Would you like to include a slick image gallery on your website? Let’s take a close look at the “Colorbox” image gallery system. This is a free/Open source jquery/javascript system for showing image enlargements on an overlay. It’s widely used on the web, but how is it done? If you want to download the current…
With the ever increasing use of Content Management Systems, we need to consider how well do they perform when it comes to usability and download times. With the majority of the ‘page’ being constructed on-the-fly by multiple server requests, is it faster or slower than a standard HTML page? “Fast sites increase user satisfaction and…
Danger lurks on the web, and a website is never totally immune to infiltration by the ‘bad guys’. Be they actual people or malicious automated code that roams the web, looking for an ‘open door’, to wriggle their way into your code. There are numerous reasons why this can happen, things such as weak and/or…
Using a CMS system to create and manage a web site is becoming more desirable. There are many out there, and the decision on which to use depends on the web site’s requirements. Popular “open source” options include Drupal and WordPress. Both robust and well thought-out systems. However, deciding on which to use – then…
We see the writing on the wall.. the future of web site construction is firmly moving from hand-coded HTML pages to CMS driven sites. Systems such as Drupal, WordPress and Joomla etc., offer many advantages and dynamic features built-in, and with regular updates CMS-driven sites stay current with all the latest code, dynamic goodies, SEO…
For those of us using WordPress installations to power our websites, it soon becomes apparent that there is constant maintenance to be done. Seems version updates – and plugin updates are needed almost weekly. This is a good thing, as security holes are tighened and improvements are activated. If you plan to upgrade to WordPress…
There are many image gallery plug-ins for WordPress which provide a way of showing images in galleries and albums and use the version of the ‘lightbox’ overlay. NextGen Gallery by Alex Rabe – Download the NextGen Gallery plug in. (The current version needs PHP 5.2 to run) http://alexrabe.de/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/ Older versions can be downloaded which run…