One of the greatest things about Wordpress (and some other blogging platforms) is the number of plugins available. One type of plugin is one that adds extra widgets and other things to the sidebar. Some of these can be helpful, like a latest comments plugin, or they can be completely useless, like a random quote plugin.
Probably my favourite thing about Wordpress is how easy it is to customize your blog. I'm sure you already know this, but there are tons of Wordpress plugins out there to add new features to your site. In fact, the main Wordpress plugin directory has over 6,800 plugins!
Of course, you probably shouldn't go and install every single one of them, because that would slow down your blog. Instead, I've picked out some of the most useful ones that I use to improve my blog.
Ruby is a programming language that is quickly gaining popularity as a language for development of applications. The Ruby on Rails framework helps to expand the capabilities of Ruby into web application development.
This is a guest post by Karl Agius.
Last week, there was a brief discussion in the comments for "Creating a PHP CMS Part 7" about whether it was preferable to use PHP's functions, or MySQL's built in functions to digest a password. There was no solid answer at that point, so I ran a small test to determine which way worked best.
I admit that the old theme for FWebDe.com didn't look that good. It was quite rushed, and I didn't really take my time to plan it out and design it. Now, I've been working on a new Wordpress theme a little bit at a time, during my spare time.