The WebSocket is a feature of HTML5 for establishing a socket connections between a web browser and a server, once the connection has been established with the server, all WebSocket data (frames) are sent directly over a socket rather than usual HTTP response and requests, giving us much faster and persistent communication between a web browser and a server. Let’s create a simple chat system using this cool technology (HTML5 WebSocket and PHP).

Recently I was working on a WordPress theme, i needed to remove all the meta and edit links from WordPress theme header, because I was going to put all my jQuery script files at the bottom of the page to speed up page loading. Here’s what I found on the net to remove meta links from WordPress theme header, it just removes everything.

Facebook has this nice little chat box that doesn’t take up much space, and people can instantly interact with their friends, it is a cool feature to have in any website. Let’s get inspired and create an similar shoutbox which will look similar to Facebook chat box.

Voting system can be important part of any website, especially if you want to keep track of user ratings. Let’s create a cookie based voting system, similar to YouTube like & dislike buttons (Thumbs up & Thumbs down), which can be applied to any content.