The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) is a server side program written in C++ for web developers to improve their individual search results. It comes in few different flavors as advanced as Google Enterprise Search servers to Google-hosted search pages. I will go into the deep end with Google Custom Search for personal websites, a free service provided by Google Inc (THANK YOU Google).
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Introduction to Drupal modules
Drupal is the second most popular Content Management System (CMS) with the best reputation for security. It is behind WordPress CMS because for most non-programmers/geeks, the administration of Drupal can be a nightmare. Even for someone who is not new to web programming, the learning curve can be very high. But there are good reasons why Drupal can be complicated. It is the most flexible CMS that has a very good adaptability. You can built a simple blog and over time you can turn that into a highly complex cooperate website. In order to do that, you will have to go utilize Modules.
Optimizing print friendly version
Sometimes it is very important to provide users with access to “print friendly” (printer friendly, print file, etc) version of the web content. When publishing content focused pages, the added images / diagrams, side bars and other items that help creates a smooth surfing structures can also work against “printability” of a website. Newspapers, University and other text-content based websites are catered towards individuals who may want to have a physical copy of the materials published. But when a user try to print without a properly formatted print friendly option, it could print with; lots of black space in between, off centered, advertisements and occasionally not printing anything at all. This article is written based on WordPress CMS, but can be used as a guideline for any website with CSS driven print friendly files.
Export and import SQL databases
Migrating SQL/MySQL databases from one location to another is not something most of you will do. There are circumstances where migrating a database from the administration side of a server is easier than trying to manually copy data. If you change your web host (or server) after creating databases in the current location or if you wanted to back up your database files manually, then it is essential to know the fundamentals of migration.
Creating a skin from Graphene theme
Please note this article is specifically written using Graphene Theme. The concepts can be implemented on others themes with slight modifications.
Yes, WP is a very flexible CMS with wide range of third party extensions. Another reason for it’s flexibility is that the developers of WordPress CMS are pushing for multipurpose program. Within few years of launch, it went from a casual and easy to use blogging platform to a large scale web management system. To me it is a good thing for average user. Like I always believe, jack of all trades is better than mater of none.