10 Essential Skills for a WordPress Plugin Dev; Restyle Declarations with CSScomb; Mastering QR Codes

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Hi SitePointers. We're pretty busy here in Melbourne putting the finishing touches on our latest niche website, due for launch very soon. I won't say much now other than if you're a fan of JavaScript, this site is going to be right up your alley! More news soon. In the meantime, we've got a handful of awesome articles for you ranging from mastering the science of WordPress plugin development to restyling CSS declarations with CSScomb. Happy developing! - Tom Museth / Online Managing Editor 10 Must-Knows for a WordPress Plugin Developer WordPress is the most powerful CMS framework available at the moment. It can be used to create highly flexible and extendable websites with very little work. I believe that the Plugins and Themes structure is the main reason behind its success as a CMS. There are around 21,000 plugins available for free on the official WordPress website. More » Browser Trends Oct 2012: Calm Before the Storm? Last month I asked whether Chrome’s growth had started to plateau following its first ever loss. Let’s look at the latest browser market statistics according to StatCounter … More » Taste Creative Freedom with Shutterstock Search and download from over 20 million royalty-free photos, vectors, illustrations, and footage clips. High-resolution, high-quality images by subscription. More » Sponsored When It Goes Wrong in Sales, It’s Your Fault I recall one particularly bad sales appointment with the manager of a furniture store. Instead of meeting in his office, he sat me down at a desk in the middle of the noisy sales floor, where we were constantly interrupted. Before I could ask any questions about his business, he insisted I tell him what I could do for him.  More » Restyle Your CSS Declarations With CSScomb How do you order your CSS properties? Some developers prefer an alphabetical list. Some prefer grouping by related types. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. There’s no wrong way and you should use whatever style suits you. It will become a habit and you’ll be able to shave precious seconds when searching your own CSS code. More » Windows Azure 90 Day Free Trial! Deliver high-traffic websites with great reliability and excellent performance. Build and scale back end services needed to support applications running on any type of device. Get started NOW: Windows Azure 90-day free trial. More » Sponsored Control Statements in C, Part 2 In the previous article on control statements we discussed the decision-making statement if-else and the selection statement switch-case. In this article we will continue the discussion on control statements and discuss the iteration statements for, while and do-while. More » What's Hot on PHPMaster Used widely in various applications, QR Codes can be seen on cola cans, business cards, in sushi bars, and in museums. QR Code is a two-dimensional barcode specification that was invented in Japan. It is patented. but it’s inventor, Denso Wave, chose not to exercise it and left the standard open for the benefit of all.  More » Get a Free Data Nerd Shirt from New Relic New Relic, the leader in SaaS-based web app performance monitoring, is giving everyone who tries their software a free Data Nerd shirt. Do you code in Ruby, PHP, Python, Java, or .NET? Then you can use New Relic FREE! Proud Sponsor of the SitePoint Geek Games. More » Sponsored Check out our WordPress page—it's got everything for the budding WordPress developer Follow SitePoint The SitePoint Network RubySource BuildMobile SitePoint PHPMaster CloudSpring DesignFestival Unsubscribe | Manage Newsletter Subscriptions | Share with a friend