As far as programming is concerned, PHP is a relatively new language. In fact, PHP was born just the other day in the mid-nineties. From a user’s point of experience, would you prefer a non-interactive website or a creatively built, functioning and interactive website? I guess the later.

• Why Navigability Matters

Having a website that is cumbersome to use is chasing business away. Users do not have the time to look in hidden corners for that sitemap or navigation guide they need to find their way along the various avenues of your website. In fact, the visitor of such a site would most probably revisit Google and find more promising competitor’s websites. Having this knowledge in mind, you need to do something if not everything… Continue reading

PHP has emerged an all time favorite for most designers and web developers in recent times. The big reason for this preference of PHP is the mere fact that PHP is open source and offers effective support for several databases including Oracle and MySQL. This popularity has made it a necessity for web developers to perfect PHP so as to enhance productivity in their daily work. For any one who is not yet a master of PHP but would like to be so in a relatively short time, the learning resources listed here will go al long way in teaching you PHP programming:

1) PHP Cookbook

This is a great resource that was composed by David Tratchenberg and David Sklar. In fair language, this is one… Continue reading

It is no surprise that Mozilla Firefox and Google’s Chrome have a total user base of over 300 million. The reason for this quite staggering success by the two web browsers is their ability to support extensions from independent contributors. Extensions bring about an increased level of functionality in web browsers by providing services such as ad blocking and weather updates. In other words, they go a long way in enhancing user experience as far as internet surfing is concerned. Web builders also have not been left behind as there are thousands of plugins developed specifically to aid them in their design work. Below, we look at the topmost of these tools in terms of functionality and popularity:

• Resolution Test

This is a useful extension that enables… Continue reading

Today, web development is no more sophisticated for common internet surfers than it is for advanced professionals. Ever since its invention a few years ago, WordPress has emerged the most outstanding and uncontested blogging solution the world over. More often than not, professionals keep an open eye for the simplest tech solution to eliminate complexities in web development tasks. In addition, professionals also do prefer a product that has un-limiting support for innovation, research and development so as to contribute to more online productivity. The simplicity of use provided by WordPress has considerably contributed to its growth and popularity to global proportions.

Over the short time WordPress has existed, people have come to realize the benefits offered by this multipurpose, feature-rich system. Among others, some of these benefits include… Continue reading