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May
24

Lithium: the most RAD PHP framework

Filed under PHP by tonie
A new framework (still in development) by the creators of CakePHP is gaining popularity among the PHP enthusiasts. It was first known as Cake 3, but it soon got separated from the Cake Foundation and Lithium was born.
May
07

How to build an ajax progress bar with jQuery and PHP

Filed under Javascript, PHP by tonie
In many cases, especially when you are developing an e-commerce system or a CMS, you will have to deal with data import and/or export. This process usually involves looping through a large file (CSV, XML, JSON, etc.) and processing each "node" in some way. Dealing with this in a web environment could be tricky and you'll have to be particularly careful when building the user interface for the purpose.
Apr
28

Beautiful pagination with CSS3

Filed under CSS, Design by tonie
Today I had to do some styling for a web store. One of my tasks was to convert the beautiful pagination numbers, done in photoshop into HTML & CSS. As I started slicing the graphics, it came to my mind that all of this could be easily done with CSS3.
Apr
27

Обзор на P2P конференцията във Велико Търново 2010

Filed under На Български, General by tonie
На 24-ти и 25-ти Април се състоя поредното издание на P2P конференцията във Велико Търново. Ето какво се случи накратко, за тези които не успяха да дойдат.
Apr
20

Five truths about SEO

Filed under SEO, Marketing by tonie
I was recently given the not-so-easy task to optimize an internet shop for kids clothing and apparel, so it can appear on the top of Google searches. After spending a lot of hours reading about search engine optimization and the various techniques used I came to several conclusions.
Mar
14

CakePHP Screencast: Set up CakePHP console under Win7

Filed under Videos by tonie
In these series of screencasts I will try to create several videos to show you some basic CakePHP functionality in action.
Feb
26

Three books to help you learn CakePHP

Filed under General by tonie
In this post I'm going to create a summary of some books, which helped me get started with CakePHP and become a "baker". I will try to make a logical separation of the content by level of advancement.
Feb
24

Презентация на Icygen в CityUniversity

Filed under Marketing, На Български by tonie
От 13:00 часа днес в CityU caмpus Pravetz на гости ни бяха представители от компанията Icygen. Г-жа (или г-ца, не знам точно кое от двете :P) Петя Гърбева и още две нейни колежки, разказаха на студентите от 3-ти и 4-ти курс как Интернет може да се използва като ефективна и ефикасна маркетинг медия.
Feb
19

Pretty CakePHP error messages with jQuery

Filed under CSS, Design, Javascript, PHP by tonie
One of Cake's core components is the Session component, which in most cases will be an inevitable part of your application. Among saving and reading session data, you can use sessions to improve application responsiveness by throwing messages to your users in order to notify them about what has happened as a result of their action.
Feb
14

Basic application security considerations

Filed under General, Design by tonie
A very interesting discussion inspired me to write about some basic rules you have to understand before you publish your web application live. We were arguing on whether to clean up data before saving it to the DB or before displaying it to the user. So here are some basic security principles, every web developer should be aware of.