6 Tips to Speed Up jQuery
As it stands, jQuery is an amazingly efficient JavaScript framework, but there are a few things that you can do when creating your code that will end up slowing it…
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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…
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 actually attempted…
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…
Digging Into WordPress Book Now Available
Anyone who visits my site can see that I am a huge fan of WordPress. I do my best to contribute back to the WP community and support others who…
Win a One-Year Subscription to Layers Magazine
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…
Clearing the <hr /> Tag with CSS That Works in IE
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…
Creating a Mouseover Fade Effect with jQuery
My last little jQuery tutorial was an alternative to using CSS to create an image change on a mouseover. Now I want to take that one step further and add…
Absolute and Relative Positions in CSS
In the old days of web programming, everyone use to lay things out with tables. Not so much, anymore. Today, if you are in the know, div tags and CSS…
A New Comment Editor
I have had some requests to figure out a way that visitors of bavotasan.com could leave code and simple styling in their comments. I searched and searched and tried many…