How to Use cURL in PHP

Today, we’re going to explore the cURL extension in PHP which allows you to make HTTP requests from your code. Often you need to communicate with external websites in your day-to-day PHP development. Whether it’s calling third party REST APIs to fetch data or downloading resources from the external website, you want a library which… Continue reading How to Use cURL in PHP

“Roxxe” Shopify Theme Review: Multipurpose, Easy to Set up

In this theme review we’ll take a look through a multipurpose Shopify theme called Roxxe. Shopify allows you to quickly create your own online store, and when armed with the right theme you can be up and running in no time. So let’s have a look at Roxxe, talk about its pros and cons, and… Continue reading “Roxxe” Shopify Theme Review: Multipurpose, Easy to Set up

Parse XML to an Array in PHP With SimpleXML

In this post, you’ll learn how to parse XML into an array in PHP. SimpleXML is a PHP extension that makes this possible. In your day-to-day PHP development, sometimes you’ll need to deal with XML content. Whether it’s exporting data as XML documents or processing incoming XML documents in your application, it’s always handy to… Continue reading Parse XML to an Array in PHP With SimpleXML

How to Make a Photoshop Vignette Effect Action

What You’ll Be Creating In this beginner’s tutorial, we’ll take a look at some Photoshop action basics and create a customizable vignette action—ready to use and adapt in any way you like! So grab your favorite photograph, and let’s get creating! What You’ll Need You’ll need the following assets in order to complete this project:… Continue reading How to Make a Photoshop Vignette Effect Action

Renner*: A free Futura alternative

Renner* is a free typeface inspired to Futura and designed by Owen Earl. Renner* is an origonal font that aims to keep the attitude of Futura rather than the exact design. Futura was designed to be functional in its day and in that spirit, Renner* aims to be as functional as possible in the digital era.… Continue reading Renner*: A free Futura alternative

How to Create an Elastic SVG Progress Loading Bar

Codrops has published a tutorial of how to create an elastic SVG progress loader based on the Dribbble shot “Download” by xjw and implemented with SVG and TweenMax. The button starts as an icon with an arrow and once it’s clicked, it animates into a fun little wire and a label that indicates the download… Continue reading How to Create an Elastic SVG Progress Loading Bar

SVG Loaders – Loading icons and small animations built purely in SVG

SVG Loaders is a set of Loading icons and small animations built purely in SVG, no CSS or JS. Usage Download or bower install svg-loaders <img src=”svg-loaders/puff.svg” /> An icon’s color can be manipulated by changing the fill attribute in the SVG file. <svg fill=”#fff” width=”140″ height=”64″ viewBox=”0 0 140 64″ xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/2000/svg”> All SVG files… Continue reading SVG Loaders – Loading icons and small animations built purely in SVG

Simple Loading Spinners Animated with CSS3

Before CSS3 transition, we see loading spinners in flash website, and then AJAX component with animated GIF. Besides, animated GIF, we have seen VML & Canvas spinners too. Now, we have pure CSS animated loaders/spinners created with just HTML markup and CSS3.   Spinkit has a collection of good looking CSS spinners:   SpinKit uses… Continue reading Simple Loading Spinners Animated with CSS3

Loading Circle Animation Using Photoshop CS6

In today’s tutorial, we’re going to be creating a very simple ‘loading circle’ animation using Photoshop CS6, which you can use on your websites, or before your video projects. This effect is going to take advantage of some of Photoshop CS6′s improved animation capabilities, leaving you with a silky smooth result. Written In terms of… Continue reading Loading Circle Animation Using Photoshop CS6