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Making Cookies with PHP

Posted on January 21, 2010  |  Category: Tutorials

I’ve been going nuts over the past month trying to complete a project for a large retail store and it seems like every new request they make requires me to learn something new about PHP. Coding challenges are always great because they lead you to discover new ways to take advantage of what your coding language has to offer. This one is pretty straightforward but great to know.

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Simple Voting for WordPress with PHP and jQuery

Posted on December 18, 2009  |  Category: Tutorials

I needed to create a simple way for site members to vote on a post and the few scripts I found didn’t really work how I needed them to. So I decided to whip something together myself. I developed a pretty basic script using PHP and jQuery to allow members who are signed in to click on a simple link to add their vote to a post.

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

Posted on November 2, 2009  |  Category: Tutorials

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 simple highlighting class that supports multiple coding languages. It’s great but I’m not a fan of the horizontal scrollbar that appears if code extends past your site’s width. Instead, I decided to use jQuery to expand the box when you hover over it.

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How to Create a Twitter Feed on Your Web Site

Posted on October 7, 2009  |  Category: Tutorials

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 a million users. I have only recently hopped on the bandwagon and so far I have been able to connect with many interesting people and discover tons of great online resources.

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Win a One-Year Subscription to Layers Magazine

Posted on October 1, 2009  |  Category: Articles

October is here and that means it’s time for another contest. This month I will be giving away a one-year subscription to Layers Magazine. For those who have never heard of Layers Magazine, it is the #1 how-to magazine for everything Adobe. Each issue features tutorials, reviews, designer inteviews and a whole lot more. To win a one-year subscription, all you need to do is link to this post on your site. It is as simple as that.

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