Now in a recent turn of events, OneNote Integration has come to WordPress. That’s right, Microsoft’s note taking app has come to WordPress. Now I haven’t been able to completely use it yet. But from what it seems, it seems like you just blog on a onenote page then you...
Probably one of the biggest questions I get asked in wordpress development or even by other coders is “how did they do that?” which often refers to a cool effect, or how a website pulls off some very insane over the top effect. Such as 3D parallax, a crazy menu,...
Now for those of you who don’t know, Microsoft held their developers conference this week. Its known as Build. And as you can guess it was a big year for Microsoft, they definitely showed off how the company is changing and evolving into something for the better. Microsoft used to...
Probably one of the biggest surprises I get asked nowadays is “How do I set up wordpress on my phone?” Now this is very simple, if you have a iphone, ipad, android phone or tablet you will be able to simply download an app for it. 1. Download the...
Probably one of the biggest things that I always get asked is “I made changes to my website why aren’t they showing up?” Well the easiest way to answer this question is your browser caching your website. Now I know what you are thinking “WTF is caching?” Well caching is...
If you have been wondering where I have been over the past weeks. Well I have been involved heavily with South by Southwest or SXSW. Probably one of my favorite moments was going to a HTML 5 meet up and meeting the many different kinds of coders out there. And...
I often get asked this question, especially lately. Most of the people I know will tell me “I just bought my domain…but how do I get stuff to appear.” Well that is a very great question, and something I hope to clear up. HOSTING What is hosting exactly? Well without...
If you are a web developer, sooner or later you are going to run into the issue that you will have to build a email newsletter. Like it or not, every developer I know has had to code a email newsletter that goes out to a ton of people. Here...
Another week, another tool. I haven’t done one of these in a while, so I hope you can forgive me. But this week I have a very special tool for you. It’s called Code Pen. This is another tool that is for front end developers. Its more a interactive sharing...
A few weeks ago was the Adobe Max Conference and soon after that Adobe released a update to the Creative Cloud version of Dreamweaver. Now with this big update, it finally brought features that have been such a long time coming. Here are some of the new features that I...
The newest version of WordPress arrived a few days ago and features some newly implement stuff that I know many people have been clamoring for these days. From the media grid, to the new embed that people have been asking for this is definitely a great update for wordpress. The...
Every now and then every WordPress user and/or developer will run into this common problem: A big white screen with the message “ERROR ESTABLISHING A DATABASE CONNECTION”. Never fear, there are a few quick tips to get your website back to running smoothly. Usually this error occurs when your hosting...
I have found that most development books are rather boring and written in a way that makes programming very hard to comprehend. Jon Duckett wrote a book that, in my mind, is one of the best programming books I have ever read. He approaches programming and teaching Javascript and...
This might sound crazy but sometimes going back and drawing out your wireframe for a website can sometimes help you build a lot easier. Especially when you get into the situation of Div’s in div’s in div’s. Now I think some of the basics you can go back to is...
When you are a developer, you often have to do cross browser testing, or email testing cause sooner or later you are probably going to need to test it on multiple email clients from outlook to Gmail to even in some rare cases…lotus notes. Using a program like Litmus or...
Eventually every developer runs into the good old fashion website breaking. A sql table goes missing, a php file gets deleted. Or in my personal favorite moment, you leave a open brackets, parenthesis, quote, etc etc and it causes the entire page to not load right. Never be afraid of...
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas. For those of you who don’t know what RTX is, it’s an exposition put on by the company who made Red vs Blue years ago. I have been working on building an app...
Now this is a very good question and it honestly depends on what are you hoping to accomplish. If you are looking to just change colors and maybe a few things here and there, I would suggest just learning HTML and CSS. With that you can basically change colors, fonts, and...
You gotta give it to programmers, they definitely come up with the most creative things. Well I thought Austrian Death Machine was cool when they based their heavy metal lyrics on Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes, and now someone on github has released a programming language that is based around exactly that. Like...
So I have been trying to learn about more about Parallax design, and for lack of a better term. It is a programming and design feat. Parallax is a one page website that animates in crazy ways when you scroll to the bottom. You will see this with products being...
The first season of Silicon Valley has ended, and with it I definitely found it to be most enjoyable. Many times I will also see movies and TV shows show off coding and “hacking” as a fun activity. Many windows of awesome opening and closing, with magical presses of the...
Now for those of you who don’t know what SEO is, it stands for Search Engine Optimization. In basic terms… it is just a way of saying if you want Google or bing to find you… Then I suggest you add in meta data. Cause without this, you are basically...
Now that question is something I always get asked…”Orlando I am learning HTML…can I build a website now?” Well to put it bluntly…NOOOOO. HTML was the only thing you needed to know when the movie space jam came out. But now websites have evolved past that. The Web isn’t just...
Spam is definitely a huge problems nowadays. If you are a blogger or anyone that runs a wordpress website, then you have probably run into spam comments. Now one of the best things I can tell you is that there is a way to get everything under control. Now one...
Probably one of the biggest mistakes and errors I see in web development is the way websites set set their page links. Now when you are set a link that links to another page or section on the website you always want to have it without a page pop up...
Responsive is different from a mobile site, lets just get that out of the way. A mobile website is specifically built for mobile. Where a responsive website builds to the screen dimensions. Most people I have seen forgo responsive designs and or development. The reason for this is cost, time...
Now here is a plugin that I have come to love and basically use with everyone of my wordpress websites that I build. If you use any kind of wordpress plugin, this will probably save you a bunch of trouble with life and help manage your blog or overall website...
I always get asked by people “Orlando where can I learn to code?” Truth be told, taking it in a college class can be tricky for the simple fact that..it can be fast paced and can be hard to keep up. So lets start off with this simple website that...
I often get asked about the tools that I use and thats why I am starting a section called “Tools of the Trade”. This will cover all the bases of what I use in my everyday coding life. Lets start of with a free open source coding software that I...
