Get Latest Contributors in WordPress
If you have a WordPress blog with multiple contributors, you might want to display a list of which ones have been recently active. There isn’t a direct way to gather…
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An Even Better Author List in WordPress
I already wrote about this a while back in “How to Display an Author List with Avatars in WordPress” but I recently realized that it needed updating. There’s a better…
Using Ajax with WordPress
A little while back, I updated Magazine Basic and added the Ajax save function. When I uploaded it to WordPress to await approval, I received some feedback on how I…
The New Google Font API
Using the standard Web safe fonts is quickly becoming a thing of the past thanks to modern alternatives like @font-face kits and the new Google Font API. Taking a quick…
8 jQuery Plugins to Improve the Way your Forms Look
When it comes to forms, every browser displays inputs, select drop downs and buttons differently. You can style certain elements using CSS but things like radio buttons and checkboxes are…
10 Great Free Mac Apps for Web Developers
I have been a Mac man for almost ten years now, and though many Web developers swear to working on a PC, I find my Mac has everything I need…
Display a List of Upcoming Posts in WordPress
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…
Display Random Posts in WordPress
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,…
Get Familiar with HTML 5
If you work on the web you have probably heard about HTML 5. It is the next evolutionary step in web programming and the sooner you familiarize yourself with it…
Securing Your Site’s Directories
If you store files or images in a folder called “images”, and people enter www.yoursite.com/images as a URL, they will see a list of all the files you have in…