How to work with a non-Composer 3rd party library in Laravel
Below are steps that have been working for me when using 3rd party libraries in a Laravel 4 project. The first step is to add a repository to composer.json: "repositories": [ { "type": "package",...
View ArticleRoots starting WordPress theme
If you are starting a new WordPress project in 2012 you should consider building it on top of a starting theme. For some time Boilerplate theme for WordPress is what I’ve been using to reset the...
View ArticleLESS + CakePHP, best buddies
LESS takes CSS to a whole new level by extending it with dynamic behavior (think of working with variables, functions or mixins directly in CSS). Here below a few quick notes about integrating LESS...
View ArticleCakePHP Auth component: login with username or e-mail
CakePHP proved to be a nice flexible and lightweight framework. When I try to bend it a little to perform something unusual it almost always turns out ok. Below an example of a custom login action that...
View ArticleEnhance CakePHP Timezone Helper by guessing the timezone with jQuery
If you are using the updated Timezone Helper for CakePHP you can help your visitors to select a right timezone by guessing their system’s timezone and preselecting an option in the drop-down list....
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