Tuning WordPress performance using Varnish

Recently I had the opportunity of on tuning website performance using Varnish. Varnish is called a Caching HTTP Reverse Proxy. This means it sits between your end user and one or more back-end servers such as Apache or Nginx and functions as a cache for HTTP traffic.

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Upgrading JWPlayer to version 7

JWPlayer is one of the most widely used video players. It has evolved from a simple video player into a video publishing platform. The latest version 7 of the player is a major upgrade from the last version. Websites that use the old JWPlayer 6 should upgrade to the latest version.

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web apis

Using Youtube API for validating URLs

Google recently updated its Developer Console into a unified platform for accessing all of its APIs. The Google Developer Console not only provides a single location for accessing information about all Google APIs but also provides links to code samples and API SDKs. It also provides online tools for testing the APIs.

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web development

Validate your WordPress blog using WordPress XML-RPC API, Php Tidy and Nu HTML Checker

WordPress is a very popular platform for hosting websites. Over 74 million websites are based on WordPress. WordPress is also increasingly being used to develop complex web based applications.

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