CSS Textures can transform a plain looking page into something much more lively and vibrant. The website transparenttextures.com is the best free to use tool (I’ve found) for getting and trying out different textures using CSS. The website lets you […] Read More »
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Some Useful WordPress Functions
WordPress is full of really well known and useful PHP functions that help developers get their job done quicker – but there are a few lesser known ones that are also extremely helpful to have in your utility belt when […] Read More »
Object-Oriented WordPress
WordPress is normally written in procedural PHP which makes it extremely easy to read, write and follow along with the code to figure out whats going on. However procedural code also has it’s share of downsides such as namespace errors […] Read More »
Updating to WordPress 4.1.1
Today when I went to update my WordPress for this site to 4.1.1 I ran into a problem – nothing would happen. The update screen would go blank and absolutely nothing would happen. I searched around for a bit and […] Read More »
WordPress Meta Boxes
The WordPress Meta Box API allows you to create and add meta boxes to the administrative interface on any kind of post type. This ranges from Posts and Pages to custom post types that you make yourself. If you want […] Read More »
WordPress Options API
The WordPress Options API is one of the easiest ways to store values in the database on your WordPress site. The API makes it incredibly easy to create, store, access and delete values from the database. This will be a […] Read More »
WordPress Settings API
The WordPress Settings API allows developers to create settings and settings pages for their plugins/themes. In terms of functionality – the Settings API works in a similar way to the Options API when using it for only a few settings […] Read More »
Using the WordPress Media Uploader
Using the WordPress media library in your own plugin/theme will not only save you a bunch of time but will also incorporate the Media Library that clients are already used to using. This article will provide an example of how […] Read More »
Learning Python – Part III
In the last part of this tutorial series we went over basic Math and String operations. In this tutorial we are going to be expanding our knowledge of these two concepts by writing a program that outputs a personalized message […] Read More »
Turning Subjective Feedback Into Objective
As a web developer – I constantly use feedback from clients to complete my projects. Unfortunately the quality of feedback varies greatly from client to client. Some clients know about the general layout of a website while others have no […] Read More »