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INTRODUCTION This is not a tutorial, but more like sharing a nice geeky road-trip ;)  I have a pretty good understanding of the Youtube Data API, as I have actively used it on portalZINE TV in the past, to upload videos and dynamically link them to my local post-types. For one of my latest customer […]

What Google Drive Sharing offers us! I am doing a Podcast on portalZINE.TV since last year and always host a backup of the MP3 episodes on Google Drive. The link that you create, when enabling file sharing on Google Drive, can not be used to actually embed it on your website. The link looks something […]

Getting started “WPML (WordPress Multilingual) makes it easy to build multilingual sites and run them. It’s powerful enough for corporate sites, yet simple for blogs.” – WPML I have been running and setting up multilingual websites for more than 12 years. WordPress and related integrations have gladly come a long way to make our life’s […]

Watching from the sidelines VR has not just arrived, but it finally arrived for me and the masses ;) I have been watching VR evolving from the sidelines for the past few years. Its been a fun ride, from the first prototypes to what we have now. The biggest problem in the past, has been […]

A new passion! VR is a new passion of mine, that I play with in my freetime, but also explore as a developer and tech enthusiast. As video quality has evolved a lot in the past 2 years, the big topic now is full body immersion. What needs to be tracked in VR? The following […]

Two tools that can enhance your workflow immensely. Enjoy!

PAPA PARSE Papa Parse is a powerful, in-browser CSV parser for the big boys and girls :)If you do need easy CSV parsing and conversion back to CSV, take a look at it! // Parse CSV string var data = Papa.parse(csv); // Convert back to CSV var csv = Papa.unparse(data); // Parse local CSV file […]

Excel needs to know that you are using non-ASCII characters in your CSV or it will not display them correctly :) Add the BOM(Byte Order Mark) to the first line, notifying Excel that you are offering a UTF-8 encoded file. //headers header(‘Pragma: public’); header(‘Expires: 0’); header(‘Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0’); header(‘Content-Description: File Transfer’); header(‘Content-Type: text/csv’); header(‘Content-Disposition: attachment; […]

I signed the Sustainable Web Manifesto a couple of weeks ago. The manifesto perfectly reflects how I have been handling my business and my projects. I created a special “GO GREEN” subsection to talk about the topic in more detail and give you some more context about the areas I can help you with. We […]

Visbug is an amazing new browser extension that allows you to do a visual inspection of your website in development. What they have to say about their tool and capabilities For Designers & Content Creators A really nice tool for designers & content creators, helping them to optimize the look and feel of a website. […]