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 …

Charging for programming can be a bit tricky.  Clients obviously would prefer a solid quote. However, any experienced programmer knows that what the client wants is going to change as the software takes shape. Furthermore, any non-trivial program is going to involve some unknown problems that the programmer may be able to solve quickly, but …

On a rainy morning I found myself sitting on the desk thinking about efficient working. Before I started as a freelancer I had some days were I worked lots but could look only back on a worse outcome.

I started with Zen practice back in 2006. What clearly came to my mind before a good while was: the old Zenmasters alredy knew before hundreds of years, how today programmers should work. Even when I don’t like these “be a better programmer” posts, I want to outline some of my thoughts from that morning. It shall serve me as a reminder, but if you have some ideas about it, feel free to comment.

Over the years I have collected a number of great resources across the web that I thought would be a great idea to organize and share. I would encourage everyone to leave their favorite WordPress Hack in the comments below. Displaying Author & Bio Information How To Display Author Photo and Bio in WordPress Optimise …

From Google: prag·mat·ic/pragˈmatik/ Adjective: Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Relating to philosophical or political pragmatism. I’ve never been one you could call academic.  I’d like to think that I’ve always had my feet firmly planted in the real world, however you define it.  My focus …

jQuery Mobile version 1.0 finally launched this past November. Don’t know if you heard about it, but if you are planning to do any mobile app or website development, it’s better to get started with it right now. I’m sure you’ve heard about jQuery. So, its mobile version is pretty close to what you already …

There’s an old adage that goes something like: ‘Do not talk about religion or politics’.  Why?  Because these subjects are full of strong opinions but are thin on objective answers.   One person’s certainty is another person’s skepticism; someone else’s common sense just appears as an a prior bias to those who see matters differently.  Sadly,  conversing these …

If your job, hobby or lifestyle in itself demands spending a lot of time each day working on a computer, or lots of computers all at the same time, you probably have a favorite computer workstation setup where you are most comfortable. An actual usage of your friend’s or your officemate’s computer workstation, and you’ll …

jQuery has found its way into the hearts of many web developers due to its “write less, do more” motto. It really is very simple. Gone are the days when developers had to write endless lines of code to give a very small effect to their image galleries and text. Today, you could give any …

The crucial factor in the successful performance of the website is its speed. One cannot negate the fact that the internet users are impatient and looking for instant gratification. Thus if your website is not quick loading and dull in performance you are more than certain to lose out on attracting customers, generating leads and …

Having a good workplace can make an employee work effectively, productively and inspired. Instead of being in a square cubicle that feels like a jail where you lock yourself daily making your work days stressful. A workplace should be fun to make you feel motivated to work, It should be unique to so as not …