by Cube Websites | Feb 1, 2012 | Magento
I’ve spent the past few days creating a more up to date version of my Category Featured Product module for Magento. NOTE: If you just want the solution, skip to the end of this post where I’ve written a quick summary One of the new features that it has is...
by Cube Websites | Jan 17, 2012 | Ruby on Rails, Technology
Introduction This year I’ve decided that I want to learn at least one new language and have decided that I’ll be learning Ruby. I’ve read great things about Ruby and Rails, all about how it’s made development fun again for devs, lets you actually get on with creating...
by Cube Websites | Jan 15, 2012 | JavaScript
I recently had an idea for a webpage, with a background which changes based on how far down the page the viewer has scrolled. The idea was to have the Sun rise from the left side of the page, and then arc up and finally set on right. View Demo As went about creating...
by Cube Websites | Jan 4, 2012 | Guides, JavaScript
Yesterday, I wrote about Impress.js, an awesome JavaScript library for creating online presentations. Since posting online, I’ve had several people ask how exactly to use it, as there’s no set documentation on the actual project page. This guide will help you get...
by Cube Websites | Jan 4, 2012 | JavaScript
If you’re an active user of GitHub and work on any open-source projects then may want to show off your projects and activity on your own website. This is where Gitview comes in. Gitview allows you to display all your GitHub repos, and gives the option to display a...
by Cube Websites | Jan 3, 2012 | JavaScript
If you’ve ever come across Prezi you may have been slightly wow-ed by it’s amazing little transition effects as you browse through each little presentation. Now, there’s a free and open-source JavaScript library called Impress.js (the author says no rhyme intended!)...
by Cube Websites | Dec 31, 2011 | CSS, JavaScript, Tools
jQuery UI Bootstrap jQuery UI Bootstrap is an open-source effort by @addyosmani to introduce the Bootstrap styling into the standard jQuery UI widgets. It covers many of the widgets available on the jQuery UI website including: Accordion Tabs Buttons and Button...
by Cube Websites | Dec 30, 2011 | MySQL, PHP
Introduction When working with databases, you may want a table structure which allows your record to have a parent record (heirachical recordset). In simple scenarios it’s easy enough to simply have a parent_id column. However, for displaying the entire tree...
by Cube Websites | Dec 29, 2011 | CSS, Tools
Less CSS is a great way to develop your stylesheets for websites. It lets you create nested rules, specify variables, functions and so much more. To use Less on a website you have 2 options: Use JavaScript to compile on-the-fly. This isn’t really recommended...
by Cube Websites | Dec 29, 2011 | Development, HTML, Tools
One the most common things I’m required to do on any website build is to use a custom font. This post discusses the various libraries that I’ve tried and tested, and which library I prefer the most. Cufon Cufon was the first library I was recommended and...
