Web Development tutorials, source code and reviews

Welcome to The Web Development Blog where I share my ideas on working with WordPress, Ubuntu, PHP and a lot of other “geeky” stuff.

I’m Olaf Lederer and most of the tutorials and code that I share are used in my own projects. Through the years, I have received so much support and guidance from other webmasters that I started the Web Development Blog to in turn help others. As part of my ‘day job’, I am continually researching SEO, web hosting and tech stuff. I’ll share my views on web hosting issues, various online services and other assorted web programming topics.

From time to time, I’ll invite some of my friends to guest post and as always, everyone is welcome to join the discussion.

What do you like to know about web development?

All about Website Development

Website development is the one topic that ties together everything I discuss here on Web Development Blog. Much of what we do as web professionals goes beyond writing code. I’ll be sharing ideas and tips on running a web development business, WordPress website design and usability, image use and tools that make building websites easier.

PHP Classes Scripts & Tutorials

All of my PHP tutorials are based on scripts that I am using on my own website projects. I try to keep my PHP code simple without complex code structures but with smart and easy functions. I wrote most of the code discussed on the Web Development Blog , but I also like to talk about 3rd party scripts that I frequently use.

WordPress Website Development

Over the past few years, I am finding myself using WordPress more frequently while building my own websites and sites for my customers. WordPress has become so powerful and it’s easy to add more features. I write about cool plugins I’ve found and share the modifications I have written for my own WordPress websites.

Web Hosting Reviews & Tutorials

Without web hosts, there would be no websites. Within the past few years, the hosting business has changed. There are many Cloud hosting providers and Linux hosting on Ubuntu is easier than ever before. I maintain several Ubuntu-based virtual servers using ServerPilot and share my experience here on the Web Development Blog as often as possible.

Shopping Cart Templates

Choose a premium shopping cart template and add a new design to your web shop within hours. There are templates for Magento Commerce, Zen-Cart, WooCommerce, Opencart and several other eCommerce platforms. All themes come together with the full demo content and a layered PhotoShop (.psd) file for your own modifications.

More Web Development?

Like this WordPress website, many PHP applications are using the PHPMailer class for sending e-mail messages. Using this PHP class, sending email messages via SMTP becomes reliable and easy. Search this Web Development Blog for the keyword SMTP and find all relevant articles or visit the ElasticEmail website and get a free SMTP account.