Working on a huge project for RiskRhino I’m developing their websites using the Avada theme for WordPress. Since RiskRhino is a company based in the Netherlands it was necessary to add a Dutch version to the site. Implementing this turned out to be quite a challenge as the free translation plugins available out there is quite...
Ionic push notification service goes into alpha
I am quite a fan of the Ionic Framework and have already used it several times for some of my projects (including a Contract Management mobile app for Android and iOS). Also, in my mobile apps I’ve been using the Push Notification plugin that works with the Google Cloud Messagin API. It’s not a hugely complicated...
Publishing to the App Store and avoiding insanity
It sounds harsh, but if you’ve just begun with publishing to the App Store you probably know what I mean. I am almost convinced that Apple has made publishing to the App Store such a complicated process because they want this process to act as a filter. If you don’t want to go insane while...
Easy mobile app development for Android and iOS
The mobile app development process When I first decided to develop a mobile app I had no idea where to start. Well, I had some idea since I had been involved in developing desktop applications and web applications, but every new thing has its own secrets. I had to find those secrets about developing a...
Google search algorithm update 2015 due in April
Significant change is coming to Google search algorithm, or so it’s announced by Google. Apparently the change is supposed to occur April 21, 2015 and it will have to do with a boost in ranking given to all sites that are mobile-friendly. This change, says Google, hopes to improve the search experience by bringing more relevant...
Google Webmaster tools queries data collection stopped. Was it resumed?
What’s going on with Google Webmaster Tools Data? On February 13, 2015 Barry Schwartz wrote in his post on searchengineland.com Google Webmaster Tools Data Stopped Updating Almost A Week Ago that there seems to be a problem with data collecting inside the Google Webmaster Tools. This was especially obvious in the search keywords queries statistics where...
Hibernate HQL BETWEEN Expression
In this post I will show you how to use the Hibernate HQL between expression to write and execute some simple HQL queries. HQL is the Hibernate Query Language that allows you to query your Hibernate data layer using similar syntax to the relational database query language SQL. SQL offers a number of operators and...
WordPress Multiple Sites on Different Domains
In this post I will describe the steps to take to create a setup for WordPress multiple sites on different domains. What I mean is that if you want to have only one installation of WordPress for managing multiple websites/blogs, each with its own different content and different domain this is the post for you. At...
WordPress charts & graphs plugin live demo
In this post I’m displaying an example of what you can do with the WordPress charts & graphs plugin developed by me. The plugin requires the coding-dude.com Infographic Tags library which you can download following the link below. If you use this library and/or the plugin please share your results in the comments section. Also,...
Javascript functions this, that and the other
Javascript functions this reference When working with Javascript functions this refers the current object, which depends on the context of the function. For example if you have a top level function, then this references window, if the function is defined in an object, then this will reference the object instance, while if the function implements an event handler,...