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Quick Tip: What Exactly is Web Hosting?
Tired of the “techie” trying to explain to you what web hosting is all about from his bedroom-recorded Skype video? Ever get confused with all the funny terms they drop, like “Shared Hosting” and “Dedicated Servers”? We’ve all been there at one point or another! Well, the guys over at InMotion Hosting created a quick, visual guide that will get you up and running with the jargon in no time! By InMotion Hosting Conclusion If you’re still new to this…
2012-05-19 20:00:20
Ticksy: A Support Story
When I started designing and developing themes and templates for the ThemeForest marketplace five years ago, customer support was easy. I’d get an email or two a day, answer them, and move on. But as sales picked up, things became complicated. One or two emails turned into five, which turned into ten, which turned into twenty! I’d respond to a question, and get another question in response. Emails were lost. Customers were frustrated. It was all a big mess. Email was no longer a tenable support…
2012-05-19 01:05:33
Diving Into CSS Regions
This tutorial will cover the basics of CSS regions, which allow us to flow content within various sections of the page. Confused? You probably are; read on! Demo View It Online CSS Region Support At the time of this writing, the CSS Regions specification is a working draft and things may change! Techniques mentioned in this tutorial might change in implementation. The aim of this tutorial is to give a basic understanding of CSS Regions and what might be coming to a browser near you. Check out caniuse.com…
2012-05-18 03:20:11
Meet Crockford’s JSCheck
There are dozens of JavaScript testing frameworks, but most of them function in, more or less, the same way. However, Douglas Crockford’s JSCheck is considerably different from most. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how it’s different and why you should consider using it! Crockford describes JSCheck as a “specification-driven testing tool. Crockford describes JSCheck as a “specification-driven testing tool.” When using the frameworks you’re used to, you would…
2012-05-17 06:50:33
Symfony Blog: Symfony Community Survey 2012
The Symfony Project is running a community survey for developers using the framework. It asks some generic questions including "how long have you been working with Symfony?" and "how did you get to know Symfony?" Symfony 2.0 has been released for quite a long time now, and so we would like to conduct a quick survey to get a better understanding of the Symfony community. I'm going to use some of the aggregated results for my Symfony Live keynote, and all the aggregated results will be published on…
2012-05-17 00:05:21
5 Useful CSS Tricks for Responsive Design
Making the design to be responsive is very easy as shown in my Responsive Design in 3 Steps tutorial, but maintaining the elements to look aesthetically balanced on all breakpoint layouts is an art. Today I'm going to share 5 of my commonly used CSS tricks along with sample cases for coding responsive designs. They [...]Advertise here with BSA
2012-05-17 00:04:57
Community News: AtlantaPHP June Meetup - Introduction to Laravel
The Atlanta PHP User Group has announced their latest meeting for June 2012 - an introduction to the Larvel framework from Ben Edmunds. Are you ashamed to admit you're a PHP developer? Have you been using the same old, boring PHP framework for years? Tired of your PHP applications turning into enormous beasts? Maybe you've heard about Laravel but haven't made the effort to dive into it? In this presentation, we'll walk through what makes Laravel an elegant, fun, and exciting framework to make PHP…
2012-05-16 23:25:42
Community News: Latest Releases from PHPClasses.org
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2012-05-16 22:08:31
How to Super-Scale Magento in the Cloud
This tutorial will help you prepare a Magento install for high traffic, better load times, and simpler ongoing site management. Ready? Requirements You can download the finished code for this tutorial, or launch the “magento-basic” Quickstart from your Pagoda Box account to test a working site. A Pagoda Box Account (free) A functional local Magento Install Local Development Software (MAMP or WAMP) Git Installed (Can use SFTP) The Pagoda Terminal Client Installed Fair Warning: This tutorial…
2012-05-16 03:31:25
PHPMaster.com: Using SPL Iterators, Part 1
On PHPMaster.com today there's a new tutorial posted, the first part of a series, looking at the use of the Standard PHP Library (SPL) in PHP. In this first part of the series, Stefan Froelich looks specifically at two of the more common uses for iterators - working with arrays and directories. When I first came across the term iteration and saw the overwhelming list of classes related to it in the SPL, I was taken aback. It seemed maybe iteration was too complex for me to grasp. I soon realized…
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