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WordPress Year in Review: The Best Tutorials of 2011
January 4th, 2012 - By Sumeet
2011 has seen a lot of changes in Wordpress with loads of new features and updates. We also saw Wordpress grow as a CMS. It has become the top most CMS platform used in the world. It has a content management system market share of around 54.3% Here is a round up of some of the the best, unique and useful Wordpress tutorials written in 2011 and what to expect in the future.
Quick Tip: Backing Up Your Blog with VaultPress
July 10th, 2011 - By Sumeet
As with almost every other web app, WordPress stores information in a database. There’s always a chance that your data could be lost or corrupted, and it’s wise to have a solid backup strategy in place. This is where VaultPress enters the scene to save the day, providing complete backup and security for your WordPress site.
40+ Stunning WordPress Portfolio Themes
July 7th, 2011 - By Sumeet
WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS platform out there. The vast amount of features and the flexibility it provides, one can create mind blowing themes for it. Here is a round up list of the most stunning WordPress themes, created specifically for displaying your design portfolio.
Quick Tip: Using Shortcodes in Theme Development
July 6th, 2011 - By Sumeet
The WordPress Shortcode API was introduced to WordPress in Version 2.5. Since then, it has become a widely used method for allowing quick customisation of layout and inserting certain formatting snippets. But shortcodes can be equally useful when creating WordPress themes – here’s how you can make full use of them!
Create a Multi-Layout Portfolio with WordPress
June 2nd, 2011 - By Sumeet
WordPress, as a content management system, is often used for creating portfolio websites. With the evolution of user interface design and functionalities, a new trend has emerged: displaying portfolio items in different layouts. This tutorial details the process of creating a dedicated portfolio section in WordPress’ backend, and using jQuery and CSS3 to display the portfolio in a classy manner.
Integrating Cloud Zoom with WP e-Commerce Gold Cart Gallery
April 22nd, 2011 - By Sumeet
WP e-Commerce' s new version got integrated with Wordpress in a much better manner and has become one of my favourite Wordprss e-Commerce plugins. One of my projects required the integration of Cloud Zoom jQuery plugin with the Gold Cart Gallery. So here is a short hack on how to achieve it in a convincing manner.
iPhone Application Template
January 29th, 2011 - By Sumeet
This is a very sleek, Web 2.0 website designed by BevelAndEmboss.net based on a theme for iPhone applications. We have developed it into a HTML5 / CSS3 template with some jQuery and it’s free for download!
How to Create a FAQ Page with WordPress and Custom Post Types
December 4th, 2010 - By Sumeet
In the web world, a FAQ page is created specifically for the viewers/customers, and contains general questions and their respective answers about a particular product or service. This tutorial details the process of creating a dedicated FAQ section in the WordPress backend with custom post types, as well as how to spice up the actual page a bit by using jQuery and CSS.
Listify, Convert Raw Text To HTML Elements
August 30th, 2010 - By Sumeet
Listify is a tool I created using C for my own use. Then thought of converting it into an online tool. It helps you convert those long list of text to HTML entities like <li> and <option> elements.
Creating a Neon Blink Effect for your Forms using CSS3 and jQuery
July 17th, 2010 - By rakeshmenon
Our latest tutorial at 1stWebDesigner. How cool will it be to have a glowing blink effect behind your input boxes in a form without using Flash? Well, then this tutorial teaches you on how to build one in the easiest manner possible.
Grunge Template
July 16th, 2010 - By Debika
Grunge is a dark, grungy personal blog template designed by PsdNations.info for free use in both commercial and non-commercial projects. This template some really cool CSS3 features.
How to Create a Cool Slide Out Panel with CSS3 only
July 5th, 2010 - By Sumeet
Many sites have a really cool hidden panel which contains some relevant information and this panel is revealed to us, with a cool animation, when we click on a particular button or hover over it. This has usually been achieved using jQuery. But now as we advent towards the future and CSS3 is becoming a reality, here is a tutorial on how to build an animated slide out panel using only CSS3.
New Web Host – Our Experience During the Transition
June 6th, 2010 - By Sumeet
We are happy to announce that Code-pal is now being hosted on a new web host – wpWebHost. So we thought of discussing our experience of shifting the site from our previous host to the new one.
The ‘Select’ Problem After Using jqTransform and its Solution
February 18th, 2010 - By Sumeet
Recently, I was working on a project which required a customized form with only select boxes. I used jqTransform to customize the form and while working on it I discovered that after transforming the select box into a list of hyperlinks, the ‘change’ method of the select box doesn’t work at all. As ‘on-value-change’ event is a very important function for any drop down list box so here is a very simple solution to manipulate it while using jqTransform.
Spice Up Your Twitter Feed Display Box Using CSS
October 23rd, 2009 - By Sumeet
Everyone has a twitter account nowadays and all like to showcase their most recent tweets on their websites. This is generally done by displaying the tweets enclosed in a visually appealing box or the twitter bird shouting it. Here is a small tutorial on how you can increase the interactivity further with the help of CSS.
How to Code an Overlapping Tabbed Main Menu
October 14th, 2009 - By Sumeet
Main navigation menu is that part of a website design that makes the whole site look lively and complete. But the most common type of navigation menu style still being used a lot is the tabbed navigation menu. Here is a tutorial on how to code an overlapping tabbed menu.
Orange
October 6th, 2009 - By Sumeet
Orange is a neat and clean business template designed by PSDTemplate.com for small companies.
Summer of Love
September 28th, 2009 - By Sumeet
Summer of love is a beautiful template designed by BevelAndEmboss.net. This theme can be used for a music event or even for a band.
Personal Computer Assistant
September 27th, 2009 - By Sumeet
This was my first venture to develop a small application based on windows operating system. I use to spend loads of time sitting in front of my computer and use to miss out on small appointments and other events. Hence, I just thought of creating a virtual personal assistant for myself to remind me of my appointments and help me out with my daily computer needs.
The Launch!
September 24th, 2009 - By Sumeet
We are proud to launch the new version of Code-pal. The previous version was a static xHTML/CSS site and its redesign was long overdue. We basically needed a content management system to manage our portfolio as well as a blog to share stuffs and give back to the web community. So we ended up using Wordpress to achieve our target.
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- The 'Select' Problem After Using jqTransform and its Solution 78 comment(s)
- How to Code an Overlapping Tabbed Main Menu 48 comment(s)
- iPhone Application Template 34 comment(s)
- Integrating Cloud Zoom with WP e-Commerce Gold Cart Gallery 32 comment(s)
- Grunge Template 23 comment(s)
- Spice Up Your Twitter Feed Display Box Using CSS 18 comment(s)
- Business Template 17 comment(s)
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