Create Widgetized Sidebars for Each Category in WordPress
November 1, 2012
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One of the greatest features in WordPress is the ability to create multiple widgetized areas. There are tons of widgets available in the WP plugin directory so having the ability…
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Filtering wp_title() for Better SEO
October 17, 2012
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When I last submitted Magazine Basic to the WordPress theme directory, I was told that they no longer allowed direct modification of certain elements within the header.php file. That meant…
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Set Up an iOS Simulator on a Mac
September 25, 2012
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Lately, I’ve been developing a lot of responsive designs specifically for the iPad and iPhone. Since I do all my developing on a Mac, I thought there’d be some type…
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Trim Characters using PHP
August 13, 2012
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I had previously written about how you can easily trim your text using a build in WordPress function called wp_trim_words() but sometimes you actually want to trim your text to…
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Convert Pre Tag Contents to HTML Entities in WordPress.
July 24, 2012
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When I was working on the Gridiculous responsive grid boilerplate and putting together the site, I wanted to create an easy way to add a syntax highlighter for my code…
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Using the Ternary Operator in PHP
June 28, 2012
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It took me a while to actually figure out the name of this type of operator since trying to search “PHP” and “question mark” didn’t really result in anything useful.…
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Add a Copyright Field to the Media Uploader in WordPress
June 20, 2012
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When you upload something into WordPress using the Media Uploader, you can include information such as a caption or a description. If you wanted to include something else, you would…
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Gather Post Stats from Twitter and Facebook
May 30, 2012
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If you’ve included any social buttons on your site, such as the Facebook like button, you can usually see how many people have clicked on it. It’s all done through…
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Trim Your Text with wp_trim_words() in WordPress
May 14, 2012
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When I first started putting out Premium themes for WordPress, I create a custom excerpt function that would trim your post content to a certain number of words. Today, I…
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A Better wp_link_pages() for WordPress
May 3, 2012
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If you’ve written a long post, WordPress provides the <!–nextpage–> quicktag so you can divide it into multiple pages. All you need to do is make sure that the theme…