Posts tagged with: PHP

Welcome to Hot Web Dev April 2026 featuring the latest in web development This month we focus on WebMCP (Web Models Context Protocol) as an in-browser collaboration interface, and the role of AI assistants within the browser. We have a gamified way of learning SQL and the tool of the month is an open source AI goody.

After 17 years building with WordPress, I made a deliberate leap to GravCMS—a fast, flexible flat-file CMS with no database. The decision wasn’t quick, but it was driven by a need for speed, simplicity, and cleaner maintenance. Grav uses Twig templates, Markdown content, and YAML front matter, delivering a streamlined workflow, built-in caching, and retina-friendly media handling. This post breaks down why I migrated from WordPress to GravCMS, what I miss about WordPress, and whether the switch was worth it.

If you have been following the monthly Hot Web Dev magazine, you will find at the end of each edition, I recommend a tool of the month. Over the years, the tools used have varied from open-source apps and JavaScript UI frameworks to server tools, AI, CSS, desktop, and web applications. Here’s a list of the tools from 2025, along with updates on new features and development.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev February 2025, featuring the latest technology and web development news. In this month’s edition, we go back in time to revisit an old coding academy. We have our usual section on coding featuring Laravel and Svelte. The tool of the month is another web platform framework.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev December 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. This month I play around with Apple Intelligence to see what all the fuss is about. Highlights include rogue Chrome browser extensions exposing user data, learning and coding resources. December’s tool of the month aims to assist developers when creating new projects. Happy New Year and hope that 2025 brings us more learning resources and tools that you will love.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev November 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. This month I share my views on Linux and whether it is the best for developers. We have a fresh batch of learning and coding resources and the tool of the month is hot with developers.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev September 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. September has been a bumper month with the release of MacOS Sequoia and iOS 18. Finally, built-in windows snapping. Another cool feature is iPhone mirroring. This month’s edition covers WordPress and the battle with its creator and a company that doesn’t like to give back. The tool of the month is a suite of handy tools that works in the browser and doesn’t require uploading any data to a server.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev August 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. This month’s edition covers JavaScript and PHP which you may love to hate. Learning resources include React mastery and Laravel goodness and the tool of the month is an algorithm godsend.

Welcome to Building an Awesome Daisy UI WordPress Theme – Part 4. Daisy UI is an impressive selection of Tailwind components to build your next WordPress classic theme. You can have your custom theme up and running within a few weeks. In the first part of the series, we set up the environment to build an awesome Daisy UI WordPress theme and added a basic layout, footer, and navigation in the second part. The third part made it more mobile-friendly, tidied the search form and added a sidebar. The fourth and final part tidies the post meta and adds single post navigation, comments and page navigation.

In 2023 I revamped my WordPress theme to include Daisy UI. In this article, I will show you how to change the default styles of the popular WordPress Page Navi plugin to use the styles created by Daisy UI without editing the plugin.

Daisy UI is an awesome selection of Tailwind components for your next WordPress classic theme. You can have your custom theme up and running within a few weeks. In the first part of the series, we set up the environment to build an awesome Daisy UI WordPress theme and added a basic layout, footer, and navigation in the second part. This part features jazzing up the search form in the navigation, making it a little more mobile-friendly and adding a sidebar and widgets.

Welcome to Hot Web Dev December 2023, featuring the latest technology and web development news. In this final edition of 2023 we will take a trip down memory lane and discuss some of the old-school technologies that helped shape the web we see today. Our tool of the month will excite markdown lovers who need a project management tool. Wishing you a Happy New Year and hope that 2024 brings us more learning resources and tools that you will love.