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  • How to setup a local server using WAMP

    New to websites, CMS, PHP and all that stuff? Don’t want to pay for a server and domain name till you learn what that all stuff really means?
    Or maybe you want to test WordPress or some other CMS on your PC, before uploading it to a production server? There is one way to “fix” all that – setup a local server directly on your PC. (more…)

  • Must Have WP Plugins: Jetpack & XML Sitemaps

    WordPress plugins

    That’s insane, man! So, I met that chick the other day and … oh… . I thought I was still chatting with my buddy. Sorry about that. So, you wanted more about must have WordPress plugins? Here we go. In my previous post I tackled Akismet, Contact Form 7 and Disqus Comment System. This time around it’s gonna be even cooler. Meet GetSocial, Google XML Sitemaps, and Jetpack. (more…)

  • HTML Tutorial 2 – HTML tags

    HTML Editor
    In the tutorial, you will learn how to add basic HTML tags (headings, special characters, metatags, etc) to your web-pages. Also, we will learn how to use a few languages in one HTML file, redirection and refreshing (no, not when you’re tired, it’s something different). Plus, I’ll show you some basic tricks on text formatting in HTML.

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  • Create Contact Forms: Radios, Checks & Dropdowns

    Create Contact Forms: Radios, Checks & Dropdowns

    Welcome back to our contact form tutorial series. If you’re not exactly sure why I’m saying “back”, check this link. This is the third episode and in this tutorial we’re gonna learn how to add different types of inputs to the contact form and process that with PHP. It’ll make your contact form look absolutely gem and the features allow you to obtain some extra info from the user. So, you totally need to know how to do that.
    If you followed my two previous contact form tutorials you should have 2 files: contact-form.html and send-mail.php. If not, then you can download them here. Now just open them with your favorite html/php editor. (more…)

  • Must Have WordPress Plugins: Akismet & CF7

    WordPress plugins

    Why you need must have WordPress plugins? OK, you’ve installed WordPress. Now what? Is that what you’re asking yourself? Well, don’t worry too much. Everybody who installed the WordPress engine for the first time was a bit surprised that to add all those really cool and amazing functionality bells and whistles, (more…)

  • HTML Tutorial 1

    HTML Tutorial 1

    HTML Editor

    Introduction

    This HTML tutorial is going to teach you HTML which is a language used to create websites and unlike complex programming languages studying of which may take months or even years, HTML is simple and an easy to learn markup language. Being able  to code in HTML will help you increase your company’s income or even better (more…)

  • HTML/PHP Contact Form: Processing Data with PHP

    Gears - image by Alvaro Heinzen

    In the previous tutorial – creating HTML PHP contact form – we successfully created a basic layout for the contact form. By the way, I’ve also added 2 screencasts to the post for those of you guys who really prefer video content to textual. So, if you wish to watch instead of read, you can do it. In other words you can choose now which way to go. Alternatively, you can both watch and read (or the other way around) just for better understanding. By the way, I’d really appreciate if you subscribe to our YouTube channel and like our videos. 🙂 Now let’s make our contact form actually do something. First off, it’s a good idea to understand how it works.

    Under the hood

    So, what happens after a user hits the “Submit” button of our contact form?

    1)Let’s go step-by-step. The user fills in the form and hits the button: (more…)

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