Creating Shadows with CSS3
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…
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Embedding Fonts in your Web Site with CSS and @font-face
One of the winners of a free copy of Magazine Premium (see this article) suggested implementing @font-face kits to the theme. I had read about @font-face but never…
Making Cookies with PHP
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…
Creating a jQuery Plugin to Increase Font Size
I have been spending a bit of time lately figuring out how to create my own plugins for jQuery. It doesn’t take much to accomplish and I thought it would…
Find the Category ID using the Category Slug in WordPress
This is a quick little piece of code that I have been using a lot lately. I needed to get the category ID but all I had to work with…
A Clever and Safe Way to Display your Email Address
There are many reason why you shouldn’t place your email address on a Web page; the number one being spambots. There are tons a spambots running around the Web looking…
Simple Voting for WordPress with PHP and jQuery
This tutorial is no longer up-to-date. Please check out A Better Voting System for WordPress for a more secure and efficient approach. I needed to create a simple way for…
Adding Extra Fields to the WordPress User Profile
By default WordPress offers some great options. Whenever a member joins, they have the ability to add more information about themselves, such as a Web site URL, a short bio…
Using PHP to Remove an HTML Tag from a String
There are times when you need to strip one specific HTML tag from a string and the PHP function strip_tags() doesn’t work the way you want it to. strip_tags() allows…