There are several reasons behind restricting certain posts or categories by country. If the post or page or category is not relevant to people in certain countries, you expect to see little or no traffic from those places or the text can confuse innocent people. In such cases, many website administrators decide to block countries in WordPress by IP, so that they can safeguard their visitors from … [Read more...]
Influence of Digitization on Procurement : Part 1
Procurement, also known as sourcing, is the selection of suppliers, the conclusion of a framework agreement and the transaction of the delivery of production material and merchandise. It serves as a link between the procurement markets and the companies. The procurement of goods represents an important operational function for companies. In general, the procurement market can be divided into … [Read more...]
How We Can Show Apple Icon, Windows Logo on Website Text
After reading the legal documents published by Microsoft and Apple, it seems that you can not use the Apple logo, Apple icon font or Windows icon or Windows icon font on your website or printed material unless they are your client. These are not permitted usages, often people ask us for this kind of situation: Example 1: You operate a technology blog, you thought to add the Apple logo or … [Read more...]
What is Google Bard? How it Works
Google Bard is an AI-based chatbot developed by Google, initially based on the LLM (Large Language Model) LaMDA and, since May 2023, on that of PaLM. It was developed in direct response to the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT and released in limited capacity in March 2023 before becoming available in more countries. This chatbot is named after William Shakespeare, who is also known as the "Bard of … [Read more...]
How to Create a PHP Installer Script to Create Tables in MySQL Database
When we need to create a small dynamic web application, using PHP and MySQL are our obvious options. When we need to create a self-hosted IoT solution like this guide ESP32 Arduino IoT Relay Control, either we need to instruct the user to create a MySQL database, create tables and populate with data or we can create an installer script so that the job is "automatically" done. When we install … [Read more...]
What is Desktop Publishing (DTP)?
Desktop publishing, commonly abbreviated as DTP, consists of preparing documents for printing using a computer instead of the historical processes of typography and phototypesetting. Desktop publishing is done using specialized software, called layout software or DTP software, similar to ordinary word processing software, but where special emphasis has been placed on the layout of text and … [Read more...]
Dynamic WebP Image Delivery in WordPress with Bunny CDN
Loading the WordPress post images in WebP format is of great importance today since WebP format reduces the size and Google wants that we use WebP format. Even if the gain in terms of size reduction is not significant, it is probably a good idea to solve the "issues" pointed out as errors in PageSpeed Insights. Various whimsical rules and instructions imposed by Google do not stay with time. … [Read more...]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Ubuntu Server Distribution
There is a lot of difference between a Server OS and Desktop OS. Only a few Linux server distributions are commonly used for web hosting and app hosting which include Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu, REHL, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and openSUSE. Ubuntu is a Debian derivative server distribution but Ubuntu is more popular than Debian. Ubuntu is composed mostly of free and open-source software but has … [Read more...]
Typography on the Web
Web typography refers to the typography for digital texts and the use of fonts on the web. Typography for digital texts deals with the visual design of text documents such as websites or e-books, primarily by means of typeface, as well as the other possibilities of typography. The main purpose of typography is to make texts easier to read and thus easier to understand, as well as to present … [Read more...]
How to Use JuliaMono Font in Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter
The original Crayon Syntax Highlighter by Aram Kocharyan no longer available because it does not work with the newer WordPress versions. However, Fedor Urvanov has worked with Aram Kocharyan to make Crayon Syntax Highlighter work again as Urvanov Syntax Highlighter. Most of the core technical blogs (including ours) heavily rely on Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter because it works with all the … [Read more...]
What Is a Sales Funnel?
The sales or conversion funnel is a metaphor used in marketing or business administration to refer to the phases of the sale. It is the process by which potential sales opportunities are qualified and selected to turn them into real opportunities that end up in real transactions. The concept is represented as a graphical tool that shows the business opportunities (and their amounts) at each step … [Read more...]