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 positioning is how all the cool kids do it.
Turn Text into an Image using the PHP GD Library
While developing a site for a client, I needed to figure out a way to convert certain text elements into images. I had no clue how to do this but after doing a bit of research, I discovered a nifty library of functions already available through PHP. The GD library offers tons of cools way […]
How to List Your Most Popular Posts in WordPress
I decided my sidebar was looking a little plain. It needed something more than just ads, so I placed a list of my popular posts there. I think it looks pretty cool and it was very simple to do. I just created a PHP function and added it to my functions.php files and then added […]
Check if a Number is Even or Odd with PHP
Ever needed to check if a number is even or odd? If so, here is a pretty simple piece of code that does just that.
Processing Multiple Forms on One Page with PHP
I know that the way most people treat multiple forms on one page is to have each form post to another PHP file where the form is validated, its information is entered into a database or an email is sent off. So you usually have something like this: blah blah blah blah blah blah That […]
How to Wrap Text within the <pre> Tag Using CSS
I just came across an issue where I needed to make sure that the text within a <pre> tag wrapped. The default for this tag it to just let the text run on, no matter if the site’s page has ended. Not very good, if you ask me.
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 different things but none seemed to work that great. I knew I needed a WYSIWYG editor of some sort but the few I came across […]
Add Time to the Date Function in PHP
I just needed to do this for a client’s site to set an expiration date for a user and I thought it might be something that other programmers might like to know how to do. If you need to take today’s date and add time to it it is pretty simple. There is a PHP […]
Comment Relish Free WordPress Plugin
Justin Shattuck put together Comment Relish a while back but didn’t really have the time to work out all the kinks. I had solved a few issues with the plugin and contacted him. We worked together at getting the plugin working so that everyone can take advantage of just how great it is. For those […]
Magazine Columns Free WordPress Plugin
I have been spending a lot of time developing my Magazine Basic theme so I guess I have magazines on the brain. While speaking with a colleague, I got the idea to create a plugin that would create columns in posts or pages, similar to a magazine article. Thus, Magazine Columns was created.