1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148646103321

Autore

Bruning John R.

Titolo

Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII / / John R. Bruning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Hachette Books, , [2016]

ISBN

0-316-33939-3

0-316-31222-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 523 pages, (large print) 8 unnumbered pages plates) : illustrations, maps

Classificazione

HIS027100

Disciplina

940.544973092

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

Rescues - Philippines - History - 20th century

Aeronautics, Military - Technological innovations - History - 20th century

Prisoners of war - Philippines

Americans - Philippines

Air pilots - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971446603321

Autore

McCollin Rachel

Titolo

Wordpress mobile web development beginner's guide / / Rachel McCollin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, : Packt Publishing, 2012

ISBN

9786613906359

9781283593908

1283593904

9781849515733

1849515735

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

006.752

Soggetti

Mobile computing - Programming

Application software - Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Acknowledgement; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Using Plugins to Make Your Site Mobile Friendly; Before we start; Plugins or responsive design - what to choose; How do mobile plugins work?; Identifying the right plugin for our site; Time for action - identify how your site should work on mobiles; Plugins that will make our site mobile; Time for action - installing and configuring WPtouch; WordPress Mobile Pack - number two in the charts

Time for action - installing and configuring WordPress Mobile PackSummary; Chapter 2: Using Responsive Themes; Mobile themes versus responsive themes; Identifying the best approach for your site; Options for developing a mobile site; Identifying the best approach for our site; Twenty Eleven - configuring the default WordPress theme; Time for action - configuring the Twenty Eleven theme; More responsive themes - installation and configuration; Scherzo - installation and configuration; Time for action - installing and configuring the Scherzo theme; Ari - another clean minimal theme

Time for action - installing and configuring the Ari themeCodium



Extend; Time for action - installing and configuring the Codium Extend theme; More responsive themes; Taking it further - using a responsive theme just for mobile devices; Showing visitors different themes on different devices - how to do it; Stage 1 - installing and configuring themes; Stage 2 - installing and configuring a theme switcher; Time for action - configuring the WordPress Mobile Pack plugin as a theme switcher; Summary; Chapter 3: Setting up Media Queries; What you will need for this chapter

Working with the WordPress EditorTime for action - opening our stylesheet in the WordPress Editor; Creating a fluid layout; Time for action - digging into the Carborelli's layout styling; Time for action - making our site fluid; Moving on - planning for our media queries; Identifying our breakpoints; In what ways should a site be different on different devices?; Before setting media queries - getting the browser to behave; Time for action - adding the code to set our width correctly; Writing our media queries; Time for action - writing our first media query

Testing our fluid layout on a smartphoneTime for action - a media query for smartphones in landscape mode; Reviewing what we've done; Summary; Chapter 4: Adjusting the Layout; Need for adjusting the layout; Altering the layout of our header; Time for action - adjusting the header for iPads; Time for action - adjusting the header layout for phones in landscape mode; Time for action - adjusting the header layout for phones in portrait mode; Moving the sidebar below the content; Time for action - moving the sidebar below the content for tablets in portrait mode

Time for action - rearranging our widgets

Sommario/riassunto

Make your WordPress website mobile-friendly and get to grips with the two hottest trends in web design- Mobile and WordPress.