Prevent Default Behaviour of Hashed Anchor Tag with jQuery
Way back in the day, I use to always set up my event triggering anchor tags a certain way to prevent their default behaviour of having to click-through to a…
Category: Tutorials
Working with Custom Admin Pointers in WordPress
When WordPress 3.3 was released we were introduced to the new Admin Pointers, those blue and white boxes that had tips on how to use some of the new features.…
Wptuts+: Adding a Syntax Highlighter Shortcode Using Prism.js
Check out Wptuts+ for my new article on how to add Lea Verou’s Prism.js syntax highlighter to WordPress.
Create Widgetized Sidebars for Each Category in WordPress
One of the greatest features in WordPress is the ability to create multiple widgetized areas. There are tons of widgets available in the WP plugin directory so having the ability…
Filtering wp_title() for Better SEO
When I last submitted Magazine Basic to the WordPress theme directory, I was told that they no longer allowed direct modification of certain elements within the header.php file. That meant…
Set Up an iOS Simulator on a Mac
Lately, I’ve been developing a lot of responsive designs specifically for the iPad and iPhone. Since I do all my developing on a Mac, I thought there’d be some type…
Trim Characters using PHP
I had previously written about how you can easily trim your text using a build in WordPress function called wp_trim_words() but sometimes you actually want to trim your text to…
Convert Pre Tag Contents to HTML Entities in WordPress.
When I was working on the Gridiculous responsive grid boilerplate and putting together the site, I wanted to create an easy way to add a syntax highlighter for my code…
Using the Ternary Operator in PHP
It took me a while to actually figure out the name of this type of operator since trying to search “PHP” and “question mark” didn’t really result in anything useful.…
Add a Copyright Field to the Media Uploader in WordPress
When you upload something into WordPress using the Media Uploader, you can include information such as a caption or a description. If you wanted to include something else, you would…