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How to replace jQuery with Vue.JS effectively?

k2B Admin — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:02:30 +0000

Ignoring all types of hype surrounding JavaScript frameworks is really impossible. Building an entire system for the sake of small abstractions would probably not be feasible. Moreover, moving a project over to a build system and performing deployment method could spare a lot of time and energy. It is not required to write all your HTML in JavaScript.
Vue is flexible enough that you can make use of it directly in HTML. Say if your existing page looks the ways shown below,

Some content here

You could make changes to the script tag and make use of the HTML and JS. You could make use of the coding directly without the need for rewriting the HTML JavaScript nor using the web pack. You even neglect the need for the huge system.

< main>
< div class=”thing”>
< p>Some content here< /p>
< /div>
< /main>
< script src=”https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.5.3/vue.min.js”>< /script>
< script>
//some vue code here
< /script>

Get the tags replaced and let the markup be the same. Many fears that the code gets complicated while implementing Vue. But, the real fact is, Vue is legible, easy to manage and remarkably simple.

In this article let us dive into certain use cases in jQuery and how to get them switch to Vue.

Let’s Get Started!!!

Hide and display:
The most common use case in jQuery is hiding and displaying something. jQuery has already made the task really simple. Now let us have a look at how Vue makes it interesting.

hello

$(function() {
$(‘#toggle’).on(‘click’, function() {
$(‘.hello’).toggle();
$(this).attr(‘aria-expanded’, ($(this).attr(‘aria-expanded’) == “false” ? true : false));
});
});

<

hello

new Vue({
el: ‘#app’,
data: {
show: true
}
})

Here we find both jQuery and Vue works really simple. Still, the reason for working with Vue interests is because of the Toggle function. The Vue consists of a tool called the Vuedevtools. The Vuedevtools is completely different from the Chrome devtools. By using this you get special information about Vue.

Both jQuery and Vue seem to hide and display elements. But in case if something goes wrong nor the code entered is not working, we would probably be adding the console.log or set breakpoints to track errors.

Whereas, when it comes to Vue devtools the toggle option directly handles on the error. The below image represents the action of Toggle button which updates the status as True/False. In case if the DOM is not working the way, it is expected to work then you could make use of the Vue in real time to find out what is happening with the code.

This makes the process of debugging an error really simple. The other most important thing is the v-if, which is easy to extend other condition. One can make use of v-show instead of v-if in case if the element that is toggled shows and hides frequently.

The v-if completely unmounts the element, whereas, the v-show will merely toggle the visibility. This is a really important factor that one should concentrate as Show or Hide can be done based on various conditions. They might even occur based on the user input. This is where jQuery gets messy.

What is your favorite kind of taco?

new Vue({
el: ‘#app’,
data() {
return {
tacos: ”
}
}
})

What is your favorite kind of taco?

$(function() {
var button = $(‘.button’);
var textarea = $(‘#textarea’);
button.hide();
textarea.keyup(function() {
if (textarea.val().length > 0) {
button.show();
} else {
button.hide();
}
})
});

When you are used to this style, you get to operate much faster than expected, it is because you don’t need to trace the logic line by line.

Catching inputs:
The most important and valuable JavaScript on the website is capturing the input form. So, let us have a look at how it works. The following coding and image represent how capturing user inputs works on both jQuery and Vue.

Name:

// this is an alias to $(document).ready(function() {
$(function() {
//keypress wouldn’t include delete key, keyup does. We also query the div id app and find the other elements so that we can reduce lookups
$(‘#app’).keyup(function(e) {
var formname = $(this).find(‘.formname’);
//store in a variable to reduce repetition
var n_input = $(this).find(‘#thing’).val();
formname.empty();
formname.append(n_input);
});
});

Name:

{{ name }}

//this is a vue instance
new Vue({
//this targets the div id app
el: ‘#app’,
data: {
name: ” //this stores data values for ‘name’
}
})

This example reveals Vue’s strength. Vue is reactive and it is particularly capable of responding to changes. The changes are done as you type. Which means changes are made instantly.

Storing user input and output:
When it comes to storing and retrieving data Vue works in a way, decoupled from having to think about DOM events. When it comes to jQuery, it is tightly coupled to the activities of DOM and those that rest on DOM events to build out the variables its stores. Now let us have a look at the updated version of the last example where the information is gathered on pressing the enter key.

// this is an alias to $(document).ready(function() {
$(function() {
//We query the div id app and find the other elements so that we can reduce lookups
$(‘#app’).change(function(e) {
var n_input = $(this).find(‘#thing’).val();
$(this).find(‘.formname’).append(n_input);
});
});

Name:

{{ name }}

new Vue({
el: ‘#app’,
data: {
name: ”
}
});

The jQuery is simplified in order to avoid capturing things in every keystroke. It is observed that the team is still working on things out of DOM. In Vue, the team is in control of what’s changing. One could directly attach it to things that we wish to update. In this case, we have a small abstraction called the modifier. Vue is very much clear not to store these until a change event occurs.

Conclusion:
This article is indeed an eye-opener to jQuery users. But it is not declared that Vue is something that is better than jQuery. jQuery users who feel that the platform is comfortable can proceed with the same.
Vue is an abstract for small websites that don’t need more effort. The biggest advantage in using Vue is, comparable in size, easy to reason, fairly trivial to switch functionalities to Vue without the need to change or rewrite HTML in JavaScript. Vue’s flexibility provides an easy transition of codes to build a step and component structure. Vue is so called the progressive framework that helps its users to switch between frameworks without the pressure of changing work style.

#7 Most Important WordPress Post Plugins You Should Be Aware Of

k2B Admin — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:07:57 +0000

There are numerous plugins available for Content Management Systems. Still, nobody could deny their interests towards WordPress. WordPress is best known for blogging. As it is more flexible to handle people prefer to go with it.

In order to make the experience a better phrase let me introduce you a few plugins. These automatically drags blogs of relevant posts together. This may or may not affect your performance. But it depends on the choice that you make. For your convenience, I have come up with a list of plugins that work better for your blog.

#1 Related for WP:

The Related For WP plugin includes various features which include automated links, custom caching and custom templates. Provided there is an additional option which you could make use to change links. You could manually change the post links in case if you wish to alter the relevant content.

You are given full control over links that you can rearrange the order of links. In order to install this plugin, you could make use of the widget or the short-code which pretty works on any theme. The backend has a setup wizard that guides you through the entire process.

#2 Intelly related posts:

Intelly helps you to embed relevant posts inside your content. The plugin is a matching system that pulls appropriate content. Further, the existing templates are really interesting to work with.

Even this plugin is automated from the initial setup. The following are the things that it performs from the beginning;

Embed link boxes in content on natural breaks
Grab relevant feature images for posts with proper thumbnails
Generate links for posts.

It is possible to customize your theme color from the backend with few defaults. If you are looking out for a definite in-post related link plugin then I would suggest Intelly.

#3 WP simple related posts:

Related plugins are the ones that drive in links from categories and tags. This reduces the processing time as the plugin does not require to scan your content or headlines for keywords.

The WP Simple Related Posts is a plugin that looks appropriate for post tags and categories. This may differ for each post but the ultimate purpose of the plugin is to automate the process by shuffling the links on each page.

The WordPress plug-in is free of cost, thus the developer has released a free add-on template on GitHub. You can make use of the plugin for a better customization process.

#4 Similar posts:

Wish to take more control over the links in your page? Similar Posts would be the best choice you could ever make. The developer has come with a recent update of the Similar Posts which is v2.7.

This plugin works based on the keywords in the content or headlines. It can even manage using the categories and tags. On the other hand, you need to choose the weight that goes to each factor. You also need to be mindful of the following things,

How links should appear?
Which posts should be neglected?
And the factors that need consideration before pulling links.

All these require a bit more concentration and effort to get running. At the same time, you gain a more control over the related post setup.

#5 YARPP:

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin is abbreviated as YARPP. It was designed as an additional option for all other plugins. This indeed the best plugin. It ruins quite a lot of resource on the server and would be helpful if you are on a VPS or dedicated host.

You can even alternate using a caching plugin to speed things up. If you are good at working with CSS then the templating system is easy to handle and edit. Organizing posts using thumbnails and links inside your article is an added advantage. It is really a flexible tool to blend into an article.

#6 Contextual related posts:

Contextual Related Posts makes use of a custom algorithm that grabs keywords from page titles as well as the main body content. This is an intensive plugin yet a result-oriented one.

On installation, this automatically pulls related posts based on the page content. You can attach the related posts functionality inside your template file or can even add it as short-codes.

This plugin owns a unique caching system. However, if you have installed another caching system then you need to reset both in order to reset related posts. This obviously cuts down page size but becomes a mess when you turn up to be a massive website.

#7 Related posts by pick plugin:

Related Posts by Pick Plugins follows a unique strategy that differs from all the other plugins. This plugin displays all the articles under the page content. The other functionalities are just like the other plugins. It grabs the posts from content and from the categories and tags. You are also given authority to check the links manually.

The plugin is also available with unique features which include the optional slider view and the ways to set up the related posts on archive pages.

Final word:

If you are trying to excel your performance on WordPress you could make use of the WordPress plugins. These are the simplest and the most effective plugins that have placed its mark on the platform. On engaging these plugins you could make it a better chance to excel with your posts. Do let me know your success stories.

How to Customize Your WordPress Admin Panel?

k2B Admin — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:18:45 +0000

Introduction:

If you are using a WordPress website then this post could help you with managing your website stuff in a better way. Being a WordPress user you might have come across a very common problem. It is “How do you get the insight of all your website content at one glance?”

There is no possible way of getting your entire content about your pages, Articles and user comments. This makes checking all associated fields complicated. You might find it more difficult if you are going to check this for a specific page.
In this post let us discuss on customizing solutions and about a plugin that is all set to overpower this problem.

The modern WordPress website is good at the content than just holding titles or chunks of texts. The plugins have functionalities that WooCommerce introduced. It performs well in storing contents like prices, subtitles, additional images and henceforth. But how do you track information when you are able to view only the title, date and author, in your admin panel?

It is obvious that you cannot overview any other information, yet you could get rid of these problems. If you lack coding knowledge then I can explain to you, “how to configure using admin column plugin”. The post also explains you the following,

Adding columns to post overviews,
Create filter forms to find content,
Sort post using columns,
Edit content inline using admin columns

Inspiring use case:
Let’s start with an example, say you are given a task to manage a website which deals with real-estate agency portfolio. On your website, you display locations, images, addresses and many other attributes. Whereas, on the admin screen, you can manage a portfolio and even control existing real estates.

The columns on WordPress appears by default and are barely relevant to your real-estate website. Find the following image which is the current strategy of a WordPress Blog. On the admin panel, you could find the portfolios with no information in it.

The same happens in case of car dealerships, creative portfolios, web shops and so on. So let us work on the real-estate portfolio which has an overview like the one in the below image.

When you go through this image you find a lot of insight in the portfolio. It is much easier to find, validate and even edit as you see them. I would provide you instructions on adding custom columns on WordPress that you might sort them and add custom filters. I would also guide you on how to make use of the plugin to handle with Admin Panel.

How to handle columns with code?:
Adding columns and editing them according to your content is required. To perform this, WordPress offers a column application. Yet, you could perform these tasks using certain WordPress Hooks.

To alter or add columns make use of manage_[post_type]_posts_columns and manage_[post_type]_posts_custom_column.
At [post type], enter the post type that you wish to point. For example, for pages, you could make use of manage_page_posts_columns and manage_page_posts_custom_column.

You need to use this hook manage_posts_columns as a filter that handles an array of columns. The standard array of filter you need to use is as follows,

[
  [cb]          => 
  [title]       => Title
  [author]      => Author
  [categories]  => Categories
  [tags]        => Tags
  [comments]    => [..] Comments [..]
  [date]        => Date
]

You can remove a few columns in order to add a few. To do so you need to add a call back to the manage_posts_columns filter and add custom columns to columns array. You are about to use the manage_realestate_posts_columns hook. Here the post type is represented as “real estate”, which is passed as the first argument to register_post_type function for registering custom post types. We use it in place of post type in manage_[post_type]_posts_columns filter.

add_filter( 'manage_realestate_posts_columns', 'smashing_filter_posts_columns' );
function smashing_filter_posts_columns( $columns ) {
  $columns['image'] = __( 'Image' );
  $columns['price'] = __( 'Price', 'smashing' );
  $columns['area'] = __( 'Area', 'smashing' );
  return $columns;
}

The first line includes a function smashing_filter_posts_columns which is the callback filter that handles columns displayed. The next line defines the callback function. Lines 2 to 4 add custom columns to the list of columns. At last, line 6 returns to resulting column. The ultimate purpose of adding columns is to display image, price, area, and array with the new columns that have returned.

There are two more things to be reviewed:

You need to remove the irrelevant columns.
Rearrange the columns that the image appears first.

We are not definite about removing the above-mentioned columns rather construct an entirely new array of columns precisely as needed.

add_filter( 'manage_realestate_posts_columns', 'smashing_realestate_columns' );
function smashing_realestate_columns( $columns ) {
  
  
    $columns = array(
      'cb' => $columns['cb'],
      'image' => __( 'Image' ),
      'title' => __( 'Title' ),
      'price' => __( 'Price', 'smashing' ),
      'area' => __( 'Area', 'smashing' ),
    );
  
  
  return $columns;
}

Finally, the overview screen looks the way it is shown below. Unnecessary columns are removed and the new ones are added to the exact position where it has to be.

Populating columns:
The next step is to populate columns. WordPress can also help you with it using a Hook, which is the manage_[post_type]_posts_column action. As stated above this is not a filter and this can help you add content and does not allow you to change it. Thus, we are going to echo column content that we wish to display. Let’s get started with the column content.

add_action( 'manage_realestate_posts_custom_column', 'smashing_realestate_column', 10, 2);
function smashing_realestate_column( $column, $post_id ) {
  // Image column
  if ( 'image' === $column ) {
    echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post_id, array(80, 80) );
  }
}

I have added a callback function smashing_realestate_column to ‘manage_realestate_posts_custom_column’ fetching two parameters which are the column name and the post ID. It is indicated in the fourth parameter add action. This indicates the number of arguments expected for a callback function.

The third parameter which is the priority hook determines the order of callback functions registered to the hook, must be accomplished. The callback function populates the “Image” Column.

The other two columns “Price” and “Area” are stored as the function fields with price_per_month and area. The implementation process is quite similar to both columns.

add_action( 'manage_realestate_posts_custom_column', 'smashing_realestate_column', 10, 2);
function smashing_realestate_column( $column, $post_id ) {
  // Image column
  if ( $column == 'image' ) {
    echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post_id, array( 80, 80 ) );
  }

  
  
  // Monthly price column
  if ( 'price' === $column ) {
    $price = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'price_per_month', true );

    if ( ! $price ) {
      _e( 'n/a' );  
    } else {
      echo '$ ' . number_format( $price, 0, '.', ',' ) . ' p/m';
    }
  }
}

The same is done for the ‘Area’ column except for the unit. Otherwise, the code is the same for ‘Area’ column.

add_action( 'manage_realestate_posts_custom_column', 'smashing_realestate_column', 10, 2 );
function smashing_realestate_column( $column, $post_id ) {
  [...]

  
  
  // Surface area column
  if ( 'area' === $column ) {
    $area = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'area', true );

    if ( ! $area ) {
      _e( 'n/a' );
    } else {
      echo number_format( $area, 0, '.', ',' ) . ' m2';
    }
  }
 
}

Finally, the overview of real estate page looks good with the relevant information that you wish to display.

Managing using admin column plugins:
Now let us have a look at how to manage columns using Admin Columns plugin. In this plugin, there is no requirement for codes and just use drags and clicks to manage columns. There are optional fields that help you to customize for naming a column and its behavior.
Let us dive in deeper to know how the plugin works. Before getting started install admin columns as you install the plugin and get it activated.

Adding, altering and removing columns:
Remove the unwanted columns that appear in the overview.

Isn’t that easy? Let us proceed by adding a column. To add a column click on the “Add Column” button and choose the “Featured Image” column type from the dropdown and fill the appropriate settings.

If you have followed me very closely, you would have noticed that we have missed adding the “City” column while using codes. That is a hectic task with coding but that really turns to be simple when done with a plugin. Select the “Taxonomy” column and choose the “City” Taxonomy.

The result is done. Isn’t that simple either?

Editing using admin columns:
In order to edit your content, you need to visit the edit page. Look out for the fields that you wish to change, update them using the update option and view them on the overview screen. You could get the entire process done in just three simple steps. Make use of Admin Columns Pro.

The above image helps you to better understand how it works. On the admin panel, you can switch inline editing from columns setting screen. The panel automatically detects the content and adds editability. The example involves the advanced custom fields add-on for admin columns. It detects the ACF files and adds the possible columns. The columns are sorted, filtered and edited automatically.

The final result looks really neat as you can make the process really simple with the admin columns pro. I have enabled editing for all custom columns and am going to make use of the functionality to edit all content. You can also perform the same and the changes are saved instantly.
Direct edit is upheld for all segments. With the Advanced Custom Fields and WooCommerce add-ons, Admin Columns gives you a local altering background as if you were altering from the points of the details page.

Final verdict:
Admin Columns on WordPress could do much better than any other plugins. There are few more WordPress plugins that you need to have a look at. Why not try them either? Hope this post about Admin column would assist you much better. Now make aligning an easier task on Admin panel.
If I have missed any of the valuable points do let me know. If you have really liked the post then come back to tell me about your success stories.

The Complete Solution to Develop a User-friendly Webdesign

k2B Admin — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:54:14 +0000

Predictable is one good term that can associate websites. On the other hand, the word means boring and unexciting for businesses. But there is a nudge for websites to be predictable enough for users to engage themselves. At the same time, it should be capable of working like the ones that perform well. Else, the perspective you think would put your users off the track.

Imagine your website as a motorbike. While consumers show more interest towards innovative products, your appealing ideas could grab their attention. A touchscreen system and censored indicators are not that noticeable on a brand that revolutionizes the way vehicles operate, such as the one that has an automatic gear shift.

Likewise, websites with such features could be attractive but less user-friendly. To your notice, these sites are designed to be just a “Wow factor” For visitors. But it is necessary to prioritize more on the user experience than on popularity.

You should be able to maintain certain things that your customers cannot miss at any cause, like the menu options or the content. The website depends on both predictability and the way it fascinates. You must help your customers feel comfortable to navigate through your site else they get away. By the way that doesn’t mean predictability is boring. And that is why websites have come up with a new idea of integrating virtual and augmented realities into UI Solutions. This is made user effective by using VR-supported browsers. Using this technique could help customers view products from their home before making it up with the purchase.

Let’s dive in deeper on building up a consistent website and even deeper on how it works.

Make Your Site Simple Enough:

The best way to withstand UI consistency is by keeping up simple website design. That doesn’t mean the website should be boring. It is having your website clean and structural enough for the users to peep in. It is good to go with a simple visual design to maintain consistency. Google rewards the sites with a simple design as users judge them to be “Most beautiful”.

It was since 2012, and still, users expect the same simple designs on the website. You could change the standard layout before crossing the visual complexity. Instead of trying to build a new structure try impressing your users with the simple ones.

For example, consider the following website Feedmusic.com – recognized by Awwwards. The website looks simple and beautiful. Even on scrolling down the pages it still maintains the same quality. Making use of graphics and exciting ways can take simple layout to next level. It is possible to stay consistent and still out stand the crowd with creative and original UI design.

Keep Content Integrated:

An essential thing that you need to maintain consistency on your website is the content. Delivering a quality content involves a constant tone, voice, and quality. Overruling any of these terms could end up with spammy content which affects the business.

The way you carry your content should reflect your site and complement design. By the way, your content should feed the need of your users. On the other hand, the number of times you post on social media platforms also matters. The consistency you maintain over content helps you generate more traffic towards your website and improves your business automatically.

Equal Strength Among Site Elements:

The ultimate goal of your website should reduce user learning and be outraging their interest. Consistency on your website can shake the entire website. The following are the things on which the consistency level should be stable,

Whitespace
Color palette
Typography size
Brand logo and visuals
Size of site elements
Navigation menu
Headers, footers, and sidebars
High-resolution imagery
Button colors
Clickable elements

These are some important things that your users expect to be consistent from page to page that facilitates easy navigation. Changing fields from page to page would confuse users and even irritate them that they leave away.

Your users are not so familiar with your site structure. Make sure that you build a website with your toes in their shoes. This could highly help you design a website that is not only consistent but a user-friendly one.

Maintain Overall Consistency:

The foremost thing of all the above is maintaining internal consistency on your website. Allow slight variations that keep users fascinated. Add more innovation to your website but make sure to maintain the same consistency on it and even comprehensible.

It is obvious that people click on highlighted areas and pointed sections. And now you predict that they return to your homepage. From there, your user understands that the menu options lead to their desired content. So making them work on their intuition makes sites access faster than they expect and that is how a website should process to grab users attention. Never try to underestimate this functionality. As when users find it difficult to navigate through your website it turns up as a bad impression on your website as well as your business.

It is indeed to maintain internal consistency through design patterns. Having interactive designs could make users engage on your website and even make them perform certain actions such as subscribe mail list or even proceed with the sales process.

It is definite that you should be a better presenter to your audience with the advancement. Make sure that using advancements do not affect your standard or credibility of your website. Always try to maintain consistent design standards and along with appealing content on your website. This could definitely bring your promising leads to your website and even convert them into sales.

If you are trying to add too much to your website and failing to maintain the standard then you would definitely regret it. Always try to balance on both design and consistency. That is how you grab your customer attention and convert them into leads.

Hope this post helps you in a better way to design a predictable, consistent website and to develop your business. Do let me know on your success stories. Also, try understanding what would be the features of a perfect web design.

The Most Important Trends of Web Development for 2017 & 2018

k2B Admin — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:36:10 +0000

Web development is improving day by day. We have started to make use of the web in all parts of our living from the simplest to the biggest. We make use of it right from reading news till shopping and banking. At recent days the need for web developers have increased and talent of the developers is higher than ever.

As 2017 draws to an end and 2018 is awaiting its entry, many web developers are eagerly waiting to know what new strategies would emerge this 2018. Are you interested to know what would be the next advancement?

Let me walk you through the current trends of web development.

This post is going to help you out to know much about the advancements that are about to materialize upcoming year. Have a glance at the various trending topics of web development that are highly expected to rule this 2018.

Materialize CSS Framework
Artificial Intelligence
SSL & HTTPS
WP-CLI
User Behavior Tracking
Google AMP

#1 Materialize CSS Framework

Materialize CSS Framework is flexible to all modern browsers and it can make it up with basic styling, custom components, transitions and animations for a better user experience. A mixture of CSS SaaS and Javascript framework, an open source framework that makes the user experience more effective through simplicity and scalability. The UX framework manages the look and performance of individual elements on the website.

Also have a look at some of the important topics on CSS:

#2 Artificial Intelligence:

Artificial Intelligence is turning out to be an impact on firm and companies are taking it to serious to compete against their competitors and in order to maintain their caliber in the industry. Initiated by Google and Facebook, AI has turned out to be the most common thing that many apps have engaged with these days. This allows devices to act more like human beings. One of the best examples of AI is the Face recognition, which is one good tool used by Facebook.

#3 The SSL and HTTPS:

The Secure socket layer and the hypertext transfer protocol secure, the cryptographic protocols are secured through the TLS through different layers of protection,

The transferred data might be protected
Data would be authenticated
Data on transfer cannot be modified

HTTPS gives your website more security over HTTP. Moreover, in the upcoming year, HTTPS is predicted to have more impact on Google ranking. It is also suspected that Google prefers sites that are more secure.

#4 WP-CLI:

WP-CLI is a set of commands accessed by admin. In case if there are any changes to be made by the developers, they could forward it to the admin. The admin could possibly access it without the use of web browser. Added the advantage of using a WP-CLI is, there is no need of using multiple commands to transfer control to the admin. One single command is more than enough to make that happen.

#5 Behavior Tracking:

It is very simple, The more you know your customers the more conversions occur. If you are capable of knowing how your customers react to each and every section of your website then you are on track.

The very common tool that is used to track customers is Google Analytics. It is the best tool amongst many other tools. Various open source platforms allow third-party tools to integrate. This could help you to integrate any customer tracking tool to your website.

#6 Google AMP:

Google has started with an open source project which is the Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). The AMP project is completely for mobile web. In order to create a better experience for users on mobile screens Google has initiated the process. Hence, Google wanted the same codes to run smoothly for all platforms and devices.

Google is intended to create a seamless web browsing experience on mobile view. The web pages with rich content and visuals would load faster. The web pages also works besides smart ads.

Platforms like WordPress, Reddit, Bing, eBay and Pinterest have joined Google as technical partners.

This has further helped publishers like Washington Post, Slate, Gizmodo and Wired to gain more traffic.

Final Verdict:

Hence, there are a lot more to emerge this 2018 and many are already into existence this 2017. Developers are trying to update themselves eventually and equip them to be worth the standard for the upcoming technologies.

Are you looking out for something that is great, then have you fingers crossed there might something more than your expectations in the web development arena. Am waiting either.

Have I missed any of the important points do let me know through your valuable comments.

Build User Friendly Page Layouts On Joomla

k2B Admin — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 04:30:24 +0000

Joomla a comprehensive management system that best fits most of the development companies as well as individuals. Though Joomla has lost its market after the arrival of WordPress and Drupal, it is well known for its flexibility, open source and huge community.

The new arrival of the other web development resources, have ruined the market of Joomla. Hence, to bring back the value of the management system into existence, tools were used to make it a better experience for the users.

Now it is possible even for non-technical users who wish to manage their content management system. But HOW?

Yes, the all new SP Page Builder has made the working experience with Joomla a great platform. It is possible for anyone to take over SP page builder and bring Joomla under control.

What Makes SP Page Builder So Special?

Fully Responsive and Mobile Friendly Design:

Building any new website with SP builder is responsive and friendly. There is no specific code to turn pages responsive. Once you create a page with SP page builder it becomes completely responsive and mobile friendly automatically. It is by default.

The SP page builder makes it all together in one package. Which new users get excited about the custom performance? This also initiates saving money and time that ends up creating a new website.

Create Complex Column Structures:

Before you could proceed with building the complex structure, you should try to understand the professionalism that has to be handled in managing websites. The SP page builder is good at building any kind of page layout that you desire. The layout tools in it provides the strength to develop complex and simple things that you wish. You can build your own templates or create templates on different locations.

Now it is easy to manage rows and columns with layout elements. There are possible ways to take complete control over all aspects which includes margin, padding and gutter spacing.

In case if you are about to develop your ideas, you can prefer to disable any row or add-on. This allows to carry on your work with things on the back end.

1 Click for Duplication:

The copy and paste functionality of the SP page builder can help instantly develop complex layouts on re-using the existing rows and columns and even the add-on setup. Get your add-ons easily copy pasted to your desired location.

Boundless Nested Rows:

With settled line include on SP page developer, it is easy to embed pushes on existing lines or segments to build up an unpredictable page design and show content plainly in your own coveted way. Also provides a huge freedom for developers and makes sure to provide a better UX for the users.

Polyglot Support:

SP page builder offers 100% liberty over languages. No matter what language you use on your site, the page builder is capable to work natively. Now it is possible to reach your international audience with their local language without any obstacle.

Export and Import Page:

Wish to use a previous created page layout with the existing created page. Now you could make use of the export and import option to easily export your page layout to an existing page frame. This helps you to create page layouts within short span of time.

Customized CSS In Pages:

The tools that are available on SP page builder are creative tools that can help user build any type of website layout and structure without coding. On the other the tool offers more personalized look on adding custom CSS to the page element.

Develop Expert Joomla Articles:

The SP page builder supports native Joomla articles. The tools create and radical functionality in version 2.0 which provides the wonderful features to beautify and handle Joomla article professionally with the help of SP page builder.

Turn Out To Be Smart With SP Page Builder:

Why do you wait still? Get started to build your Joomla websites professionally with the influence of SP page builder. Now you can save on time and money allowing your website look better than ever.

Final Prediction:

With all of the functionalities now design your best Joomla content management system, with best page layout and advanced functionalities. Do you find it still difficult in building your own? There are many web development companies to help you with content management system. Find one among them like a boss and start experiencing the best content management system.

Why Magento and Magento 2 is better than other eCommerce CMS system?

k2B Admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:17:38 +0000

Magento is a leading open source eCommerce platform that has helped revolutionize online purchasing. Magento is recommended for every eCommerce client who wants to make it big in the world of online business. This open source eCommerce platform has received many accolades for a variety of reasons. For example, Magento Shopping Cart is one of the most flexible and robust in the eCommerce industry. The same thing can be said about Magento CMS. Additionally, it is not difficult to locate a Magento developer for your needs. Following are some impressive features about Magento that will help you decide whether Magento is what you are looking for:

Multi Store Capability

Magento helps you run more than one store. So, even if you have 2,5 or 15 stores running, you can administer them from the same admin panel. Therefore, you can manage the orders and customers from one place instead of being forced to switch between various sites. This makes things easier for you and that’s indeed a great reason to utilize Magento.

Guest Check Out Alternative

With Magento, you also get a guest checkout alternative. With this alternative, you separate yourself from the crowd. Many online shops require customers to register before a purchase, but this method could save time and also help retain the customer who might not like to register in the first place. This feature also helps improve conversion rates and has already become a huge success amongst many customers.

(Knowledge Buff: Why X Cart is preferred over Magento for ecommerce solutions?)

Strong Support

Additionally, Magento is 100% customizable software. It is backed by a community which ensures its continual growth. Therefore, if you want to alter the look and feel of the website or the product catalog, or even how the products are displayed, you could choose from the 1000s of extensions available at the Magento Connect Store.

SEO Friendliness

Search engine friendliness is Magento’s inherent nature. With this feature, you can implement various options such as search engine friendly rewrites, control over meta-tags, auto generated site maps and others. These features can drastically improve the website’s visibility online and is a great reason to go for Magento.

Start Migrating to Magento 2 to increase your scope:

As said earlier, Magento is one of the most popular eCommerce platform offering many services to help the businesses reach heights in the online world. It has been reported that Magento will be discontinued in another two years i.e. by the end of 2018. What to do then? It is simple. Migrate your store to Magento 2 as it has many incredible features that help stores achieve more online.

(Knowledge Boost: Stop Wasting Time And Start Migrating to Magento 2)

Migrating to Magento 2 is not that easy and not too difficult if you have a clear knowledge on the basics of migration. It is easy to migrate the core data like products, orders etc. but it is complicated to migrate the themes as the entire layout has to be restructured. This migration is a time-consuming process but worth all the time spent.

(Know more: Magento Migration – The advantages and steps involved)

Fat-Free framework will acquire a place in today’s app building trend

k2B Admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:15:29 +0000

PHP industry is ruling the developers’ world as the programmers, and the industry is expecting their web applications to be built using the world’s most popular and widely used programming language. Even if there are many high-level languages available on the web market, the importance is given to PHP as it is promising quality applications and better security than any other competitors. Using a framework for development is considered as a better choice since the frameworks make the development process more secure and faster while being more enjoyable.

Recently, PHP community is moving towards a solution called as the light-weight framework as these frameworks are gaining a significant number of followers. This article will give you the insights of the micro framework called as the Fat-Free Framework and the reason why to consider it as the first choice when thinking of micro frameworks for your web application development project.

Fat-Free Framework:

If you are thinking of the best and easy-to-use micro PHP framework, then the Fat-Free framework will be a perfect choice as it helps developers build web applications that are dynamic and robust. It is made specifically take advantage of the PHP 5.3-specific features like namespace support, upgraded MySQL support, and ternary shortcut. The most interesting fact about the Fat-Free framework is the entire framework weighs only 42KB making it the smallest framework.

The framework’s features are bundled into three separate modules namely the core pack, the optional database pack and the expansion pack. The core pack holds the set of features required to construct a website as it includes routers, template engine, HTML forms processors, etc. The optional database pack is used to add database interaction via the Fat-Free Axon ORM. Finally, the optional expansion pack holds all the useful extensions like sitemap generator, thumbnail generator, CAPTCHA generator and more.

The Highlights of Fat-Free Framework:

Fat-Free PHP micro framework is a simple open-source web framework hosted on GitHub and Sourceforge. It is one of the most powerful PHP frameworks that is easy to use, learn and extend. Following are some of the highlights of this tiny yet powerful framework:

One of the widely used framework as it is reputed for the impressive speed
Highly modular framework
Clean, comprehensive and detailed documentation
There is no canned coding or directory structure
Comes with multiple view engines
Can be used for creating robust web applications
Easy to learn and implement

The advantages of using Fat-Free framework:

The Fat-free framework is commonly known as the F3 in the PHP developers community. Because of its various features, Fat-Free Framework is considered to be an alternative for CodeIgniter, and it has many advantages when compared with any other framework in the market. Following are some of the major benefits of choosing F3 over other frameworks:

Converting ideas into applicable commands is very easy
Comes with regulated bandwidth to control the traffic flow
Most secured framework as it restricts denial-of-service attacks and bandwidth thefts
Offers a complete multi-user system
Many developers have voted this framework to be the best as it offers flexible implementation
Faster when compared with the reputed Laravel framework
Supports NoSQL and MySQL databases
Incorporating either your libraries or other libraries from other frameworks is easy
Comes with a unit testing framework
Configuration information can easily be separated from the application logic

The verdict:

Fat-Free Framework is so small and straightforward when compared with similar standing Laravel PHP framework. Today’s app building trend is shifting towards a simple yet powerful environment as it requires smaller applications with future-rich functionalities. It gives the basics to help you build robust application while providing a complete freedom.

The above graph might show that the F3 allocation is dropping in the final quarter of 2016. But, the web geeks are promising that there will be a rise in the second and third quarter of 2017.

Slim framework – The best micro-framework to easily create small web applications

k2B Admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:52:13 +0000

PHP Is Ruling The Web Industry

In this digital age, various types of programming languages are used to develop a website or a web application. Of all the computer languages, PHP is considered to be the best. It not only has a large user base, but is also very popular in the programming industry. Being the best server scripting language, it is preferred by most coders. Here are five reasons why PHP is still the best even there are many advancements in similar programming languages:

PHP is easy to learn, and apply
Most of the new CMS platforms are built using PHP
PHP has the best-in-the-industry documentation and friendly community
With top security features, PHP is secured from threats and vulnerabilities
PHP is said to have all the modern features that a web developer needs

Rise Of Micro-frameworks

PHP’s full stack frameworks help developers find everything easily as all the libraries are provided in one package. This makes it easy for the coders to work on any project. Moreover, Ruby On Rails and Django available in PHP are recognized as the best full stack frameworks used for creating web applications. With more programmers using this computing language, these frameworks got better updates, offering better techniques to handle large and complex website development projects. The downside of these constant updates is that it completely reduced the speed of the development. Plus, the updates made it tad too hard to develop simple applications and websites.

To overcome these challenges, micro-frameworks were created to quickly develop smaller applications. Also in few cases, these micro frameworks ensured faster testing and easier deployment. PHP has a large number of micro-frameworks such as:

Slim
Silex
Phalcon
Lumen
Wave

Slim Framework

All the above-listed frameworks are popular among developers, but Slim is said to the favorite of most small application developers. Slim is a micro framework mostly used for coding simple APIs and web applications. It is popular because of its special features such as:

Fast and powerful HTTP routing for designing SEO-friendly URLs
HTTP caching for improved website performance and using less cache
Secured cookies for improving the security of the system
Error handling and debugging for easy testing
Dependency injection for controlling external tools

Slim has more than 960,000 downloads and is ranked in the top 15 of the SitePoint survey for top PHP frameworks of 2015. Josh Lockhart, who is the author of popular books like “PHP the Right Way” and “Modern PHP”, created SLIM. Since its first stable release in 2010, Slim is one of the top performers in the PHP framework category. A team of well-qualified and like-minded programmers keep the Slim framework up to date.

Advantages Of Opting Slim Framework

Slim framework is popular because of the following advantages:

Slim is the fastest micro RESTful framework
It is full PSR-7 complaint
It comes with useful classes for managing requests, responses, cookies, etc.
Slim framework has good documentation
It has excellent scalability
Is easy to learn
Slim uses easy and straightforward concept for its middleware
It supports code hooks

Comparing Slim With Other Micro-frameworks

Getting Started With Slim Framework

Ranked top among the best PHP frameworks, Slim has a well organized and detailed documentations in which every concept is well explained. Get started with Slim using the following steps:

Download Slim framework and extract it in the project directory
Login to MySQL and create a database for SLIM to interact
Start your first application

Businesses Think SaaS Model Web Applications To Be The Best For The Future. Is It So?

k2B Admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:28:13 +0000

The World is moving towards an advanced technological surrounding that involves loads of data and Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more popular among everyone. Cloud Computing is becoming more popular to cater the needs of the increasing data storage demands. It offers a broad range of services that help businesses to benefit from. Many companies started adopting to Cloud as it opens up many opportunities. Before getting into the specific discussion, it is better to know clear about Cloud and its related components.

What is Cloud Computing?

In general terms, Cloud Computing is a centralized system over the internet used for delivery of hosted services. It helps the companies utilize resources like virtual machines, storage units, applications or more as a utility rather than that of a building and maintaining the whole computing infrastructure. Cloud Computing offers many attractive benefits for companies of all levels and here are some of the three primary advantages of it:

Cloud Computing is elastic i.e. it can be accessed whenever needed as it is sure to reduce a huge infrastructure cost.
Cloud Computing is provisioned to self-service.
Cloud Computing offers pay-per0use- model for optimal cost reduction.

Cloud Computing is categorized into three major services, namely:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a self-service model used for accessing, monitoring and maintaining remote infrastructures. (Ex.: Amazon Web Server)
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is used for applications and other development to provide cloud components to the software. (Ex.: Salesforce, Apprenda)
Software as a Service (SaaS) uses the web to deliver applications managed by third-party applications and said to represent the largest cloud market. (Ex.: Office 365)

Why is SaaS said to represent the largest cloud market?

SaaS is defined as the software deployed over the internet. Using SaaS, a provider supplies applications over the web to customers either on the subscription model or as services on demand or as pay-as-you-go mode or sometimes even as a free services when there is a chance that the provider could generate revenue through advertisements or user list sales. Recent reports indicated that SaaS model is rapidly growing and it is sure to become the future of web applications. Since it is becoming more important, the providers and buyers are in a state to know in detail about SaaS and where it is suitable.

It is important to understand the SaaS complies with the accepted definitions of the Cloud Computing. Some of the important and most defining characteristics of SaaS are:

Software or the application will be managed from a central location
Access through the web to all commercial software
Software or application is delivered in one-to-many model
APIs helps in integration between the pieces of the software
Software upgrades and patches are maintained by the providers and not by the users.

SaaS is the best method to deliver technologies and as said, is rapidly growing. Most of the hosted web services are listed under the SaaS model as they are promising to leverage many aspects of business. But, before opting to SaaS model, business should consider which applications or software to move to the cloud, Here are some of our observation that we believe as the primary candidate to make progress to the SaaS architecture:

Applications like email newsletter campaign software will be our first choice when we think of moving to the web application architecture. It is because this type of applications involves an interplay between the company and the outer world.
Applications that require both web and mobile access. One such application is mobile sales management software.
Application that will be used only for a short period. For examples, the collaborative software will be used only till the project development is in the process.
Applications like email clients where the applications will be used significantly by most users as it is the fundamental of every business.

Web services like email, financial management, expense management, customer service, etc. are some SaaS applications modules for deploying better business over the cloud. It is believed that the SaaS was introduced to the business world by Salesforce with their favorite product, Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

Why business prefer SaaS to be the future?

SaaS model is not new to the firm. Web-based applications provided by the application service providers (ASPs) is similar to what we call as the Cloud Computing in modern times. Some of the primary reasons for the business to choose SaaS model web applications are listed below:

Faster and easier adoption
Developing and deploying a business application is never an easy task. It involves loads of process, and the infrastructure cost is high. The time taken to develop, install, migrate, test and deploy an application is massive, and sometimes there arise many complications, and even the project gets few backlogs because of this. SaaS model web applications can be quickly deployed where the services provider takes care of everything from the start. The beauty of SaaS-based web application is that the team can directly use these powerful and fully-functional applications. SaaS applications help businesses innovate faster and flexible.
Flexibility for both the users and the businesses
Most of the businesses in this modern world get the competitive edge because they are more flexible and can handle the changes happening then and there. Most of the SaaS based web applications in the market are flexible because they help every new user up and running, add components that weren’t the part of the initial deployment and lot more. These web applications not only scale in the user point of view but also in the technical sense of the business.
Application cost is reduced
The cost benefits not only the business owners but also the individual business units including the IT team. Using SaaS web applications for business will help organizations pay for what they use without having to host a new application. The time for deploying the traditional models has been reduced from months to week or days with the help of the SaaS model business applications.
Higher adoption rate
A recent survey by Salesforce states that SaaS apps tend to have lower learning curves for companies and higher adoption rates. This is significant because the implementation on-premises software costs higher than that of the low-cost SaaS applications. The Higher adoption rate is because no one wants to invest more when they have an application that is low in cost and rich in features compared with traditional applications.
Work anywhere
The most important feature of SaaS applications is that it offers flexibility to work from anywhere since the application is hosted in the cloud. These applications are accessible through the Internet, and the user can access it even with their mobile device with active internet connection. The nature of sale is increased when the users can access the data from anywhere.

The SaaS-based web application market continues to grow quickly, and by 2020, most business will use CRM and ERP applications hosted in the cloud.

Know Why The PHP Micro Frameworks Are Rising Now

k2B Admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:34:30 +0000

As everyone knows, PHP is a leading web development language used by millions of developers around the world for projects of almost every niche. It is dominating the web development market since it has been launched twenty years back. PHP would have been the first web development language for many as it helped them learn many valuable tricks. Many refuse to use PHP as they find it blunt, but still, PHP stands as the top priority for every web project. PHP has multiple and multi-level frameworks, and they are classified into the following

Micro frameworks
Package-based frameworks
Full-stack frameworks

These packages are not intended to alter the application architecture rather they are more focused on performing a limited number of tasks. Before choosing a framework, test coverage and testing ability has to be concentrated as it will the most important part of developing websites and web applications using PHP.

PHP Micro Framework:

PHP micro frameworks are minimalistic web frameworks used only to perform a particular task as it is not like the fullstack frameworks that offer everything to develop fully functional websites or web applications. Fullstack frameworks are the best for handling the complex and extensive website, and when it comes to developing simple projects, the fullstack framework didn’t as it was little complicated. This is where the micro frameworks took the call. They helped in developing simple websites and also few specific use cases. It provided faster-developing schemes and also improved quality testing.

Comparing Fullstack Frameworks with Micro Frameworks:

Direct to the point, fullstack frameworks allow the developers to do a complete task i.e. from interfacing with the user to the data store. Micro frameworks don’t include few of the major components of fullstack framework and here are some

Input validation
Roles, accounts, and authentication
Web template engine
Database attractions

For example, fullstack frameworks are like Hummers used for off-roading challenges as it can face any difficulties, and micro frameworks are like the taxis in the city. They can only be used for simple tasks like transportation. The following are few key points on how to choose between micro frameworks and fullstack frameworks.

Micro frameworks are used for simple and easy web projects while the fullstack frameworks act as an all-in-one framework, but it is not useful when it comes to simple projects.
Fullstack frameworks don’t offer any flexibility whereas the micro frameworks have many flexible options.
Micro frameworks don’t have many libraries, structures and helpers as that of the fullstack frameworks.

Top Three Popular Micro Frameworks:

Almost 80% of the servers connected to the internet uses PHP code in one way or the other, the need for PHP frameworks has never gone down as they are accessible and useful. Here are some of the most popular and programmer’s favorite PHP Micro Frameworks that are useful

Slim:
One of the most popular and widely used PHP micro frameworks is Slim. Slim made it to the top 15 PHP frameworks listed by SitePoint last year as it has over 960,000 installs as of 2015. The most attractive features of this micro framework are that it has a powerful router, helper methods for easy caching, request and response abstractions, session support and much more.
Lumen:
Lumen is the child from the house of the Laravel developers. For the programmers experienced in Laravel, Lumen will be an easy micro framework. It allows the developers to many of the Laravel components like middleware, caching, validation, service container and much more. Lumen was developed by Taylor Otwell in 2014.
Phalcon micro framework:
This is the micro-stack version of the fullstack Phalcon framework. As the fullstack version is making heads turn in the PHP community, without any surprise, Phalcon micro stack is one of the widely trusted and used PHP micro framework. As it bigger brother, Phalcon micro framework is the fastest available micro stack available in the market.

Since the increase in the website and web applications, there arises a need for many simple website developments. This is the main reason behind the rise in the micro-stack framework, and the choice depends on what project it is going to help.

Have a Eye On Phalcon PHP Framework As It Is Suspected To Do Miracles In Near Future

k2B Admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:04:50 +0000

PHP frameworks are being widely used to develop custom web applications and since the launch of this development framework, it is remaining the developers favorite choice for many web application development. This helpful framework has everything from full-stack frameworks that has validation components, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) to micro frameworks that helps in offering routine functionalities. PHP has many frameworks to perform different tasks and also has some frameworks that perform as an all-in-one solution with beautiful syntax, proper documentation, and high-speed performance. One such framework is Phalcon framework. Phalcon PHP framework is different when compared other frameworks with similar functionalities.

What is Phalcon?

Different from other frameworks, Phalcon is not just another package that you download, but it is special as it is a PHP module written in C language. It is a full-stack PHP web framework that is based on model view controller (MVC) pattern. This modern framework is open-source and was initially released on 2012. As said earlier, Phalcon framework is written in C language mainly to increase boost execution speed, handle more HTTP requests per second than any other framework written in PHP and reduce resource usage.

As its official claims, Phalcon is “A full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C-extension” and also it is considered to be the fastest ever built PHP framework. In most frameworks, the developers need to download and extract the archive into a directory, But in Phalcon, developers need to download and install it as a PHP module and as it an open-source, Phalcon can be modified and compiled for customized use.

Advantages of using Phalcon for your next development project:

PHP has N number of frameworks, and Phalcon takes a little advantage over every other framework like Laravel as it is C-compiler based PHP framework. Here are some of the main benefit of using this modern and robust framework.

C-extensions are loaded together as a one time process on the web server,
Any applications can use the ready-to-use extensions that are provided by the classes and functions.
Phalcon has a compiled code, and there is no interpretation.
It provides lower overhead for the model-view controller (MVC) based applications.
The speed is way better that any other available framework. For example, Phalcon supplies more that double of CodeIgniter‘s request.

Does Phalcon promise a good land for PHP?

Many PHP developers know that the language doesn’t work on huge load when the traffic is high, and it is not only requests per second but also the overall user experience. Google has also mentioned the same in “In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.” It said that there was a correlation between the consumed content and the load time. Here are some of the highlights of what Phalcon offers

Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
Template engine
Query language
Micro application front controller
Handy devTools and more
Clean and well-organized documentations

Phalcon takes the major advantage when it comes to maintenance. It has well structured files that are intuitive and readable code. Phalcon is here for quite a while, and it started shedding some new light on the community and the language.