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Using embeddable mp3 players – Part 1
A few weeks ago I wanted to add an mp3 to my daughter’s baby book blog (built on WordPress). At first I thought to install a plugin, but it seemed a bit much for my needs. After trying a few things, I eventually settled on a nice theme-integrated method that uses a google flash-based mp3 player. I&#…
Multiple Widget Locations
Did you know you can register multiple Widget locations in WordPress (self hosted blogs of course)? Well, you can. All you have to do is go to your functions.php file (default usage in /wp-content/themes/default/functions.php), where you’ll see something that looks like this: register_…
5 things I’d Like to see the iPhone Do
1. Wirelessly synch with my computer Why would that be so difficult? Zune does it. The Things app for the iPhone even does it, but the iPhone doesn’t natively do that? I just don’t understand why not. 2. Update my podcasts automatically Why not? 3. Pair to a bluetooth keyboard As much as I l…
Geekitopia 1.0 (the theme) released
I’ve been working on my old theme that I called Geekitopia. The design for this was originally to captivate my personality with the color pallete and the feel of the site. I love classic games and geeky stuff, so that’s what’s going on in the theme. I also , so I added a color scheme fo…
WordPress Plugin: Slim Title
By default, if a post is set to visibility: Private, or Password Protected, the word “Private:” or “Protected:” is prepended to the title. With a simple google search I found a code snippet that worked in replacing those words with nothing, or if I so choose, anything I li…
WordPress and my ongoing love affair with it.
I am a HUGE WordPress fan. Considering I work with it every day, I understand a good deal more than most people about what it can do. I have built websites that don’t appear to be WordPress sites at all, I call this “WordPress Invisibility”. Doing this is fairly easy actually. Well,…
All outside links open in a new window, with jQuery
Today a client asked if all the links on his site could open in a new window. I solved that problem with jQuery, and here’s how: <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery("a").filter(function() { return this.hostname &&a…
float: left; and float: right;
I make websites for a living. I also make websites for fun, either way it’s what I do. When I’m making a 2-column layout, I always float the first left, and the second right. Why? Because I can avoid using too much margin and breaking the site in IE6, due to the notorious float margins bug. I d…
Absolutely positioned div disappears in IE6.
What is up with this? I really hate IE6, but this is so incredibly stupid that you have to do this. The problem is that if you have an absolutely positioned item next to a floated item, the absolutely positioned item mysteriously disappears. I spent a half-hour working on this before finding a resource…
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