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How to Make WordPress Easier By Removing Widgets, Meta Boxes and Options
In Craig’s latest WordPress tutorial he explains how to write a custom plugin which disables update notifications and removes unnecessary dashboard widgets, page and post meta boxes. Continue reading
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Mozilla Release Firefox 5
Firefox 5 has arrived three months after version 4 was released. Craig looks at the new features and discusses Mozilla’s rapid update schedule. Continue reading
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BuildMobile: How To Code an Android Widget
One often vaunted feature of Android are the Home screen widgets. The official definition of a widget, taken from the Android documentation is: App Widgets are miniature application views that can be embedded in other applications (such as the Home screen) and receive periodic updates. In practice, widgets are generally only used on the Home screen. Widgets can also be interacted with, reacting to touch events, although there are some limits on what can be done Continue reading
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DesignFestival: Behind the Brazil 2014 World Cup Logo
Just when you thought you’d had enough football (or maybe not enough, in some cases) FIFA, the international football organization revealed the logo design for the next world cup which will take place in Brazil in 2014. The new design entitled “Inspiration”, was the winning submission, chosen from 25 entries. The judging panel included famous Brazilians, model Gisele Bundchen and author Paulo Coelho. The logo was designed by Sao Paolo-based agency Africa . Continue reading
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How to Write Your Own Easy-Administration WordPress Plugin
Craig provides a simple tutorial which explains how to write a plugin which makes the WordPress administration panels easier for your clients with custom branding and support messages. Continue reading
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BuildMobile: WP7 Push Notifications Part 2
So far we’ve looked at the importance of notifications on the Windows Phone platform along with the different types of notifications that are available to your application. In this post we’re going to go through setting up your application to receive notifications and how to actually send notifications. The first step in configuring your application to receive notifications is to register with the Microsoft hosted Push Notification Service. This is done by creating an instance of the HttpNotificationChannel class and calling the Open method Continue reading
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Seven Things You Should Know About WordPress 3.2
The general release of WordPress 3.2 is right around the corner. Mick Olinik tells you the key points you need to know. Continue reading
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The HTML Email Boilerplate
Craig takes a closer look at The HTML Email Boilerplate, a new project which could help relieve the symptoms caused by HTML email creation. Continue reading
Posted in boilerplate, CSS Tutorials & Articles, css3, email, html, HTML & CSS, HTML5 Tutorials & Articles, Layout, Site Marketing, template, Web Tech
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RubySource: Code Safari: Forks, pipes, and the Parallel gem
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about splitting out work to be done into threads to improve performance of a URL checker. A commenter noted that the parallel gem could be used to achieve the same result, which got me all curious. I investigated the gem and found that not only can it parallelize into threads, it also supports splitting out work into multiple processes . I wonder how that works Continue reading
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What’s New in Google Chrome 12
Craig looks at the new features in Google Chrome 12. The usual improvements are there plus a great built-in JavaScript de-obfuscation option. Continue reading
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