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SEO 101

Introduction to Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of Optimizing a Website or Webpage for Search Engines and in turn, a higher ranking within the SERPs

Server Security Tutorial for Beginners

There is always room for extra security for your website. So I thought I would share a few tips for you, so you can tighten up your website’s security Today!

PHP Beginners Tutorial

Welcome to the PHP Tutorial! Definition PHP is a server-side programming language and is referred to as a pre-processor for HTML. PHP is a very powerful resource that many websites

HTML5 Mobile App Development for Beginners

Have you ever thought of a cool idea for an app, just to find out later that some punk kid built it first and became a billionaire? What if you

MySQL Database Administration 101

This tutorial will go over some of the fundamentals of MySQL Database Administration and Security. If you aren’t familiar with MySQL, creating a database and table is a simple process

Node.js for Beginners

Build scalable web applicacions, backends for mobile apps and games using a single language you already know and love: Javascript Be prepared for the increasing number of jobs and projects

How to Create WordPress Dashboard Widgets

Wouldn’t it be cool to have your very own custom WordPress dashboard widget- a widget that will be displayed on your Dashboard page upon logging into WordPress? To get started,

Greeting Users in WordPress

Somewhere along the line, you may find it necessary to greet visitors in a different way, based on conditions i.e. Are they logged in or not?. So, let’s take a

Website Security Beginners Tutorial

In this tutorial we are going to go through some techniques and common use cases for Website Security. Website security is often overlooked- and that’s understandable, but basic security can

How to Create WordPress Siderbars

In WordPress, a sidebar allows us to assign certain widgets to a sidebar_id and later reference this with the get_sidebar() function. Thus, allowing us to render specific widgets on any

What is SEO

Today, we are just going to talk about some of the basics of SEO and help you understand SEO and why it is important. An Introduction to SEO Search Engine

PHP Web Application Development with Symfony

Learn how to build PHP webapps following Best Practices with the robust Symfony framework

Symfony is a PHP framework design to build modular, robust and scalable web applications. In this course, we’ll cover the basics of the Symfony framework with the usual Learn by Doing approach found in all other Zenva courses.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create basic web applications such as the sample workout log demo we make from scratch through out the course.

In particular, we’ll cover the following topics:

What is Symfony and what are the benefits of using it in your webapps.
Installation and new project creation.
Controllers. How to send back HTML or JSON to the user.
Routing URLs to specific actions.
View and the Twig templating language.
Intro to Doctrine ORM.
Creating a simple CRUD webapp.
Including external assets in your projects.

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How to Master Chrome Developer Tools

When making HTML5 games you should consider Chrome and the debugging tools it comes with as your best allied. Every little trick you learn when using it proves to be

WordPress Plugin Development for Beginners

Did you know that 20-30% of all websites on the Internet are powered by the WordPress platform?

One of the reasons behind the success of WordPress is it’s flexible Plugin system, which allows developers to give superpowers to any website on a modular and easy manner.

In this course we’ll cover the art and science of WordPress Plugin Development from scratch. By developing 8 simple plugins we will cover everything you need to know to be able to create awesome plugins that will run in most of the web.

By following the video lessons and having a play with the numerous downloadable examples you will get quite comfortable with the following topics:

Plugin basic structure and life cycle.
How to use filters and actions to have our code executed at the right moment.
Accessing posts through The Loop.
Creating your own shortcodes to give your users superpowers and allow them to save time.
How to add custom metadata to posts and users.
Widget creation from scratch.
Dashboard widgets.
How to create our own admin pages with global settings.
Using Ajax and external JavaScript libraries in our plugin. Including JQuery.
Task scheduling with Cron.
Creating custom tables to extend WordPress beyond your dreams.

No previous WordPress experience is required to take this course. Although we do need you to be familiar and have basic knowledge of PHP, MySQL and web development in general.

This course is taught by Pablo Farias Navarro, founder of Zenva (academy.zenva.com) and Super Colegio (www.supercolegio.com). Just like all other Zenva courses, this course follows the methodology of learning by doing, where video lessons consist in live coding and students are encouraged to modify the course code and get started with their own projects from the very beginning.

If you’ve always wanted to create your own WordPress plugins or you need to learn how to do it quickly for work reasons, this is definitely the best way to go.

Don’t postpone your dreams, GET STARTED TODAY :)

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