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How to Use CakePHP’s Access Control Lists
If you’re building a CMS, you’ll probably need different user roles—superusers, admins, users—with different permission levels. Too complicated to code? Enter CakePHP’s ACL (Access Control Lists). With the right setup, you’ll be checking user permissions with just one line. Introduction: What Are Access Control Lists? The ACL lets you create a hierarchy of users with [...]
Posted on 30 July 2010 | 5:13 am
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Incredible Services and Products
Okay, okay; this may be a thank you posting for the wonderful sponsors of our massive HTML5 competition, however, it’s important for me to note that I refused to accept sponsors of any product that I didn’t honestly feel was fantastic. What this means is that, as the editor of Nettuts+, I fully endorse each [...]
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 11:08 pm
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CSS: Noob to Ninja – The Complete Video Series
This exclusive premium video series will take you from a state of absolute CSS “noobness,” all the way up to ninja-status, capable of taking advantage of the latest CSS3 techniques. The series begins with the basics: the syntax, properties, etc. However, each new video expands upon the previous, as you work your way up and [...]
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 4:58 pm
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Start Using HTML5 WebSockets Today
One of the cool new features of HTML5 is WebSockets, which let us talk to the server without using AJAX requests. In this tutorial, we’ll review the process of running a WebSocket server in PHP, and then building a client to send and receive messages to it over the WebSocket protocol. What are WebSockets? WebSockets [...]
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 2:54 pm
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Behind the Scenes of Nettuts with Collis!
Here at Envato we’re pretty famous for building a lot of successful blogs, like this one! We’ve done quite a few now, so last year I decided other people might find our techniques and systems useful. Today I’m really happy to announce my new book How to Build a Successful Blog Business which is a [...]
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 6:51 am
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Build an Incredible HTML5 App: $7000 Competition
As HTML5′s popularity continues to increase, we at Tuts+ and CodeCanyon would like to do our part in promoting and rewarding those who are on the cutting edge of what’s possible with HTML5, local storage, geolocation, SVG, and CSS3. Not only that, but we’re also, at the conclusion of this competition, launching a brand new [...]
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 2:45 am
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Quick Tip: 4 Ways to Auto-Refresh your Browser when Designing new Sites
You know the drill: make some edits to your document, click save, switch over to your browser, refresh it, and then observe the changes. Wouldn’t it be convenient if there was to auto-refresh your browser at a provided interval? That way, for instance, every three seconds, the browser will automatically refresh. Granted, this isn’t too [...]
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 3:49 pm
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Magento is a stunningly powerful e-commerce platform. In this miniseries, we’ll learn how to get started with the platform, get to know the terminologies, set up a store and all related aspects of it and finally learn how to customize it to make it our very own. In this sixth part, we’ll be building one [...]
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 3:06 pm
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Quick Tip: Improve Site Performance in 3 Easy Steps
We all know we should do it, but how many of us do? I’m talking about minifying JavaScript, CSS, and optimizing images to reduce load times. Today, I’ll show you three quick and easy methods that all of us should implement to improve our site’s performance. Premium Members: Download this Video ( Must be logged [...]
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 4:36 pm
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20 Steps to a Flexible and Secure WordPress Installation
A comprehensive WordPress installation, albeit simple to produce, often requires multiple steps — many of which can easily be omitted accidentally. How many times have you forgotten to customize your permalink structure? How about adding in a sitemap plugin? What about changing your timezone? If you’ve installed WordPress more than once, chances are you’ve missed [...]
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 2:57 pm
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