67 Comments // 1 Jun // by Nick Parsons
Whether you’re a developer or a designer, a strong jQuery skillset is something you can’t afford to be without. Today, I’m going to show you 30 handy jQuery coding tricks that will help you make your scripts more robust, elegant and professional.
Getting Started
These tips and tricks all have one thing in common- they are all smashingly useful. With this stuff in your back pocket, you’ll be ready to go change the world, and even better, write jQuery like you know what you’re doing. It’s gonna be fun.
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126 Comments // 22 Mar // by Michael Martin
Everyone has a slightly different approach to CSS. That’s part of the reason it can be a nightmare to edit someone else’s code.
But there are a few good practices you can use in your CSS to make your stylesheets easier for you to read, and easier for anyone else that ends up modifying them in the future.
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51 Comments // 3 Dec // by Saad Bassi
WordPress is an awesome publishing tool, and one of the best features is its flexibility to customize its core functions with plugins. The simplest definition of a plugin is:
A plugin is a snippet of code which is used to extend the functionality of WordPress.
And one of the nicest things about plugins is that the barrier to entry is extremely low. It takes very little technical knowledge to make your first plugin!
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44 Comments // 2 Jul // by Narendra.s.v
WordPress can be very simple to work with, but it can also be very complicated. The system can be used to do just about anything you like.
In this post we have collected together a range of tutorials that span from the very first things you need to know, like working with the loop, to much more complicated tricks, like setting up post thumbnails on your home page.
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46 Comments // 10 Jun // by Darran Low
Ever wanted to browse through the older post archives only to be staring at the screen for ages in frustration while the content slowly loads up? A quick fix would be to make use of AJAX to load the post archives. In this tutorial, I will show you how to do that using the ever popular JavaScript framework; MooTools on a typical 2 column WordPress theme.
The code is quite easily digestible and with a little CSS tweaking, you could get it to work for your theme.
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85 Comments // 28 Jan // by Michael Martin
Even if there’s a lot of quality WordPress widgets available, sometimes none exactly fits what you need. In that case, you’ll have to create your very own widget. It may sound difficult at first, but it is not if you have a little programming experience.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to write a simple widget to allow your readers to share your posts on their Twitter accounts.
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64 Comments // 11 Jan // by Michael Martin
It’s very easy for little mistakes to creep up in your blog. Small things that ordinarily, you wouldn’t look near. But a little mistake can have a big effect on how a person sees your site.
Do You Live in the Past?
How many web sites have “© Copyright 2008 Blog Name” in their footer? But does yours still say “© Copyright 2007 Blog Name?”
It’s a simple mistake to make (Why would you be reading your own footer?), but if a reader notices it, they’ll have a nice laugh at your expense.
Even the very best of us make mistakes, isn’t that right TechCrunch and Shoemoney?
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