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First Screencast Up – WordPress Snippets
I posted this video to http://screenr.com today, you can see it at http://screenr.com/J2h. This site is an incredible resource, which I plan on using a few more times in the next week or so. Below is the video. Watch in full screen to see the code more clearly. Other Posts in this SeriesFirst Screencas…
Why I don’t get my hopes up about CSS3
If today I could use CSS3 on every site I built, it would be a dream come true, but the fact of the matter is that I can’t. That is to say, that I can’t rely on it. The reason is due to browser support and market share. On this site, almost everything is CSS and CSS2. I don’t use CSS3 commonl…
Updated Textmate WordPress Bundle
Well, I’ve finally updated the WordPress bundle from the previous release. In this bundle I’ve included some fairly neat snippets. Almost all of them are wrapped in the brackets. Below is a screenshot of what snippets the bundle contains. Why are these snippets helpful? Textmate sni…
Using embeddable mp3 players – Part 2
In this tutorial, I cover how to use custom fields to embed an mp3 into your website (without installing a plugin).
Plugin Released: “Category Expander”
Tim and I finished a plugin today. It is the first plugin that we are officially releasing to the public. The plugin title is “Category Expander”. You can see it in action on the sidebar. Through the settings menu in the WordPress dashboard, you can choose which categories you’d l…
Using embeddable mp3 players – Part 1
A few weeks ago I wanted to add an mp3 to my daughter’s baby book blog (built on WordPress). At first I thought to install a plugin, but it seemed a bit much for my needs. After trying a few things, I eventually settled on a nice theme-integrated method that uses a google flash-based mp3 player. I&#…
Multiple Widget Locations
Did you know you can register multiple Widget locations in WordPress (self hosted blogs of course)? Well, you can. All you have to do is go to your functions.php file (default usage in /wp-content/themes/default/functions.php), where you’ll see something that looks like this: register_…
5 things I’d Like to see the iPhone Do
1. Wirelessly synch with my computer Why would that be so difficult? Zune does it. The Things app for the iPhone even does it, but the iPhone doesn’t natively do that? I just don’t understand why not. 2. Update my podcasts automatically Why not? 3. Pair to a bluetooth keyboard As much as I l…
Geekitopia 1.0 (the theme) released
I’ve been working on my old theme that I called Geekitopia. The design for this was originally to captivate my personality with the color pallete and the feel of the site. I love classic games and geeky stuff, so that’s what’s going on in the theme. I also , so I added a color scheme fo…
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