Sticky Features for your Blog Network with WordPress MU 2.8: Part 2
by Lesley Harrison |
October 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP WordPress
Read Part One of Sticky Features for your Blog Network with WordPress MU 2.8 here.
Read Sticky Features for your Blog Network with WordPress MU 2.8: Part 2 in fullSticky Features for your Blog Network with WordPress MU 2.8: Part 1
by Lesley Harrison |
October 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP WordPress
One trap that many web site owners fall into is spending lots of time pulling in traffic but not offering anything to encourage visitors to return. This leads to a rather self-defeating cycle where the site owner is forced to constantly promote their site to keep bringing in the same number of visitors, eating up valuable time that could be spent improving the site in other ways.
Fortunately, a little time invested during the early days of building a site can pay off very well in terms of encouraging repeat visitors. In this article by Lesley Harrison, we will:
- Learn what is meant by making a site "sticky"
- Look at ways to build conversations with visitors through comments and contact forms
- Make our visitors feel like they are part of a community with gravatars, polls, and welcome messages
- Find out how to encourage visitors to subscribe to the site, and keep them coming back
Joomla! with Flash: Showing maps using YOS amMap
by
Suhreed Sarkar | October 2009 | MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
There are many possibilities of using Flash in a Joomla! website. In this article by Suhreed Sarkar, we will get familiar with how to use the YOS amMap extension to display interactive maps on your Joomla! website.
Read Joomla! with Flash: Showing maps using YOS amMap in fullJoomla! 1.5 Blogging and RSS Feeds
by Herbert-Jan van Dinther |
October 2009 | Joomla! MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
In this article by Herbert-Jan van Dinther, we will learn how to set up a blog within Joomla! and show you the external tools that you need to use to get the most out of your blogging efforts. You will read more about the importance of blogging and commenting systems, along with how to implement solutions that make Joomla! an even better blogging tool.
In this article, we will deal with:
- How is blogging good for SEO?
- Setting up Joomla! as a blog
- Commenting
Extending Joomla! Blogging and RSS
by Herbert-Jan van Dinther |
October 2009 | Joomla! MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
In Joomla! Blogging and RSS Feeds article, we covered the advantages of blogging for SEO, setting up Joomla! as a blog, and commenting.
In this article by Herbert-Jan van Dinther, we are going to cover:
- Using Google's FeedBurner for SEO
- How to claim your blog on Technorati
- Using separate blog components
Authentication with Zend_Auth in Zend Framework 1.8
by Keith Pope |
October 2009 | MySQL Open Source PHP Web Development
In this article by Keith Pope, we will focus on how we can control access to parts of the application—Storefront and how users can log in to use the services provided by the it.
We will learn how to implement authentication in Zend Framework 1.8.
We will cover the following topics in this article:
- Authentication versus Authorization
- Using Zend_Auth
Customizing the Document with Joomla! 1.5: Part 2
by
James Kennard | September 2009 | Cookbooks Joomla! MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
Read Part One of Customizing the Document with Joomla! 1.5 here.
Read Customizing the Document with Joomla! 1.5: Part 2 in fullCustomizing the Document with Joomla! 1.5: Part 1
by
James Kennard | September 2009 | Cookbooks Joomla! MySQL Content Management Open Source PHP
This two-part article by James Kennard shows how we can modify the server response by working with the global document object.
It contains the following recipes:
- Setting the document title
- Setting the document generator
- Setting the document description
- Adding metadata to the document
- Changing the document character set
- Changing the document MIME type
- Controlling client caching of responses
Create a Quick Application in CakePHP: Part 2
by
Ahsanul Bari Anupom Syam | September 2009 | MySQL Open Source PHP
Read Create a Quick Application in CakePHP: Part 1 here.
Read Create a Quick Application in CakePHP: Part 2 in fullUser Interaction and Email Automation in Symfony 1.3: Part1
by
Tim Bowler | September 2009 | MySQL Open Source PHP Web Development
After developing an application in Symfony 1.3, the next aspect we will cover is creation of forms. Symfony incorporates a subframework that handles forms, which once mastered, makes creating forms an enjoyable task. In this two-part article by Tim Bowler, we are going to see how easy it is to create and validate forms by creating a newsletter signup module for our web site. We will then convert our new module into a plugin so that we can use it with other projects.
By the end of this article you will know how to:
- Add a third-party library to send automated emails
- Create and modify Propel-based forms
- Use flash variables
- Create a plugin and package it up for redistribution
