Yearly Archives: 2008
Nov 12, 2008 by Matt | Posted in WordPress
I bet you didn’t know that WordPress already includes several common JavaScript libraries, ready to be called upon with a simple template tag. Libraries such as
- jQuery
- Scriptaculous
- Tiny MCE
- Thickbox
Want to use jQuery in your theme, for a tabbed box, an AJAX something, or some sort of DHTML effect? You can add it in with a single template tag in your header.
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Nov 11
In most browsers, a dotted outline appears around links when they are clicked. In some cases, this is annoying, such as with a JavaScript tabbed box or a graphical navigation menu. While it’s a minor issue, it still doesn’t look quite right… Then you…
Nov 10
Wouldn’t it be useful to be able to test a new version of your website locally, on your own computer, before putting it up on your server? Suppose you were working on a new design, and were coding it as a WordPress theme. You…
Nov 9
WordPress 2.7 will be shipping within the next couple weeks, bringing with it a variety of improvements and new features. Now that it’s feature set is pretty much set in stone, let’s start talking about version 2.8. What kind of features do you want…
Nov 7
Do you know what one of the hardest things to get right in a blog, and one of the most critical? (Not to mention one of the most overlooked…) Archives. Every post you write is stored in the database permanently, and is always accessible…
Nov 6
This month’s featured WordPress theme is Color Paper from Smashing Magazine.
Nov 5
The first beta of WordPress 2.7 is out, and I have to say it’s starting to look good. A couple things that bug me, but overall it’s coming along great. Before downloading the latest trunk off the WordPress SVN repository, I listened to the…
Nov 4
The popular tech blog Make Use Of, which normally resides at MakeUseOf.com, has lost their domain. At least for now. On November 2, somewhere late in the day I assume, one of the bloggers at MakeUseOf.com discovered that the domain had been parked. When…
Nov 3
Twitter, it’s everywhere. Many bloggers add “follow me” links or “latest tweets” boxes to their blogs. And if you’re going to do that, why not add a Twitter bird nearby? It visually shows “this is related to Twitter,” and it draws the eye to…