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In this 6:25 minute video, you’ll learn how to modify the tint color for some of the UIKit controls.

This video is the first video in the iOS Appearance – Tint Color badge from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos. The entire iOS Appearance – Tint Color consists of the following videos:

1. Tint Color
2. Tab Bar
3. Navigation Bar
4. Proxy

Other topics on Treehouse include topics like …

• Accessibility
• HTML
• Website Basics
• CSS3
• Aesthetic Foundations
• HTML5
• iOS Development
• JavaScript
• Responsive Web Design
• Ruby

New videos are added regularly, so it’s a great way to stay up-to-date on all the latest technology and methods. Browse the entire library of videos.

In this 3:34 minute video, you’ll learn the basics of what Photoshop layers are and how they work together to create a completed graphic.

This video is the first video in the Layer Basics badge from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos. The entire Layer Basics badge consists of the following videos:

1. Introduction to Layers
2. The Layer Panel & Blending Modes
3. Layer Styles

Other topics on Treehouse include topics like …

• Accessibility
• HTML
• Website Basics
• CSS3
• Aesthetic Foundations
• HTML5
• iOS Development
• JavaScript
• Responsive Web Design
• Ruby

In this 4:29 minute video, you’ll learn what arrays are, how they work in Ruby, and how to create them yourself.

This video is the first video in the Ruby Arrays badge from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos. The entire Ruby Arrays badge consists of the following videos:

1. Creating Arrays
2. Working With Arrays
3. Sorting and Comparison
4. Iteration

Other topics on Treehouse include topics like …

• Accessibility
• HTML
• Website Basics
• CSS3
• Aesthetic Foundations
• HTML5
• iOS Development
• JavaScript
• Responsive Web Design
• Ruby

New videos are added regularly, so it’s a great way to stay up-to-date on all the latest technology and methods. Browse the entire library of videos.

This function takes an existing array and breaks it up into two or more arrays. Syntax: array(array, array size, true/false) The array signifies the array you wish to use. The size is the number of elements that the new arrays will have. The true/false value is technically known as the preserve_key. It is optional and basically dictates whether or not the keys from the originating array are quot;preserved quot; or not. Programming Samples and Usage: lt;?php $test = array ( quot;a quot; = gt; quot;Superman quot;, quot;b quot; = gt; quot;Batman quot;, quot;c quot; = gt; quot;Sandman quot...

Before we jump into the specifics, we should look at why we should go over the topics of MySQL data and table types first. In terms of MySQL data types, knowing how to differentiate between them will help you implement them effectively into your future designs of database tables. As for MySQL table types, knowing how to manipulate all of their variations will come in handy when you want to get the most out of your application's performance. So, now that you have a bit of an introduction to the importance of MySQL data and table types, it is time to break down each topic even further. Let us...

Even though everyone is getting around to supporting all of the standards being set forth in the HTML5 specification, the WHATWG has been hard at work with HTML6. If you haven’t been keeping up with the forums, IRC channel, and meetings, this post will fill you in on what’s been happening and what you should start to expect out of HTML6.

Sponsored Tags

Probably the biggest item to come out of the recent meetings is the new standard of sponsored tags. Even though the WHATWG was founded by individuals from Apple, the Mozilla Foundation, and Opera, they’re rapidly approaching a budget shortage. Primarily for this reason, sponsored tags are being introduced in to the next version of the HTML6 specification.

A company or individual may purchase a sponsored tag up until the close of the HTML6 spec process. The deadline for submissions is April 2nd, 2013. There are a couple of different options for sponsorship, however, the common theme is that a company or individual may pay to have their brand become a tag or attribute. In order to maintain openness and allow everyone to get involved, different sponsorship tiers are available.

Tier 1: Tin

The tin tier is the most frugal option for brands wishing to get their information in to the HTML6 specification. The tin tier allows you to purchase an attribute on an existing tag. Tags that are not as popular will cost less than tags that are used more often. For example, GoDaddy could purchase the abbr tag and, by default, browsers would implement the color of GoDaddy’s choice as the default color of an abbreviation. Additionally, in the case of the abbreviation tag, a small (Sponsored by GoDaddy) block of text will be appended to any abbreviation. Web page authors can optionally add the amount of enthusiasm they have for the brand by specifying a number. The code would go from this:

<abbr title="Team Treehouse!">Treehouse!<abbr>

To this:

<abbr title="Team Treehouse!" godaddy="1">Treehouse!<abbr>

The implemented code would look something like this:

Treehouse!

The tin tier starts at $250,000 USD.

Tier 2: Aluminum

This gets you a full tag written in to the specification. Sponsors at this level are allowed to define the width, height, and overflow of the content.

The aluminum tag starts at $1,500,000 USD.

Tier 3: Diamond

The diamond tier displays a full, non-skippable splash screen before each page load. The default display time is 1 second but you may upgrade the display time and have it be extended in 1 second increments. Each second costs an additional $2,500,000 USD and 50,000 reddit karma points. None of the Reddit karma points may be from re-posts, posts in any of the default sub-reddits, or cat pictures.

Pricing of the Diamond tag starts at $20,000,000 USD and requires purchase from each browser vendor.

The Future of HTML

That’s what’s in store for the future of HTML. What do you think? Will you or your company be buying a sponsored tag? Let us know in the comments!

Hello, Friends! I’m here to give you an update and talk to you about something very important. As you all know, we at Team Treehouse have been producing videos over on Treehouse Island to help you learn web design, web development, and iOS programming. We’ve received incredibly valuable feedback from you regarding these topics. One thing that most of you have expressed is a desire for more.  Here are a few of the different pieces of constructive criticism that we’ve received since our landing here at Treehouse Island:

“I need to learn basic life skills in addition to web design.” – Bradley Donovich

“If only Treehouse would give me tips on how to do regular, every day things instead of just tell me how to make web sites.” – Sean Raptor

“I wish Treehouse could help me apply stylesheets to my own life.” – Kim Jones

“I already have a high paying web development job but I’d subscribe to Treehouse if they helped me to become a functioning member of society.” – Frank Smith

Well, Frank, and the millions like you, today that that day.

Introducing Treehouse Life Styles

Treehouse Life Styles™ puts the Treehouse in to every day life. You’ll be able to learn how to do normal, every day things much better than you already do. All this from our current teachers at Treehouse.

We’re launching today with just three badges:

• Taking the perfect profile picture with Allison.
• Chair Yoga with Amit
• Online Dating with Nick

Treehouse members have immediate access to the first three badges. If you haven’t been sold so far, here’s a preview. We hope you like the videos enough to sign up for the site!

Chair Yoga with Amit Bijlani

How To Take The Perfect Profile Picture with Allison Grayce

Online Dating with Nick Pettit

The entire Treehouse Life Styles™ series will be coming out throughout 2012. Immediately following our first thre videos, we’ve got the following:

• Cooking with Jim
• Finger Parkour with Mat
• Wood Working with Jason
• How to Brush Your Teeth with The whole Treehouse Crew

Finally, here’s the entire line-up for Treehouse Life Styles™ videos through the end of the year:

• Checking the Mail
• How to use a Mouse
• Finger Painting
• Changing the oil in your car
• How to make the perfect phone call
• Drinking Coffee
• Unlocking Doors
• Turning on the Lights

The Treehouse Team is super excited about the Treehouse Life Styles™ videos and all they have to offer. Are there any basic life skills you have no idea how perform? Would you like someone to teach you? Let us know in the comments!

Research firm IDC and Appcelerator, a mobile development platform vendor, recently released the results of a study where they surveyed over 2,100 app developers to get their opinions on mobile platforms and development. Of the survey's participants, 78.6 percent showed interest in developing apps for Android smartphones during the first quarter of 2012. Although that number is rather high, it's a decrease from the 83.3 percent who said they would participate in Android development in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the 87 percent surveyed during the first quarter of 2011. Mike King, Appcelera...

Ideal for small and medium-sized businesses, but also valuable for larger organizations, the MySQL audit plugin allows users to collect comprehensive activity audits from their databases that offer in-depth detail and help to satisfy audit requirements. The way in which McAfee addresses database security allows the company to provide solutions to organizations that often face troubles when trying to properly secure their databases. McAfee's successful approach is demonstrated in the MySQL audit plugin's full set of features, which begins with total visibility into the status and vulnerabiliti...

Calling all coders, designers, project managers and more! Heroku is sponsoring an awesome segment to our Future Insights Live show where you can collaborate and innovate in our 4-hour hackathon!

There will be beer, snacks, and beanbags. All we ask is that you sit back, network with fellow attendees and have a go at building and deploying your very own app in this hands-on session. It’s going to be a blast!

The hack will take place on Wednesday May 2 from 5:00 – 9:00PM. We’ll be releasing more details shortly, in the meantime check out our updated schedule online and see what other awesome things we have on offer!

Hacking not your bag?

If you’re not really into the idea of our hackathon and you’d like to take part in something… let’s say… a little more offbeat – we’ve arranged an Instameet photowalk with one of our awesome speakers and Instagram lover, Mike Kus.

The Instameet will be taking place after the workshops on Monday 30th April from 5:30PM. Join us for a wander around the sites of Vegas. Always fun!

Just a little note – our awesome hotel deal runs out this week so if you want to be close to the action we recommend you book up asap. Head over to our information page for more details special room rate of just $97 (plus taxes) at the MGM Grand which will be running out at the end of this week!

Photo courtesy of heathercapri