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29 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Well it sounds official now : we cannot rely on PHP mail's function (or its wordpress extension wp_mail ) to send emails. That's good news because in the case of WordPress like other applications (Prestashop has native SMTP), we can now configure SMTP email sending via free plugins. Most popular is https://wpmailsmtp.com/. It comes free […]
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25 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Dealing with large datasets is easy for a professionnal programmer, lots of solutions exist for database systems like Mysql and its famous phpmyadmin self hosted suite. But working with non technical colleagues involves creating smart interfaces, and you can start with pre defined CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) systems, also called BREAD (Browse, Read, Edit, […]
18 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
in the 70s , the MAD acronym stood for Mutually Assured Destruction, a sign of times when nuclear weapons on both sides of antagonist empires of the COLD WAR where in numbers that guaranteed total destruction of life on the planet if fired together in reciprocal strikes. Today, the MAD Acronym resurfaces with a similar […]
16 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
In a NUXT3 multi component application, some elements might not be available instantly with the document.querySelector API. This behaviour has been identified as a resolved issue since 2022 (and that was about nuxt2) and the only way to solve it seems to activate the selector after setTimeout in the mounted event of the component. I […]
15 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Default Gunteberg editor comes with basic layout features, allowing management of blocks within predefined column width, that can be adjusted via the Block options. this is very handy to start with advanced image/ text alignement issues, one thing missing though is the ability to work with responsivness customization. The example below demonstrates the column block, […]
4 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
WordPress has two functions that you can use to create links to a series or articles sorted by tag (cloud style with wp_tag_cloud ) or category (hierarchical style via wp_list_categories) add a description to your category list using simple walker via wonderful stackexchange threads providing wordpress category list shortcode and walker to add description to category list
2 January 2024 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, a couple of ex APPLE engineers, HUMANE is a new SANFRANCISCO company that markets AI PIN, a new device, mix of credit card and golf ball, supposed to replace your Iphone. Obviously a master of technology, the small 700$ object is a voice powered computer that has replaced […]
29 December 2023 by erwan | 1 Comment on A history of note taking
A new approach to knowledge management is emerging with new AI desktop applications like rewindAI, a silent program for Silicon Macs that records everything you do on your computer (browse, documents, and .. audio recordings !) and can give back with common language queries. While this sounds very intrusive, could also be a standard in […]
30 November 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
After switching to Gutenberg WordPress content management, I investigate various alternatives. In this article I will review Kirby CMS, whose block based content editor is similar to Gutenberg, but better looking. Content Management While Kirby CMS does not include column block as it exists in Gutenberg, or in CRAFTCMS Matrix Field, default Kirby CMS setup […]
Fabric Js is a javascript library that includes a lot of design features. I use it for configurator rendering of top view. Integration in nuxt is quite straight forward using an specific interactive canva component that works with pinia data store Prerequisite : for this tutorial you need to have an existing nuxt3 project up […]
27 September 2023 by erwan | 1 Comment on Threejs object glow without postprocessing
There are many examples of bloomy post processing techniques on threejs, I mean bloomy in the bright sense, not the sad gloomy from the famous song Billy Holiday's sunday, I really mean to blow visual light emission from an object. So while three js comes with post processing power that delivers really nice visuals, I […]
12 September 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
This article describes the javascript and bootstrap lines that unfold the multiple question quiz with automatic scroll and smooth transitions I did spend a few minutes googling for the ideal association of chat like display and quiz elements (multiple choices). Most answers on chat based display provide code for displaying message application, not the automatic […]
7 September 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
you might want to try the nuxt3 module i18n to internationlize your nuxt3 application. It is full of nice features like automatic language detection and redirection, domain name switching, automatic route generateion and custom paths. The is a very extensive set of features, and I have to admit I prefered to code my own light […]
29 August 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
You can, create nice spheres from three js basic objects, or cylinder like figures with the Lathe object. Well I was looking to create an egg and this is quite easy if you like to play with mathematical sinus and cosinus. This guy's a bit like me, more than 30 years experience and blog for […]
25 August 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Learn how to design multistep form with basic elements in a few lines of code Using the famous primevue starter for nuxt, we will build a multistep form based on vue and nuxt js , augmented by primevue elements. first thing to do is install and run primevue starter for nuxt. You'll find everything on […]
17 August 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
I have used wordpress event plugins for years, and if i had to continue using one of them I would recommend the very extensive - and not so expensive- tribe calendar plugin, that has a free version of the wordpress plugin directory. I like it because it is full of nice features, and may be […]
1 August 2023 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Learn to animate nice curve lines in a few code lines with ThreeJS, and show them from above.
3 August 2021 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Demonstration of a fence configurator (design fence with posts, limited width for panel, panel picker for specific coloring and custom laser cut design) Here I demonstrated integration of Material Design for Boostrap free version to build a side toolbar that mimics the photoshop tool palet. The example here was built with webpack. It combines many […]
20 May 2020 by erwan | Leave a Comment
here we review cost calculator modules for wordpress. TIP : try one of these plugins, then go ahead with gravity forms hacks and code based calculation
5 April 2020 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Laravel nova documentation is quite exhaustive but lacks detailed explanation for many various subjects.
12 September 2015 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Spending time on social media curating content ? would like to select, archive, and display user generated content in one place, on your own site ? here is a list of plugins your can use to integrate social media content in wordpress
12 August 2014 by erwan | Leave a Comment
While comparing wordpress woocommerce with magento, I pointed out the very efficient bulk editing feature for products in magento : it's quite amazing to find out that new versions of wordpress bring features you would not even imagine. Version 2.7 of wordpress, brought to the world in december 2008, brought the famous Batch and inline editing, also […]
3 May 2014 by erwan | Leave a Comment
I liked the look and design of a french travel agency website, http://www.doublesens.fr/ : a quick investigation into the inner engine that powers the simple layout , clean drop down menu and wift responsivness led me to LOCOMOTIVE CMS a promising new CMS built on rails and specialized on custom post types. Its website features a nice […]
10 January 2014 by erwan | Leave a Comment
Selection of woocommerce digital product modules Sell virtual content : video access, online course, elearning Create content with wordpress : use custom type content for elearning Create chapters : sell multiple pages / content within on product Easy interface Protect access : only purchasers of content can view Fully integrated within woocommerce There are many ways to restrict content […]
