Transform Gedit Into A Web Developer IDE

gedit-logogedit is the default text-editor in Gnome based distro. To many, it may seems like a normal text-editor with no special functions (just like notepad in Windows), but for those regular users, they will swear by it and marvel at how powerful and versatile it can be. With its plugins system, it can easily transform itself from a basic text-editor to complicated and powerful programming IDE. Here’s how you can do it.

Note: For this tutorial, I will focus mainly on HTML, PHP and CSS since that are the web programming languages I used. You can modify it to suit your needs.
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How to Set Up “Legend of the Green Dragon” Server

lotgd-logoThose who weren’t fortunate enough to have been a nerd in the 80s or early 90s likely missed out on one of the precursors to today’s Word Wide Web, the Bulletin Board System. Many BBS users will remember Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD), an extremely popular text based RPG game. It was the “killer app” for many BBS system operators and holds a special place in the hearts of many users. A few years ago, some motivated developers got together and wrote a near-perfect clone of LORD in PHP, and called it Legend of the Green Dragon. Today it’s an extremely robust and feature-rich game with countless expansion modules. The code is open source, so anyone can host and mod their own server.
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Understanding WordPress Theme: The Basics of Creating Your Own WP Theme

wordpress themeThere are a variety of free and premium WordPress themes that you can find throughout the web. You will sometime find that you can spend hours trying to modify the theme, so it is tailored to the way you want it. Sometimes it’s easier to create your own from scratch, and not deal with the headaches that can happen with customization of an existing WordPress theme. This guide will help you to understand the basic of a WordPress theme and how to create a simple theme.

I recommend that before you begin, you familiarize yourself with the WordPress file structure by analyzing as many WordPress themes as you can (Note: You need to have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.)
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