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A collection of articles I wrote in my previous life. I’m now focusing on just a few things; these articles contain some rants, posts about tech and Vietnam.
Using Bootstrap the Right (Semantic) Way
Back in the year 2000, when I first started learning web development, tables were my best friend. The web was filled with <tr> and <td> and semantics were non-existent. Images were broken down and…
Displaying Information of a WordPress.org Plugin on Your Website
In the first part of this article, we discussed how to use built-in functions to communicate with WordPress.org and retrieve plugin details. In this tutorial we will put the theory in action to create…
Get Plugin Download Count from WordPress.org API
Since last 3 days, I have been looking out for a way to get the total download count of my plugin. But there is almost no information about API for WordPress.org except on http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress.org_API which is…
The Absolute Beginners Guide to LESS
CSS is a simple language. It allows us to style properties of HTML elements using selectors. This makes it easy for beginners to get started with CSS. However, as the size of your web…
How to Customize the WordPress Login Screen
By default, every WordPress site looks the same. For a variety of reasons, people want to customize the WordPress sites with their own logo or styles. In this tutorial we’re going to show you…
Introduction to Adobe Fireworks
Photoshop has become the de-facto for graphic design. It has always been that way and it continues to be so. Fireworks though now a product of Adobe was originally created by Macromedia and launched…
How to Analyze Your WordPress Installation’s Performance
Installing WordPress is really easy. Optimization is what takes time. Not everyone who owns or maintains a WordPress website on their own is a programmer. Many WordPress users do not even know HTML. You…
Using WordPress as a Web Application Framework
Application Frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, etc. are common today. If you have ever used them or read about them you might be aware of their features and how they help…
Making a Living With WordPress
With WordPress powering 8% of the websites in the world, the demand for WordPress related services is increasing exponentially. Not every WordPress website is owned by a developer. After the users get familiar with…