want the money" is a phase that we used on several occasions during

Example Forms from WDZ Form Tool
The following pages contain examples of forms generated by the form tool. In the views selected there

Basic Form
The most popular field types are text and text areas. Next come the selects and these are super easy

Button Form
There are lots of different ways that buttons can be added to your form, with simple input buttons for

Grouped data form
As part of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) two powerful classes called CategoryHdr and CategoryDtl are supplied. These

Files form
Forms that can upload files have a variety of fields that can be changed after an upload occurs.

Numbers form
There are a huge variety if ways in which numbers can be displayed. They can also be used to represent

Time Form
With time there are a lot of features built into the various browsers, but they are implemented differently

Special Data form
To all intensive purposes special data fields like url, email, tel etc. look just like text fields, however

WDZ Form elements
In Web-D-Zine there are two form elements that we have found useful over the years. The first is Capure,

Form types
One of the features of Web-D-Zine( WDZ ) is access to the form tool. Within the form tool you have access

News
The latest news, from Web-D-Zine. Launch of web sites, web based platforms and so much more.

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