More PHP in 2015

January - This January you can start off the year by doing something very simple to get started with PHP.  You can change all the footers on your website to have the current year in the copyright.  No, I don't mean typing in 2015, I mean updating them for the last time ever
February - Your site would be more stimulating if you had a blog!  This month you should install yourself a Wordpress blog...

of if you already have one, your goal this month should be to install a mod to add new features to your blog!  Or maybe try installing a new theme, to change the look of your website.

March -  You know what would be fun this month?  A throwback style counter!  You can make one really simply using PHP.

 Every site you visited in 1995 had one of these, and now they are regaining popularity!  Remember, retro is cool!

April - Let people get in touch with you more easily by adding a contact form to your website.  Not only can you ask specific questions of your users trying to contact you, you also hide your e-mail address form bots that might be farming it to spam you.  Learn how now!  This is an easy and very useful way to work more PHP into your website this month.
May - Remember that blog we added back in February, well now we are going to get a bit more social.  This is a great month to add Facebook to your website.  Or Twitter.  Or Pintrest.  Adding social media to your website will increase it's traffic and requires very little work on your part.

 You can read more about how to add different types of social media

June - This is a good month to add a tool to your website.  What tool?  Well that depends on your website.  If it is a website about Kansas, maybe add a local weather forecast.  If it is a website about style, maybe a person could input their measurements and you could tell them their size.

 People love to keep coming back to use tools on website, so dream something up!

July - Are we to July already?  Let's count down to the end of the year using PHP.  You can add a php countdown to your site to count down to 2016, or a special sale, or an important event happening in your town.  It's easy to do, just look at
August - With everyone getting ready to go back to school, maybe you should brush up on your math.  Your goal this month is to try to figure out how to work some PHP math into your website.  Help preform calculations for your users!
September - Maybe your website needs a search feature!  You can add one this month to help users find content on your site.  Google offers a service to do just this, but if you'd rather write your own code you can learn how to do it by looking at this tutorial.
October - Bad code can be scary!  Boo!  For this halloween season you should clean up and comment your code.
November - Time to understand your computer better!  You know how you think, you for the most part understand other people... but how does your computer think?  It's totally different than you!  In fact a computer can only think in terms of yes and no.  Learn more.
December - It's the end of the year!  Sounds like a good time to reassess your choice of hosting company!  If you decide it's not really doing the job you'd like, you can get some tips on making a transition to a new hosting company less painful in this article.