How To Set Up Virtual Hosts In XAMPP
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.
Read moreHow To Use Attribute Selectors In CSS
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.
Read moreAnimated Sliding Info Pop-Up With jQuery & CSS 3
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.
Read moreCreating A Post Thumbnail Grid In WordPress
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.
Read moreSexy Illustrative Sliding Header With jQuery
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.
Read moreWordPress: PHP CGI Vs PHP FCGI
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.
Read moreOptimizing WordPress For Shared Hosting
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.
Read moreZazzle 101: Displaying A Limited Number of Category Thumbnails
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.
Read moreCategory Based Related Posts For WordPress
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.
Read moreHow To Use The HTML 5 Video Element
If you are a fan of watching online videos you may, or may not, know that nearly all videos on the web are played using a video player that runs using the Adobe Flash plugin. While this has always been ok, it is still a plugin & native support for playing videos would be a lot better.
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