A Simple CSS Trick to Vertically Align Text
I was trying to vertically align text within a div container and it just wasn’t working for me. You would think that using vertical-align in your CSS would accomplish just…
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Shorten Your Post Titles in WordPress
This is not a function that you would need to use often, but I came across a reason to use it recently and I thought it might be a good…
An Easy Way to Display an RSS Feed with PHP
RSS feeds are everywhere, and sometimes it’s a good idea to display one to keep people in the loop of important posts from your site, or sites you think might…
A Complete Re-Design
Lately, I’ve been feeling bavotasan.com was looking a little too, how do you say, plain and boring. It was truly in dire need of a complete makeover but I couldn’t…
WordPress 3.0: Activating the Background Editor
Adding a color or image to your Web site’s background is not a very complicated thing to do if you are familiar with CSS. Luckily for those out there who…
Moving to Media Temple
You might experience some downtime on http://bavotasan.com and http://themes.bavotasan.com over the next little while. I have decided to migrate my sites over to Media Temple to have more control of…
Using jQuery to make an Expandable Code Box for WP-Syntax
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…
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 which…
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, but…
Simple Contact Form for WordPress: Redux
I have gone into this code and really cleaned it up to make it work properly with WordPress installs that are in subdirectories or wherever. I have also added a…