Author: anil

Foolproof Design Tips For Big Website Projects

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Designing large projects can quickly get complicated for developers, clients and designers alike. While the designer isn’t the only role that must stay organized, everyone on the project must also stay organized, but everything starts with the designer. Losing control of the site at the design level means the entire project will be off track. I keep the three R’s for conservation of the planet which I learnt in elementary school in mind while I’m designing an enormous project: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Recycling your design is one of the best ways to…

Fresh web development tutorials, tips, and code.

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Usability Testing Basics: Designing For The Users As a designer, you want to make a work of art. I know I do. Our personal goal is to make the best looking site we’ve ever made, with that one (or more) nifty feature that nobody else has. If you had your way, the only usability test performed would be your own usability. Sadly, works of art are normally less usable than their bland, “don’t deviate from the template” counterparts that all designers have in their repertoire that they loathe using. In the interest of…

Importance of declarative-first programming

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Programming is mainly centered on giving instructions. Most of the time developers exert effort and spend time on giving instructions to a computer using input logic. This is often reflected in the form of page requests, pulling content from databases, and sending the said content to the browser for the user to see or read. This process, where you basically tell a computer how to do a task is generally known as programming but don’t be mistaken. It’s just the head-side of the coin. Giving computers instructions is just a facet of programming…

8 simplest CSS hover effects

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CSS3 Hover Effects for Engaging Buttons With growing support for CSS3 across modern browsers and the decline of CSS2-only browsers, developers now have a wide range of options for creating engaging hover effects and transitions. These effects are commonly used in calls to action (CTAs) to draw attention and enhance user interaction. This guide explores eight simple CSS3 hover effects, building on a previous article featuring 8 simple transitions. Getting Started We’ll use a simple HTML button as the base for our effects: <button>Hover Me</button> Below is the core CSS…

5 PHP Security Issues and What You should to do About Them?

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Common PHP Security Vulnerabilities and Prevention PHP is a widely used language for dynamic website development, but its public accessibility makes web servers vulnerable to attacks. This article explores five common PHP vulnerabilities, their implications, and prevention strategies to help developers create secure applications. SQL Injection Overview SQL injection targets database-driven websites by exploiting unvalidated user inputs. Attackers inject malicious SQL queries to manipulate or delete database content. Example: An unprotected query like: $query = “SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ‘niki'”; Can be exploited with: $query = “SELECT…

Unable to open default home page in FireFox

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This behavior can sometimes be caused by an add-on installed in Firefox. To figure out if this might be the cause, start Firefox in Safe Mode which will cause Firefox to load without any add-ons running. To start Firefox in Safe Mode, hold the Shift key while clicking on the Firefox icon and you will be prompted to start in Safe Mode or Reset Firefox. Choose Safe Mode and see if Firefox loads up the default page you are trying to set. If it does, then one of your add-ons…

How to multiple browsers on your computer can be beneficial

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Using Multiple Web Browsers on Your Computer You can install multiple web browsers, such as Firefox, Chrome, or Opera, on your computer and use them interchangeably. Installing a new browser does not remove existing ones, including Internet Explorer, allowing you to switch between them as needed. Only one browser can be set as the default, which opens automatically when you click web links in emails or desktop shortcuts. For example, if you recently installed Firefox, it may set itself as the default. If you prefer another browser, such as Internet…

Differences between PHP / pHtml

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.phtml was the standard file extension for PHP 2 programs. .php3 took over for PHP 3. When PHP 4 came out they switched to a straight .php. It’s a huge facility developer-side, though, when your web project grows bigger.so using the .phtml extension rather than .php would just be a formality used to denote a file that is more html dense rather than php You make use of both in this fashion: .PHP Page doesn’t contain view-related code .PHTML Page contains little (if any) data logic and the most part…

How to make a Magento Custom Theme

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Creating Magento Themes Using the Blank Theme A practical approach to creating custom Magento themes is to modify the pre-installed Blank theme, which provides a minimal set of graphics and CSS. This guide outlines the steps to create a new theme by building on the Blank theme’s foundation. Step 1: Set Up Theme Folders Create new theme folders in the app/design/frontend and skin/frontend directories, naming them after your new theme (e.g., our_new_theme). Copy the contents of the Blank theme’s folders into these new directories to serve as the starting point.…

21 COLLABORATION TOOLS TO STREAMLINE YOUR TEAMWORK

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If you work with a team, then you may be struggling with the question of how to best collaborate. Sure, you can e-mail files around; but that quickly gets cumbersome, and can make it hard to keep track of which is the current version. If two team members make changes at the same time, integrating them can become a nightmare. If you’re still using email as your primary means of communicating with your remote team (or even the team in your office) then you really need to look into a…