Good WordPress page templates allow you to create a unique website even though you are not spending a lot on a fully customized theme. This article will go through the benefits of using WordPress page templates and also give good examples of WordPress themes with build in page templates. As you know WordPress allows you to write …
Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis recently released WorldMap, an open source mapping application designed to make it easier for researchers to upload large GIS datasets and to create online maps using thousands of geographic layers available to them from the Worldmap Library. WorldMap is built using open source software (access the WorldMap source code via github.com) and is hosted on Amazon’s EC2 cloud …
With the great popularity of tablets and smart-phones, the demand for responsive website design is more serious than ever. Right now, more and more websites are adopting responsive layouts and this trend is expected to become more intense as the percentage of mobile Internet users increase. This development have created tremendous demand for the services of web designers …
Steve Keil is described on his TED profile as “an entrepreneur whose passion is to create companies in which people are inspired to make their mark”. Why then would he say that we’re no longer people, but rather we are resources? Take 32 minutes of your day to watch this inspiring, somewhat-crass presentation from Kiel at TNW2012. …
I recently reflected on SCRUM and the role of the ScrumMaster. We know that a ScrumMaster should act as a servant-leader; she should provide guidance but not decisions, removing impediments yet empowering the team: in a word, the ScrumMaster should act as a facilitator within the team, shielding the team from the outside world, ensuring …
Navigation is one of the most important elements in web design. It has to be neat, usable and creative at the same time in order to not scare your visitors away. jQuery is one of the most powerful tools to enhance your navigation and make it stand out. With jQuery you can bring together both …
Leadership (noun) / the ability to make things happen. The New Project Management Triangle: Part 1 – Leadership Most project management professionals are familiar with the term, the project management triangle. In the traditional project management triangle, the three points of the triangle (scope, time, and cost) refer to the triple constraints. Originally, it was …
Nowadays almost everyone has a WordPress powered website, but not everyone has a professional build blog. To build a professional blog you have to concentrate on few aspects. One of the most important aspects is of course the design. The design of your blog is without a dub the one who decides if your blog …
I can’t think of any other reasons why WordPress snuggles securely in the top spot in the blogging world aside from its flexibility and seemingly limitless uses. Why is this so? First and foremost, WordPress is not only a haven for personal bloggers but it is also widely used for businesses, community networking, etc. In …
The Reports This tracking technique uses event tracking to track how people scroll through pages on a site. So let’s start with the event tracking reports. Here’s the Content > Events > Top Events Report. Reading actions in Google Analytics All the events are bundled in the Reading category. You’re probably wondering why the Value …
By taking a WordPress menu plugin into use you may add new and improved navigation to your WordPress sites. This can be useful in several situations. For example if you fall in love with a perfect simple WordPress theme but the only thing it is missing is a highly configurable mega menu allowing you to …
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact of the move to a thick client architecture for web applications, and I’m becoming more and more certain that this means that Rails-style MVC frameworks on the server-side are going to end up being phased out in favour of leaner and meaner frameworks that better address …
Something that makes a website great is when it is compatible in multiple browsers regardless of version. Technically this is referred to as cross-browser compatibility. Wikipedia defines cross-browser as: The ability for a website, web application, HTML construct or client-side script to support all the web browsers. Now, you may be confused on what is the difference between …