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Creating Shadows with CSS3

Posted on March 1, 2010  |  Category: Tutorials

CSS3 has introduced some cool effects that give you control over elements of design that were once only possible using images. One of the new effects I have been having a lot of fun with lately is the box shadow. Many, if not all, of the new CSS3 effects only work on Safari 4, Firefox 3.5 and Google Chrome. Just one more reason to make sure to use one of those browsers.

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Quick & Easy Excerpt Mods Coming in WordPress 2.9

Posted on October 28, 2009  |  Category: Tutorials

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 default settings for the_excerpt() function in WordPress. The first one gives you the power to change the number of words displayed by the function the_excerpt(), and yes, you can have more than 55 words. The second piece of code allows you to change the trailing [...] that appears at the end of your excerpt.

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