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What i like most in cookbooks, is their problem/solution approach which comes really handy when you find yourself facing a task with no clues on how to complete it. Here are my thoughts on WordPress 3 Cookbook.

During this winter break I’m going to read “WordPress 3 Cookbook”, here is a sneak peek.

Ever imagined to use Wordpress as an e-commerce system? Well, after reading this highly recommended guide i’d give it a try!

A smart way to overcome FOUC while still using LABjs as JavaScript non-blocking loading techniques.

I know: someone may be horrified by the idea of using WordPress as an e-commerce system, but i think that given its user friendly backend interface and the amount of developers using it, it’d be a mistake not to learn something about the WP “e-commerce way”. The guide i’m introducing here, and which i’m currently [...]

One major problem with JavaScript programming is that, differently from other languages, there are little programmers with really good knowledge of it. This problem is tightly related to the lack of a solid culture in front-end development, which usually is a gray area between programmers and designers. Even if a solid knowledge of JavaScript should [...]

A quick and clean fix to make wordpress’ default search widget valid by removing the role attribute in form tag.

In nowadays frontend development JavaScript spans from rich interactions to animations, however we cannot rely on the native language’s methods to implement everything we need in a smart and time-effective way.

A cool presentation about User Interface best practices to keep interaction clear and direct, and patterns to think and design interfaces from a user/ customer perspective.

Step by step tutorial on adding a custom joomla module parameter type to apply different template’s overrides on a module in a per-instance style with minumum hacks.