The principal problem confronting Web Developers is the exponential rate of change in the IT industry. There is simply not enough time to check out all the JavaScript tools especially given the underling tools are changing so fast. No more so than in JavaScript UI programming arena where there are literally dozens of frameworks, plugins […]
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In our web development JavaScript frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation Zurb and INK have been vital players. Bootstrap in particular has been used to deliver mobile responsive, SPA-Single Page Apps. But all of the JavaScript frameworks provide great templates, solid CSS libraries including new animation styling, plus inline JavaScript support usually with jQuery leading the way.
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Okay what is a WordPress SiteBuilder? Shhh don’t tell anyone but this is the potent combo of a Multilayout Theme [think free Astra, Generate Press, OceanWP] with a top-end PageBuilder [like the free BeaverBuilder lite, Elementor or VisualComposer.io] These combo tools have created a new category of WordPress Frontend UI development- the WordPress SiteBuilder. This
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Web Development is trending good and bad. Bad is Facebook, Twitter and Google – the top three secret personal-data harvesters who are also shucking their duty to patrol what they allow to be “advertised”/published on their systems. The good is that Web Development continues to change and mature at an exponential pace – no more
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Now let us be clear, WordPress themes and plugins have been operating in Z-index space for many years. Sliders, animations, and popup modals have been on the WordPress UI scene placing images and objects above a web page. Also think of tabs, accordions, gallery lightboxes, and background hero images revealed in parallax glimpses. But with
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I could not quite believe what BoldGrid is offering – a free Cloud-based WordPress site with few strings attached. So why not try it: And voila here is what you get, a robust WordPress website where you can try BoldGrid’s software. What You Get A fast cloud installation which is as smooth and easy as the WordPress
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General Data Protection Regulations GDPR is the response to the Wild World of Web data stolen, collected and exchanged on individual Eurpoean citizens. The rules of GDPR have a long history over the 40 years as seen in this chart: The GDPR current intent is to assure that IT organizations provide individuals with more control
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It started with Beaver Builder creating its add-on Beaver Themer last year. What Beaver Themer does is allow developers and users to takeover creating the header and footer area of any page, post or custom post. Here is how Beaver Builder spotlights its theme building add-on: Beaver Themer works with Beaver Theme plus a small
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CSS Hero 3 has added its latest version to the very competitive WordPress CSS IDE Styler market. Two other tools, Yellow Pencil and MicroThemer also vie for user’s allegiance. Here is CSS Hero 3 in action: The scene is a Gutenberg test post edited on the left and then styled by CSS Hero 3 on
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Javascript has achieved ascendancy in Web development Over the past 26 years of Web Development, many programming languages have had reigns as the major language for Web development. Java had the support of major players like IBM, Oracle, Redhat and Sun but the decisive opposition of Microsoft which poisoned the well with J++ and a
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Your Head for the Hills Here New Website Challenge Creating a brand new website is a daunting task even if you are using the most popular website development tool, WordPress [29.3% of the world’s websites are done in WordPress]. First, WordPress tools and features are developing rapidly – in a 2016 Podcast review we cited
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Cyber Attacks Have Become Pervasive There are three World Wide Webs – the Surface Web which most people browse, the Deep Web which is the hidden purview of businesses, governments, institutions and cyberhackers of the contained Dark Web. The current outbreak of cyber-crime plus malicious hacking is based in the Dark Web portion of the nearly invisible Deep Web.
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This post represents the start of a series of posts about the new WordPress Visual Editor, Gutenberg. But first we need to review the state of the Gutenberg plugin to date. At the start of November 2017 the 1.6.1 release of Gutenberg, the new WP Visual Editor, appeared in the WordPress plugin library. This was
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How New Web Design Has Changed and Obsoleted this Layout As suspected getting through the the first of a WordPress Starters Guide proved to be full of questions and demos. And as presenter I should have warned attendees early at the outset that the sheer volume of material would necessitate splitting the presentation into 3 parts.
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Have you ever had the problem that you just can’t seem to correct the CSS on one of your WordPress websites? Your browser’s Inspect command can get you started towards isolating the right CSS and stylesheet to change to correct the errant style. But the Inspect command will only allow you to temporarily test CSS
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