Zend Technologies is the company which funds the development of the Zend Engine (the engine PHP is based on), as well as Zend Framework and some other projects like Apigility. They also build proprietary software of high professional caliber, designed for high intensity PHP work in large companies – software like Zend Studio and Zend Server – though both are …
There are dozens of popular tools to help theme developers test the quality of their code. Not only can this help reduce errors in your themes, but it also helps ensure that your theme is reliably rendered on multiple devices and browsers. Also, with WordPress performance being such a hot topic, the ability to identify potential performance issues while you’re …
We last looked at the best languages to learn in February 2014. The results were ranked by data obtained from: Jobs Tractor; a company which analyzes job adverts on Twitter Lynda.com; an online video training course provider, and the RedMonk survey which examined the frequency of projects on GitHub and questions on StackOverflow. via The Best Programming Language to Learn …
In the past week, I’ve worked on projects that have required me to write HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP. In working on those projects, I’ve had to employ various technologies, including responsive design, AJAX, WordPress theme development, API integration, and modular javascripting. Let’s not forget that most (if not all) of these projects involved a preprocessor, build tool, or method …
Most websites are typically designed to comply with standard web practices by including a dedicated page where a contact form is located. This provides visitors with an easy way to reach out to the site owner. In simple terms, a contact form has a set of questions and fields which are filled in by a visitor. The information is usually …
If you have worked with responsive design, you have probably used media queries. Media queries are a clean and simple way to create responsive websites using CSS. They work by allowing you to change the style of the page when the user’s screen is a certain size. Here is a simple example: via Media Queries: A Look at Different Media …
Chances are, if you’ve never hit a 404 page, you’ve probably never used the internet. The concept is simple: If a client computer requests a URL that the server can’t resolve, the server responds with the ‘404 Not Found’ response – or in other words “Yes, I’m here, but I can’t find the item you requested”. via How to Craft …
Most of us know WordPress as a blogging platform or full featured CMS, capable of being transformed in many different ways. But did you know that you can even turn WordPress into your own social network? It’s called BuddyPress and it’s a plugin that extends WordPress to give you all the components needed to create your own social network and …
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You might be aware of Google Analytics’ Experiments feature, but it can be a little intimidating if you’ve never used it. There’s no need to be scared, though: Setting up an experiment is actually quite simple. In this article we’ll walk through to how to set up Google Experiments step by step, but first let’s take a minute to review …