What is the transients API, and why it’s useful Most developers who worked with WordPress in the past probably ever heard of the Options API, which allow you to save, update and delete custom values. The Transients API is pretty…

Text messaging with PHP using the TextMagic API If for some reason, you need to send text messages to your clients cell phones, you should definitely have a look to TextMagic. They provide an easy API which allow you to…

What is CoffeeScript? To keep it simple, CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. If you ever coded in languages such as Python or Ruby, you’ll probably love CoffeeScript a lot. Instead of awkward braces and semicolons, JavaScript…

Ofmlabs Codecs: Pure JavaScript audio decoding Ofmlabs is bringing audio decoding to JavaScript with two great pieces of code. The first, named JSMad, was the first proof that JS audio decoding is possible and is a port of libmad, a…

Add Google+ button to your posts automatically Google+ is a new “social” service offered by Internet giant Google. If you want to let your visitor “plus” your post, why not adding a Google+ button to all of your entries automatically?…

Preloading images Preloading images is useful: Instead of loading an image when the user request it, we preload them in the background so they are ready to be displayed. Doing so in jQuery is very simple, as shown below: (function($)…

All of the snippets below have to be pasted into your .htaccess file, which is located on the root of your Apache server. Waring: Always make sure you have a working backup before editing your .htaccess file! Force trailing slash…

Create an adaptable website layout with CSS3 media queries With the rise of both very large screens and mobile devices, web developers have to be able to create websites that display correctly and look good whatever the device is. Sure,…

CSS3 media queries With the rise of mobile devices, and on the other hand, of very wide displays, creating a website that looks great in both big and small devices is definitely a challenge for web designers and developers. Happily,…

What is prefetching, and why it is useful According to whatwg.org, rel=prefetch "indicates that preemptively fetching and caching the specified resource is likely to be beneficial, as it is highly likely that the user will require this resource." Search engines…

Display a snapshot of any website Want to be able to take a snapshot of any website, and display it on your blog? This cool shortcode allows you to do so. Just paste the following code into your functions.php file:…

Initializr Starting anew HTML5-based website? Just visit Initializr to get started. Initializr will generate for you a clean customizable template based on Boilerplate with just what you need to start. → visit Initializr HTML5demos Want to know if Firefox supports…

Using to insert a sound file on your website Here is the most basic use of the tag: On this example it loads a mp3 file and play it. Notice the autoplay attribute which is used to play the sound…

Easily replace WordPress editor font Don’t like the default font used by WordPress editor? No problem, the following code will allow you to change it. Simply paste it to your theme functions.php file. You can define which font to use…

MicroJS Need a piece of code quickly? MicroJS is a brand new site which aim to provide JavaScript code snippet for most common tasks: Ajax, Json, DOM, Object-Oriented JavaScript, and more. A true gold mine to have in your bookmarks!…

Color animate any shape with CSS3 and a PNG Let’s start this compilation with an interesting effect created using only CSS3: A png image with a changing background. The background is using CSS3 transitions. Not the kind of effect you’ll…

Before editing your .htaccess file, always make a backup so you can restore it if needed. Remove www in url For SEO reasons, you might always remove (or use) the www prefix in your urls. The following snippet will remove…