Flash of Unstyled Content (Annoying White Flash)

Yup, I'm about to cover one of the most prominent web page styling problems ever known to man: the Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC)!

What is it? Well, there are two different ways of explaining it:

1. To the viewer, it's that annoying white flash that you see every time you view a different page on a website when the website has a background image or background color that isn't white.
2. To the web coder, it's that short moment of time during which the page is unstyled (defaulting to a blank white page) that annoys the viewers.

Let's fix it! :)

Setting up Tables in a MySQL Database

When you're about to include a MySQL database in a project you're working on, you're going to want to plan ahead and figure out what kind of layout this database should use. After all, you can't use a database without first creating it!

You could start by creating this database's structure using PHP code, but it would be incredibly hard to get everything right the first time! My recommendation is to do what I always do: start out by using Adminer or PHPMyAdmin to view the database and structure it manually. Adminer and PHPMyAdmin are two of the most common PHP scripts that you can use to access your database without needing to write code. One or both of them are usually included somewhere in your CPanel - if you're using a CMS like WordPress, you should be able to find a plugin for one of them or something.

Working with PHP HTTP GET Variables

This tutorial assumes you know the basics of how HTML and PHP work together. The better your understanding of their relationship, the easier this tutorial will be to understand.

What makes a website different from a picture? It usually has interactivity (buttons, links, videos, etc.), but it also has something else: customizability. If it has an account system, for instance, you can enter your username and password, and it will check its database for your credentials.

Once signed in, you will receive a more personalized web page, perhaps with information such as Facebook notifications, new Youtube channel subscribers, or the amount of money you have in your Paypal account. How does this work when you're using HTML and PHP? That's what this tutorial is going to help with.