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February 17, 2012#

PrestaShop templates

prestashop

PrestaShop is increasingly popular opensource ecommerce solution. It uses Smarty as a template engine so that lots of developers should be familiar with it. Take a look in the web design portfolio for some nice PrestaShop templates. These are some nice and complete tutorials. http://www.daveegerton.com/prestashop-guides/Prestashop-Designers-Guide/Themes/modifying-the-default-prestashop-theme.html http://www.techietips.net/creating-prestashop-13-theme.html http://blogs.callosmart.com/2011/02/03/creating-a-prestashop-1-4-theme-from-scratch

February 17, 2012#

Apple announced Mountain Lion or Mac OS X 10.8

Apple have announced new version of their operating system, called Mountain Lion or Mac OS X 10.8. Besides faster running and some bug fixes, Mountain Lion will introduce lots of new stuff. It wont bring any new revolution. Some of important things are: More integration with iCloud Application Messages that will replace iChat 2 more applications taken over from iOS: Reminders and Notes Last, but not the least, we will see Game Center Twitter will be deeply integrated with new operating system, so you will find share options all over the place. All in all, Mountain Lion will be very …

February 10, 2012#

Information is not for free!

I’ve lots of requests on free information from clients. It goes on and on. I bet you have similar problem. In that case, you should read this great article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/03/28/no-you-cant-pick-my-brain-it-costs-too-much/

February 5, 2012#

CopyLink WordPress plugin

Great little plugin that will spread your blog like a disease and help you spread it! User Benefits: Helps users find original source of information Simplifies linking process for bloggers referencing your material Improves the quality of citations on the web Helps search engines index and serve quality content Link attribution is optional and not forced on end-user Webmaster Benefits: Take control of how your content is linked Prevent content duplication Help promote your content and website Receive valuable and relevant traffic Earn natural links and improve your SEO

February 1, 2012#

Great web application icon set

I found a great great great icon set available for download. It is huge, so take your time when downloading http://www.iconshock.com/

January 31, 2012#

1st place: Yii

INFO: Statistically speaking, Yii is without doubt the best framework on the market (at least, at the time of writing). It gives lightning fast page loads and has more features than you could shake a stick at. Yii is a relatively new kid on the block, as far as frameworks go. The main thing that sends Yii straight to the top spot, for me, is the sense that Yii represents the next generation of frameworks. In other words, it’s not just a bit faster than Codeigniter or a bit more feature packed than Zend. With Yii we have a genuine …

January 31, 2012#

2nd place: Codeigniter

INFO: Codeigniter is currently my framework of choice. It’s relatively easy to learn, delivers lightning fast page loads, has tonnes of advanced features and has a very large and active community. As I write there’s currently around 20,000 members of the Codeigniter discussion forum. That’s 20,000 people who potentially know and want to discuss Codeigniter! Feature wise, Codeigniter can stand toe to toe with other powerful frameworks such as Zend and Cake. It also, without question, has the best documentation of all the php frameworks. That was a major selling point for me. Although Codeigniter is built and managed by Ellislab …

January 31, 2012#

3rd place: Zend

INFO: If we were ranking all of the PHP frameworks in terms of which one gives you the best employment opportunities then Zend would be first, hands down. If we were placing a bet on which framework would have the most longevity then Zend would surely be our safest bet. Built by the makers of PHP, Zend is currently the PHP framework of choice for big business. Like CakePHP, it comes packed with tonnes of advanced features, plugins and free optional downloads. Personally speaking, I haven’t spent a great deal of time using Zend. However, I have a close friend …

January 31, 2012#

4th place: Kohana

INFO: Kohana is basically Codeigniter on steroids (I’m sure I’m not the first person who has said that). Codeigniter, which I’ll discuss further on, is a fantastic framework. However, Kohana is modular which means you can quickly “bolt” parts onto your applications. The code is also slicker and more compact than with Codeigniter. On paper it has everything going for it! Personally speaking, I wanted this to be my framework of choice, and I wanted it to be number one on this list, but alas, Kohana has one major drawback which – coming to think of it – is virtually …

January 31, 2012#

Best PHP framework 2011?

A good PHP framework should improve security, make websites easier to upgrade and should also dramatically reduce the time it takes you to build websites and web applications. After all, framework should dramatically decrease time needed for developing web application. A good PHP framework should help you to keep on top of everything that’s new and hip in the world of web development – without having to learn a bunch of brand new technologies. Need a PDF generator? Your framework should be able to handle that. How about an RSS feed? No problem! Or, how about one of those fancy auto complete …