This year I have been focusing a lot more effort on helping others on WordPress Stack Exchange, Codementor, and whatever one-on-one opportunities come my way. Lately I’ve been reflecting on my accomplishments so far this year and wanted to share some of the milestones I’ve reached. Got Selected as “Best […]
Category: Tech
#WCNEO – WordCamp Northeast Ohio
Attending WordCamp Northeast Ohio this year was hands-down the best career decision I have made. Though I’ve attended a WordCamp before, I feel as though I had an entirely new experience. I volunteered to help out this time around, that way I would be forced to socialize a bit more […]
Getting In-Depth With CSS Media Queries
Why min-width instead of max-width? Let’s say you designed your site when the iPhone 5 was first released. You used max-width: 320px for your iPhone/mobile style. Months later, the iPhone 6 is released and now your CSS needs updated to have another max-width media query, or else the iPhone 6 […]
Changing From mysql_ Functions to mysqli_
Here are the similarities and differences I noticed when switching from the mysql_ prefixed functions to the mysqli_ functions in PHP. Creating a Connection Creating and closing a connection are exactly the same using mysqli_: // Creating a Connection with mysql_connect() $conn = mysql_connect($servername, $username, $password); // Do stuff with […]
Increment Hex Values in PHP
Hex values aren’t just for colors! I recently had to generate a list of values from 00-ff and came up with this little snippet. Here’s how to increment hex values in PHP: For Reference: Hex Values Use (line 8) 0-f $x < 16 00-ff $x < 256 000-fff $x < […]
Getting Started With WordPress Theme Development
This post is the first of a series of posts on how to dive into WordPress theme development. Going from developing simple HTML/CSS sites to using a Content Management System is a very big step. You will save a lot of time by having your CMS handle all the content […]
Interview Questions for Front End Development
The following questions will help you with preparing for your front end web development interview, or could serve as a refresher! They cover basic, entry-mid level topics in WordPress, AJAX, JSON, and best practices. What is the difference between server-side programming languages and client-side programming languages? Client-Side languages are open […]