WordPress Plugins – Revolutionising Content Management What was initially developed to be a blogging platform has grown exponentially as a platform used by designers and developers as well. Yes, WordPress has revolutionised content management. There’s hardly anything that this powerful content management system cannot do. If researches are to be believed, then WordPress holds 60% market share in the content management system market and hosts 21.2% of the total content on the internet. There are many CMS platforms that came, but their popularity doesn’t quite match with that of WordPress, which has been in the market for over a decade now. We have to admit that it’s not just good marketing that has made WordPress so popular and a widely used platform for content management by organisations of all sizes. To be able to get acceptance from the user, a technology has to be good and that’s precisely what WordPress is all about. The flexibility that WordPress offers, allows you to use it more than just a blogging platform. The sheer simplicity with which users can manage and handle content with WordPress is commendable. The huge awareness that WordPress enjoys is a reason that the platform has earned itself credibility. With huge popularity, WordPress also enjoys the great support of a large community of volunteers who are ready to help at all times. Also, it is SEO-friendly and takes care of 80-90% of the search engine optimisation mechanism. But that’s not it when we are talking about WordPress. The most important reason behind the huge success of WordPress as a content management system is the wide variety of creative...
There is a growing debate over the fight between HTML5 and Flash for supremacy. However, many agree that the debate largely focuses on web videos. The reason why this is such a crucial factor is because Flash is primarily used for web-based games and a significant part of YouTube. Flash has little to do with web designs. Therefore, flash is primarily associated with just web videos which HTML5 can also handle a lot more efficiently without sidelining the other aspects of web development. HTML5 – The Best Way for Delivering Video on the Mobile Platform The main problem with Flash is that the platform is not adaptable and cannot support different types of videos. The issue of compatibility lies with the hardware and software available on the mobile. This is why a drift towards native playback of videos in the H.264 format is observed. Basically, why would you want to use a container when the file can be played back natively along with memory optimization? Some might argue that Flash also offers a Flash Lite. However, this version is not supported by all devices and even for the devices that do support flash, the video is optimized to the H.264 format. The use of HTML5 facilitates the integration of this process on multiple platforms. Another factor that comes into play is the licensed nature of the H.264 format. The web browsers usually refrain from using it because of this reason. However, the support of this format is integrated in the hardware of mobiles. In addition, HTML5’s capabilities are continually expanding. The ease with which HTML5 delivers videos on the...
With the start of the new financial year, it is time to assess and analyze all that 2013 gave us. This post focuses on the trends and leads that SaaS development has seen in the year gone by. Businesses are continually looking for new paradigms for sourcing software functionality and Software as a Service (SaaS) is a technology that helps businesses achieve exactly this and much more. Cloud hosted or web delivered SaaS has several benefits, which are – Scalability Improved efficiency of the company’s processes Optimization of the company’s IT budget Some of the trends that this technology has seen in the year 2013 are – Mobile Continues to Rule The one revolution that has taken the world by a storm in the past decade or so is the Mobile Revolution. Mobile technology and its evolution has affected the SaaS drive notably. The services that are most in demand these days are for mobile applications and for mobile marketing purposes. A drift from the desktop model to the 4-G capable environment is clearly visible and considered more right and relevant for users. The services, which have shown a drift, include internal business software and consumer services.Increased Spending of the U.S. Customers and Emerging Markets’s Customers The year 2013 saw a considerable increase in the growth, in popularity and use of SaaS, in emerging markets. An OpenView item that was published in Jan 2013 projected a growth rate of as much as 25% for the year. While the American customers increased their tech spending, the tech spending in the European countries went low as compared to what they were...
Content Management System is one of the most integral parts of web development. A good CMS can help increase efficiency, let you control & manage your web content, help in increasing your Search Engine ranking and help the visitors of your website to search for information with ease. There are many more ways in which CMS helps your website and business. Therefore, it is important to choose a CMS wisely. If you are looking for a robust content management system, then you must consider Drupal. There is no reason why Drupal will not work for you. The program is capable of powering big sites, and it comes free of cost. Some of the websites are Fast Company, The Economist, the White House and Sony BMG. This article will give you an insight on why and how Drupal can work for you. There are several benefits of using this framework – Unmatched Flexibility Drupal offers unmatched flexibility and can be heavily customized. It gives you the power to develop applications of any magnitude and complexity. Extensive Functionality Drupal allows the developers to customize their applications with the help of free programs called modules. In fact, the extensive number of modules makes it so powerful. Considering the fact that the program comes for free, the functionality that it provides is extensive. Drush If you are used to using command line utilities, then Drupal is the program for you. The framework entails the ultimate deal breaker in CMS. The site developed on this platform can be easily maintained using Drush, which makes the maintenance tasks rather convenient. Cost Effective and Easily Maintainable...
One of the most popular open source frameworks used for development of web applications and services is Zend framework. This framework is based on PHP 5. The reason why Zend framework is able to provide the kind of efficacy that it is known for providing is that is completely based on object oriented code. It is the uniqueness of its component structure that makes Zend effective and effectual. The different components of the Zend framework are coupled in such a manner that they are loosely coupled and the dependencies of the components on each other are rather few. It is because of this loosely coupled nature that the components can be used independently and at will by the developer. It is this power that Zend framework gives its developer that makes it the successful and effective framework that it is. It has an extensive library that can be used for development of robust and high performance implementations of MVC. In addition to this, this framework allows you to use data abstraction, which is very simple to use. HTML forms rendering, filtering and filtering can be easily implemented using the forms component. This functionality can be easily used for developing a simple and usable object oriented interface. There are dedicated components available for implementation of authorization and authentication. In addition to these, there are several other client libraries that can be used by developers to implement custom applications and functionality. The beauty of using this framework is that the use of the Zend component framework reduces the time required for development considerably. One of the fundamental reasons why Zend Framework...
The rising popularity of HTML5 has acted as a catalyst for the increased use of JavaScript frameworks for developing rich client applications. These frameworks allow developers to incorporate enterprise complexity in client-side applications. This is perhaps the reason why server side frameworks have become a thing of the past and applications, like AngularJS, Ember and BackBone, in addition to several others, are being used. Although, this blog is not focused towards deriving comparisons between the different frameworks, here are a few ways by which AngularJS is better than the rest – Efficient Code Good documentation Impeccable developer community Google backed Small footprint Data-Binding is simple The key features of Angular JS are discussed in the sections that follow. Scope Scope is used for detecting changes in model objects. Besides, it is also used for creating expressions’ execution contexts. It performs marshalling of the model to a view and events are forwarded to the controller. Controller In order to create a model and connect it to a view, a controller is required. Therefore, the interface between the controller and the view is scope. Typically, an application is effective and efficient if the controllers are thin and services are rich. The controller in AngularJS supports inheritance and nesting. The major difference between controller of AngularJS and other frameworks is that, in this case, DOM manipulations are not supported. Model The model in AngularJS can simply be described as a JavaScript object. There is no need for you to create structures or make extensions. This allows the framework to support the functionality of nested models. View The view, in this case, is...
We are excited to announce that we got our Microsoft Gold Certification today. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner in Application Development competency. We are also a small business specialist. We have been providing services on Microsoft technologies from last 11 years. We never focused on getting ourselves certified but finally the time arrived and we started the exercise earlier this year. Our customers were kind enough to share references and fill surveys for the work which we have done for them on Microsoft technologies. This is a prerequisite amongst other things to get gold...
We are happy to announce that we have launched our revamped our website. We have tried to keep the website simple and have ensured that all our services get the right attention. We have different teams in the company working for Start-ups, Digital agencies, ISVs and Enterprises. The challenge was that all our services and target customers should get equal attention. We think we got it right. Looking forward to your...
