Nov
20
2009
wpwood

Check if a Page is a Child of Another Page in WordPress

This post has been updated in “is_child() Conditional Function for WordPress”. WordPress has some default conditional tags that are really helpful when developing themes and plugins that need specific...

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20 comments

Nov
10
2009
calendar

Display a List of Upcoming Posts in WordPress

When you have completed a post in WordPress, you have the ability to save it as a draft, publish it immediately or schedule a future date when it will...

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9 comments

Nov
02
2009
syntax

Using jQuery to make an Expandable Code Box for WP-Syntax

You may have noticed that I’m using a new syntax highlighter for my code snippets. I installed Ryan McGeary‘s WordPress plugin WP-Syntax which uses GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter), a...

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9 comments

Oct
28
2009
wplogo

Quick & Easy Excerpt Mods Coming in WordPress 2.9

I just stumbled across these two little pieces of code and thought that they might be useful to some people out there who want to mess around with the...

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13 comments

Oct
19
2009
wp

Display Random Posts in WordPress

I am working on a new WordPress site and I wanted to display a selection of random posts at the bottom of every page. It is pretty simple to...

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15 comments

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Oct
13
2009
cutouttypesml

Create a Cut-Out Type Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is a great tool for creating simple yet impressive design effects with type. I don’t pretend to be an expert but I do know how to do a...

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4 comments

Oct
07
2009
tweeter

How to Create a Twitter Feed on Your Web Site

Twitter has quickly become one of the most popular social networking sites online. It is currently ranked among the top twenty Web sites in the world and has over...

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54 comments

Sep
30
2009
halo_wordpress

Custom Template for Single Posts in WordPress

If you take a look at the template hierarchy in WordPress, you will notice that you have the ability to create custom templates for different category pages by simply...

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20 comments

Sep
11
2009
rounded

Simple Rounded Corners with a CSS Sprite

Optimizing a site for speed is one of the most important aspects of web development and CSS sprites are a great way to do just that. Check out Google...

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9 comments

Sep
03
2009
PHP-Elephant-Logo

Turn Plain Text URLs into Active Links using PHP

I was putting together a bit of code to pull in a Twitter feed, similar to what you see in the footer of bavotasan.com. I got everything working properly...

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8 comments