Permalink to WordPress Conditional Template Tags

WordPress Conditional Template Tags

On 06.09.2010 by Paul Robinson | no comments

Despite being a very useful feature in WordPress I have noticed that, in my experience, some WordPress users don’t know they exist. Here we take a quick look at why conditionals are, what they are used for, and even show a small example.

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How To Set Up Virtual Hosts In XAMPP

On 06.05.2010 by Paul Robinson | no comments

Setting up XAMPP on your computer in fairly easy thanks to the quick installer & control panel that enables you to set Apache & MySQL as services.

Permalink to How To Use Attribute Selectors In CSS

How To Use Attribute Selectors In CSS

On 06.03.2010 by Paul Robinson | no comments

Today we are going to take a quick look at the ability of CSS to select elements using attribute selectors. We are also going to look at the new features added to attribute selectors in the CSS 3 specifications.

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Animated Sliding Info Pop-Up With jQuery & CSS 3

On 06.01.2010 by Paul Robinson | no comments

Today we are going to look at a quirky idea I was asked to make for a website I was building recently. It’s a way to provide extra information about an image without needing extra space.

Permalink to Creating A Post Thumbnail Grid In WordPress

Creating A Post Thumbnail Grid In WordPress

On 05.29.2010 by Paul Robinson | 6 comments

A very popular way of displaying posts on a media heavy site is with a post thumbnail grid. This shows a grid of posts with their relevant thumbnails, you can even show the title & show a snippet from the excerpt. Let’s take a look at how it’s done.

Permalink to Sexy Illustrative Sliding Header With jQuery

Sexy Illustrative Sliding Header With jQuery

On 05.28.2010 by Paul Robinson | no comments

A very popular design element today is the large illustrative header, just like the one we have here at Return True. Something that is starting to become just as popular is adding the ability to hide said large header. Here I’ll show you how to do that.

Permalink to WordPress: PHP CGI Vs PHP FCGI

WordPress: PHP CGI Vs PHP FCGI

On 05.26.2010 by Paul Robinson | 2 comments

This is a little bit of a niche post, but it’s all about a problem I had recently with my site. It was all to do with WordPress and how it responded when running under PHP as FastCGI instead of CGI.

Permalink to Optimizing WordPress For Shared Hosting

Optimizing WordPress For Shared Hosting

On 05.25.2010 by Paul Robinson | 4 comments

There are lots of websites hosted on shared hosting in this age, and the majority are probably running WordPress. While it’s a great application once set up with plugins it isn’t the lightest one on the block. Here we are going to look at making WordPress as shared server friendly as possible.

Permalink to Zazzle 101: Displaying A Limited Number of Category Thumbnails

Zazzle 101: Displaying A Limited Number of Category Thumbnails

On 05.23.2010 by LisaMarieArt | no comments

Do you have a HUGE amount of store categories but don’t want to turn the thumbnails on to display ‘full’ because your home page will seem like it scrolls forever? I’ll show you how you can use the images you use for your category thumbnails to display a small selection instead of the whole lot.

Permalink to Category Based Related Posts For WordPress

Category Based Related Posts For WordPress

On 05.22.2010 by Paul Robinson | 6 comments

A great idea for some WordPress blogs is to have a related posts widget. However they generally require a plugin to work & too many plugins can slow down even the leanest (and most optimized) WordPress blog. Here is a great alternative to using a plugin.


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