A Slightly New Design for Themes by bavotasan.com
I just spent the past couple of days updating the look of Themes by bavotasan.com. Things are slightly different but a lot nicer, in my opinion. For those using Internet Explorer, the design will probably look a lot more simple, but that’s because IE sucks the big one. Check it out in Firefox, Chrome or […]
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 determined by the browser. Luckily, there are some cool jQuery plugins available that help you add a little bit more style to your forms.
Quick Function to Shorten the Post Title in WordPress
For some reason, a lot of people seem to be using extremely long post titles. I am a firm believer in making a title as precise as possible to make it easier on people who are trying to actually find your article. Sure, I guess you can throw in as many keywords as you want […]
Force WordPress to use the Latest Version of jQuery
If you’re using WordPress 2.9.x, then the latest version of jQuery included is 1.3.2. What if you want to take advantage of new features in version 1.4, like delaying an animation queue or binding multiple event handlers? You can easily add a link in your header to the latest version, but that might end up […]
Get All the Files from a Directory Using PHP
I was developing a WordPress site for a client who required multiple images for each of the products that they offered. Instead of uploading each one through the WP uploader, I decided the best approach would be to first upload them all into a specific folder using FTP, and then use the opendir function in […]
Tables and Borders
I have had a few people ask me, “How come when I create a table and set the border parameter to 1 it doesn’t actually display any borders?” Well, the answer is usually that there may be some CSS that overwrites that parameter by establishing a style that removes all borders from tables. Luckily, there […]
Using jQuery for a Simple Animated Fade Effect
I know I have already done a fade effect between two images with jQuery, but here is a quick little piece of code that will just add a nice animated fade effect to single images. Whenever a person hovers over an image, we will use jQuery to lower the opacity to make it appear lighter. […]
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 a lot of fun with lately is the box shadow. Many, if not all, of the new CSS3 effects only work on Safari 4, Firefox […]
Easy Overlay Modal Window jQuery Plugin
I developed the following jQuery plugin for the Design options admin panel of Magazine Premium. All it needed to do is display an example of all of the @font-face kits that are available with the theme. It is pretty simple and just fades in a centered modal window containing an image when you click on […]
Intergrating bbPress with WordPress and Making it Work
As it stands right now, bbPress and WordPress are two separate pieces of software. Last month, it was announced that a bbPress plugin might end up replacing the stand alone version but that is still in development. You can read about it on WordCast. When the plugin comes out it will trump the need to […]