Aug
18
2009
10 WordPress Plugins You Should Use
WordPress.org currently hosts 6,265 plugins, which makes it kind of hard to figure out which ones are worth using. I have been using WordPress with a long time now...
Aug
17
2009
How to Display an Author List with Avatars in WordPress: Redux
WordPress has a built in function to display a list of all of your site’s authors. But there is no option to display their avatars, so all you really...
Aug
11
2009
Illustrious Premium WordPress Theme
Up to now, I have created quite a few themes for WordPress and offered them all for free. I plan on continuing to do so, but I also plan...
Aug
10
2009
Remove the WordPress Generator
WordPress automatically places a line of text between your <head> tags which states the version you currently have installed. I have read that it is there for statistical reasons...
Aug
05
2009
Validate Your Web Designs
When it comes to programming and designing web sites we should all aspire to create sites that conform to current W3C standards. Luckily enough, there is a great tool...
Aug
05
2009
Creating a Mouseover Fade Effect with jQuery
My last little jQuery tutorial was an alternative to using CSS to create an image change on a mouseover. Now I want to take that one step further and...
Aug
04
2009
How to Use the Important Declaration in CSS
Sometimes when you are messing around with CSS, you can’t figure out why certain styles won’t stick. Most of the time, it’s because you are obviously doing something wrong,...
Jul
17
2009
Creating a Grid in Adobe Illustrator CS3
Whenever I start a project, I like to work with a grid layout to help me place all the elements I need into proper alignment. Most sites work around...
Jul
17
2009
Securing Your Site’s Directories
If you store files or images in a folder called “images”, and people enter www.yoursite.com/images as a URL, they will see a list of all the files you have...
Jul
03
2009
A Simple Mouseover Hover Effect with jQuery
Javascript is pretty useful but it does demand a lot of coding. Luckily for all of us, there are libraries out there that make it extremely easy to use...