26th April 2014

MVC3: Layouts, RenderBody, RenderPage, RenderSection

MVC3: Layouts, RenderBody, RenderPage, RenderSection Layouts You typically want to maintain a consistent look and feel across all of the pages within your web-site/application.ASP.NET 2.0 introduced the concept of “master pages” which helps enable this when using .aspx based pages or templates. Razor supports this concept with a feature called “layouts”- which allow us to define a common site template, and then inherit its look and feel across all the views/pages on our site. RenderBody The RenderBody method resides in the layout page. There can only be one RenderBody method per layout page. The RenderBody method indicates where view templates […]
13th April 2014

How to Use The HTML5 Sectioning Elements

HTML5 has seen the introduction of a number of sectioning elements that can be used to mark up your web pages. Using these elements gives more semantic meaning to your pages, allowing computer programs to better understand your content. In this post you’ll learn how to use these sectioning elements in your own web sites. I’ll be explaining when you should use certain elements over others, as well as when it’s best to stick to a good old <div>. Lets get started. The main Element The <main> element should contain the main content for your web page. All of this content should be unique to […]
10th April 2014

Beginner’s Guide to Ajax Development with PHP

Starting with jQuery Ajax When coding in standard JavaScript we are stuck using a method called XMLHttpRequest. The jQuery Ajax method is a more simplified way of handling this HTTP request, and you have a large index of documentation explaining each of the various options. I’ll be demonstrating two different styles of handling Ajax requests using different return values from PHP. First I’ve created a new page, index.html, along with a related stylesheet. I won’t go over these codes so if you’re interested just download the project source. I also downloaded a local copy of jQuery along with a blank JavaScript file named ajax.js. <div> […]
9th April 2014

How Linq to Objects Queries Work

If you have ever tried to step through a Linq to Objects query in the debugger, you may have been mildly surprised at the results. It may have seemed as if the program had a mind of its own and ran certain expressions when it wanted to and not when it was supposed to. Be assured, it is doing the right thing and the order of evaluation is giving you a glimpse of what actually happens when a query is evaluated. Consider this query: using System; using System.Linq; class Program { static void Main() { var foo = new[] { […]
28th March 2014

Easy and Simple Tips to Prevent Your WordPress Site from Being Hacked

Hackers love to try challenging websites and often use brute force attacks to succeed in this endeavor. If you have a WordPress site, you may be worried about your site’s security, especially when you read news claiming that hackers have been targeting WordPress sites with a vengeance. Usually such concerns should be addressed during the WordPress website development stage, but it is never too late to make your site safer and more secure. You can take simple steps to ensure your site does not become a victim of hacking. Tips to Prevent Your WordPress Site from Being Hacked: Strong Password: […]
19th March 2014

THE E-COMMERCE PLATFORM – KING OF ONLINE SHOPPING

When you have decided to make an e-store, do not take things lightly and opt for the best. Look for platform that can be easily integrated with your business requirement. Also when we talk about developing the e-commerce store, the first thing that comes to mind is Magento. Since past few years Magento have been synonymous with the term “e-commerce”. It is a kind of platform which is most easy to work with and can be customized beautifully. UI of any site would contribute greatly towards generating sales and Magento promises a great UI. When Magento was introduced, creating an […]
19th March 2014

Why the field of IT is interesting?

Episode 1: Last Sunday, I watched the movie The Social Network. Yes, it is based on Facebook, more precisely, how its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, started with a site called facemash and how ultimately he got The Facebook live, and everything in between. The feeling that I carried after watching this movie was, how a second-year graduate of Harvard university managed to come up with a website that is currently one of the hottest trend in the world. Also this 27-year old (yes, barely 3 years older than me), is world’s youngest billionaire – not considering heirs of people like Bill […]
19th March 2014

Responsive Website Design

For those within the web design community must have heard about the buzz regarding “Responsive Web Design”. For those not active within the community, might be wondering what it is. But let me tell you, it is something which is highly beneficial for your businesses. Let me make you understand it in brief. how-to-speed-up-responsive-websites When you make a website it runs on every medium. It can be opened up in PC as well as on smart phones. But the problem is with the screen resolution. The site would not be friendly with all screen sizes. It may open in some […]
19th March 2014

PHP WEB DEVELOPMENT

PHP applications have revolutionized E-Commerce market of web development in true sense. PHP web development service ushers to meet the necessary requisites like user friendly, fully functional, visually appealing and search engine friendly websites and applications in the best ways. The language can be easily embedded into HTML and dynamic visual applications such as Ajax and moreover Flash can be easily integrated with this programming language. PHP goes very fine with these kinds of web based applications. An application built on PHP is easy to work upon. Today there exist numerous PHP web development companies but for the owners it […]