This post has been updated in “is_child() Conditional Function for WordPress”. WordPress has some default conditional tags that are really helpful when developing themes and plugins that need specific functions…
When you have completed a post in WordPress, you have the ability to save it as a draft, publish it immediately or schedule a future date when it will be…
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…
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…
I am working on a new WordPress site and I wanted to display a selection of random posts at the bottom of every page. It is pretty simple to do,…
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…
I was putting together a bit of code to pull in a Twitter feed, similar to what you see in the footer of bavotasan.com. I got everything working properly but…
There is nothing more annoying than Internet Explorer. Every time you build a site you usually need to add a few CSS hacks just to make sure it works in…
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 which…
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 available…
